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News — 9 April 2021

BirdLife International Webinar

The Mirpuri Foundation was invited to speak at Rare Bird Club webinar, an event organized by BirdLife International and one which discussed plastic and its harmful impacts.    Ana Agostinho, representing the...

News — 1 April 2021

Poaching: The Means to an End

The Mirpuri Foundation took part in the webinar “Poaching: The Means to an End”, co-organized by two distinguished bodies, United for Wildlife and Focused Conservation. The intelligence sharing webinar counted with...

News — 9 March 2021

Webinar on Wildlife Conservation

On March 9th, the Mirpuri Foundation organized a high-level webinar that joined six internationally recognized experts to discuss the following main theme: “The impact of Covid-19 on Wildlife Conservation”. The online...

News — 3 March 2021

Welcoming The Ocean Race Europe

The Mirpuri Foundation will host The Ocean Race Europe when the race makes a stopover in the port of Cascais, Portugal. The Mirpuri Foundation will host the first stopover in The...


Expeditions

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Expeditions — 17 April 2020

Cape Verde Science Expedition

A must-see documentary, portraying the scientific breakthroughs and the richness of marine life of the Sal Island. In the summer of 2019 the Mirpuri Foundation embarked on a Science Expedition in...

Expeditions — 24 August 2019

South Pole talk at famous Gstaad Yacht Club

Mirpuri Foundation President and Founder Paulo Mirpuri gave a presentation to the famous Gstaad Yacht Club in Switzerland, speaking on his recent journey to the South Pole. Paulo Mirpuri, who has...

Expeditions — 8 August 2019

New species discovered on Expedition

The Mirpuri Foundation is organizing a scientific expedition that embarked on a study of the biodiversity in the seas around Cape Verde and that has already identified new genus and species. The aim...

Expeditions — 4 July 2019

The Explorers Club Summit

Mirpuri Foundation President, Paulo Mirpuri, attended the Global Exploration Summit in Lisbon. Established in 1904, the Club, based in New York, brings together some of the world’s best minds, with...


Events

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Events — 23 October 2020

Surfing for Sustainability

The Mirpuri Foundation organized a surf class for Hi Fly’s staff, as airline’s principal sustainability partner. The sun was up and promised to deliver a perfect day for surfing at Sintra’s...

Events — 21 August 2020

Sustainability Workshop to young sailors 

The Mirpuri Foundation hosted an interactive workshop on ocean sustainability with young sailors from the organization’s sailing academy at Clube Naval de Cascais.  The Summer Course program, educational as well as...

Events — 5 June 2020

A Sustainable and Health-controlled Event

Today, June 5th, to mark World Environment Day, we organized the Webinar “Mirpuri Foundation Sailing Trophy – A Sustainable and Health-controlled Event”. Key speakers were Paulo Mirpuri, President of the...

Events — 12 January 2020

Building Cultural Ties

Mirpuri Foundation builds cultural ties and offers musical opportunity with New Year concert As 2020 got underway the Mirpuri Foundation has given musicians its support, with its sponsorship of the New...


Sailing Trophy

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Sailing Trophy — 26 March 2021

Optimist class in Sailing Trophy

Young sailors around Portugal will have a once-in-a-lifetime experience this June, lining up in the same regatta as some of the best sailors and fastest boats in the world. Organizers...

Sailing Trophy — 11 March 2021

The Ocean Race Europe joins Sailing Trophy

Portuguese sailing and ocean racing fans will be part of an incredible event this June when a fleet of foiling IMOCA 60s and one-design VO65s take to the coast of...

Sailing Trophy — 11 March 2021

Notice of Race 2021

Notice of Race of the 2021 edition of the Mirpuri Foundation Sailing Trophy available to download here: Notice of Race 2021   ...

Sailing Trophy — 6 November 2020

Designing the Mirpuri Foundation Sailing Trophy

The advent of a new international racing event deserves the creation of a very special trophy. The Mirpuri Foundation is working Leitão & Irmão to create the perpetual trophy for the...

MF
Racing Team

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MF Racing Team — 12 February 2021

Meet the Team

Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team skipper Yoann Richomme has confirmed an all-star crew of eight sailors for this summer’s inaugural edition of The Ocean Race Europe. The Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team was...

MF Racing Team — 26 January 2021

The Ocean Race Europe

The Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team has become the first team to enter The Ocean Race Europe, following the opening of the entry period this week. The inaugural edition of The Ocean...

MF Racing Team — 14 November 2020

24 Hours Offshore

Yoann Richomme, Skipper of the Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team, decided it was time to hit the open ocean for some offshore training recently to see how the crew performs when...

MF Racing Team — 29 October 2020

Offshore Sailing Training Session

Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team Offshore Sailing Training Session ...

VOR
2017-18

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VOR 2017-18 — 26 April 2019

Winners of BT Sport Industry Awards

The Ocean Race has won two BT Sport Industry Awards, earning recognition amongst some of the world’s biggest sporting brands and organisations by scooping the Cutting Edge Sport Award and...

VOR 2017-18 — 10 December 2018

Global leader in sport and sustainability

The sustainability programme of Volvo Ocean Race with Principal Partner Mirpuri Foundation, created to find solutions to the impacts plastic is having on our seas, came out on top in...

VOR 2017-18 — 22 November 2018

Race data revealed at expert conference

Unique information on the global concentration of microplastics pollution in our oceans has been presented at an international science conference in Lanzarote. The information was collected from seawater samples taken during...

VOR 2017-18 — 28 October 2018

Tribute to Portuguese Sailors

Portuguese sailors António Fontes, Bernardo Freitas and Frederico Melo have been honoured by Portuguese President Rebelo de Sousa after they took part in the world’s longest and toughest sailing event,...
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