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MIO-ECSDE calls on Barcelona Convention Contracting Parties to step up efforts to meet SDG14 targets
The deliberations of the 20th Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention (COP20) spanned over four days from 17-20 December 2017 in Tirana, Albania. More than 150 delegates from the 21 Mediterranean countries and the European Union that are parties...
New study highlights educational benefits of footprint calculator
A new study of the Ecological Footprint Calculator used in classrooms in Italy and the UK identified several educational benefits, including making sustainability personal for students and providing insight on how daily activities affect national and global...
SDG14 and Marine Litter: what progress has been made in the Mediterranean?
The marine litter threat in the Mediterranean and the ongoing concrete efforts to reduce its adverse effects towards good environmental status in the coastal and marine environment were in focus at the Barcelona Convention COP20 side event organized by MIO-ECSDE....
Pollution of the marine environment: Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas managers gather in Izola to talk about solutions
Some 120 MPA managers and other stakeholders from all shores of the Mediterranean came together at the mid-term conference of the ACT4LITTER project, an Interreg Med Programme project funded by the European Union that aims to facilitate efforts for tackling marine litter…