Eleonora de Sabata, a journalist and underwater photographer specialized in the marine field, is dedicated to the research and preservation of the seas, with a particular attention to the Mediterranean. Through exploration and research she produces - or is a consultant in the production of - articles, books, documentary films and lectures. Her aim is to increase public awareness on the sea and promote scientific research on marine life.
journalism - books - env. edu. - tv&radio - science - sponsors - diving
Journalism
Over 700 reportages, stories and pictures published on:
-- General interest media: National Geographic Magazine, Il Venerdì di Repubblica (ITA) The Regent Magazine (HONG KONG)
- Travel: Gulliver, Panorama Travel, Viaggi di Repubblica, Week-end e Viaggi, Viaggiare (ITA)
- Nature: Airone (ITA), Audobon Society Magazine (USA), Terre Sauvage (FRA) Marevivo
- Nautical: Nautica, Pesca in Mare, Pesca e Nautica, Fisherman & Diporto, Il Gommone, Il Giornale della Vela (ITA), Nautica GRE
- Underwater: il Subacqueo, Aqua, Mondo Sommerso, Sub, Scuba Magazine (ITA), Le Monde de la Mer, Mer&Océan (FRA), Sport Diver (UK), Sport Diving (AUS), Arabia's Underwater (UAE)
Books
- Author of the book series 'Tutto il giorno' published in Italy (De Agostini), Israel and Poland:
- "Cosa fanno gli squali tutto il giorno in mare?", ('What do sharks do all day in the sea?') 2006
- "Cosa fanno i pesci tutto il giorno sott'acqua?", ('What do fish do all day under the sea?') 2004
- "Cosa fanno le api tutto il giorno nell'alveare?", ('What do bees do all day in the beehive?') 2004
- Pictures in a children's book published by the National Geographic Society, 2001
- Pictures in "Wild Oceans", National Geographic Society book, 2000
- Cuba sections in "The best dive sites in the world", Edizioni Whitestar, 2000
- Pics in "Perle di Sicilia", Edizioni Affinità Elettive, 1998
- Text in "Cuba handbook", Footprint Handbooks, 1998
- Author , " Il giro del mondo in 100 immersioni", Editrice Portoria, 1997
- Text and pictures in "Mediterranean and Atlantic Fish Guide", Ikan, 1997
- Author, " Il manuale del viaggiatore subacqueo", Editrice Portoria, 1996
- Cuba section in "Guida alle Immersioni nei Caraibi", Whitestar, 1996
- Pictures in "Mar Rosso, Paradiso Sommerso", Whitestar, 1995
- Text and pictures in "Cosa c'è sott'acqua ai Tropici", Editrice Portoria, 1996
- Pictures in "Cosa c'è sott'acqua in Mediterraneo", Editrice Portoria, 1996
- Text and pictures in "Le migliori immersioni del Mediterraneo", Editrice Portoria, 1996
TV&Radio
- Frequent interviews on marine topics on Italian national televisions and radios; consultant for international TV production companies for features on the Mediterranean sea (BBC,
DiscoveryChannel/Gedeon, RAI, Mediaset, Tesche Films)
Enviromental Education
- Educational material on whales and turtles for EU sponsored projects (CTS); lectures on sharks and fishes in aquaria, schools, dive-clubs, bookshops and children hospitals; eco-diving program in Sardinia and Red Sea
Science
- MedSharks project coordinator (since 2001). The MedSharks project is a field research on Mediterranean sharks supported by the University of Bologna, the Shark Specialist Group of the IUCN; it is the Mediterranean contact for the Global Shark Assessment, part of the Census of Marine Life project (www.medsharks.org)
- "First report of the big-eye thresher shark in the Eastern Mediterranean sea', 9th EEA (European Elasmobranch Association) Scientific Meeting, Monaco, 2005
- "In the sharks' cradle", 8th EEA Scientific Meeting, London, 2004
- "Photoidentification of sandbar sharks", 7th EEA Meeting, San Marino, 2003
- "The mental image of sharks" 7th EEA Meeting, San Marino, 2003
- Member of the Organizing Committee of the 7th EEA (European Elasmobranch Association) Scientific Meeting, 2003
- 'The sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus in Turkish waters', 6th European Elasmobranch Assotiation meeting in Cardiff, 2002.
- Concept and launch as of 1998 "Mediterranean Observatory ", a shark-sighting campaign in the Med
- Member of SIBM, Italian Society of Marine Biology.
- Posters on Alicia mirabilis and Gerardia savaglia in 1991 SIBM congress.
- Photos on permanent display at the Roman Zoological Museum and Monterey Bay Aquarium
Sponsors
PADI Project AWARE 10.000€ grant recipient for the MedSharks campaign, 2004/5
- World Communication Center, satellite communication for the MedSharks campaign, 2003-4-5
- Private sponsor, 20.000€ for the MedSharks campaign, the spinner dolphin campaign and environmental education activities, 2002-2004
-Mares: diving equipment, since 1990.
- Isotecnic: underwater strobes and lights
- Equipe Sub Service: UW photo&video equipment repair
Diving activity
2000+ dives around the world: from South Africa to Fiji, Australia, Tasmania, the Caribbean, Florida, Brazil, Maldives, the Red Sea (Egypt, Sudan), Oman and the Perisan Gulf, Polynesia, Philippines, Indonesia and the Mediterranean sea. Dive Master PADI.
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