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The 2nd Mediterranean Water Forum took place in Murcia (Spain) from 24 to 26 November 2014. It was part of the preparatory process for the upcoming 7th World Water Forum (WWF7 – Korea, April 2015). Its discussions and outcomes will feed in the themes and orientations of the 7th World Water Forum.
One year after taking up the challenge to address the need (read more here) for accurate, coherent and comparable scientific data on marine litter in the Adriatic region to support effective decision making, the DeFishGear project has successfully launched coordinated marine litter monitoring surveys in the seven countries of the Adriatic Sea, namely Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Italy, Montenegro, Greece, Slovenia.
Within the framework of the IPA Adriatic funded DeFishGear project, MIO-ECSDE launched beach litter surveys in Thesprotia, Greece, 10-14 November 2014. Based on the beach monitoring methodology (read more here) prepared by MIO-ECSDE in collaboration with other DeFishGear partners, six sites were selected taking into consideration their location and other features related to morphology, accessibility, etc.
The Final Report of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014) entitled “Shaping the Future We Want” prominently refers to the Mediterranean Strategy on ESD as a success on a global scale! The Strategy was endorsed in May 2014 by the UfM Ministers in charge of Environment and Climate Change.