Who we are
We are a non-profit Federation of 127 Mediterranean NGOs for Environment and Sustainable Development
What we do
We act as a technical and political platform for the intervention of NGOs in the Mediterranean sceneOur mission
Our mission is to protect the Natural Environment and Cultural Heritage and promote Sustainable Development in a peaceful MediterraneanOur story
For more than twenty years we have been catalyzing synergies, joining forces & building bridges in the Euro-Mediterranean areaRecent Projects
Environmental NGOs join forces for a Mediterranean free from plastic pollution
Over twenty environmental NGOs, among which MIO-ECSDE joined forces to launch the Break Free From Plastic Movement in the Mediterranean. At their first meeting in Barcelona in June 2017, they agreed on a manifesto calling for systemic change along the entire plastic...
read moreACT4LITTER in full swing – Combating marine litter in Mediterranean MPAs
Just few months after the ACT4LITTER kick-off and all project activities are in full swing! An initial list of measures aiming to tackle marine litter in Mediterranean MPAs has been developed and will be shared with MPA managers and marine litter experts in order to...
read moreEarth Overshoot Day 2017 lands on August 2
By August 2, 2017, we will have used more from nature than our planet can renew in the whole year. We use more ecological resources and services than nature can regenerate through overfishing, overharvesting forests, and emitting more carbon dioxide into the...
read moreFeatured Publication
Marine litter assessment in the Adriatic and Ionian Seas. IPA-Adriatic DeFishGear Project, MIO-ECSDE, HCMR and ISPRA, 2017
Featured Publication
Towards a green economy in the Mediterranean, eco-union, MIO-ECSDE, GEC, 2016
Featured Publication
NGO actions to protect and conserve freshwater ecosystems, MIO-ECSDE, 2016
