by thomaisv | Sep 18, 2020 | News
Today, the European Commission published a threshold value for marine litter on coastlines, paving the way for litter-free coasts and seas. EU Member States’ experts have unanimously agreed that a beach will need to have less than 20 litter items for every 100 metres...
by thomaisv | Jul 31, 2020 | News
The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) launched an On-line Stakeholders Consultation aiming at compiling inputs and suggestions, from Mediterranean and other stakeholders, as part of the process leading to the 2nd UfM Ministerial Meeting on Environment and Climate...
by Vaso Sgourdou | Apr 27, 2020 | News
Launching the preparations for the 4th Mediterranean Water Forum, tentatively planned to take place in Malta on 11-13 November 2020, the 1st Steering Committee Meeting was held via video conference on 21 April 2020. MIO-ECSDE, along with the other Steering Group...
by thomaisv | Apr 24, 2020 | News
In a Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) online consultation that took place from 11-25 March 2020, MIO-ECSDE and 100 more entities, including research centers and universities, public administrations, the private sector, international organizations and non-governmental...
by thomaisv | Apr 21, 2020 | News
A moratorium on offshore oil and gas exploitation and exploration by 2035 is at the heart of the “Toward an EU offshore drilling ban” Manifesto co-signed by MIO-ECSDE and 21 other European NGOs. In view of the upcoming revision of the Offshore Safety Directive...
by thomaisv | Mar 19, 2020 | News
Marine litter prevention and mitigation actions lie at the heart of the Interreg Med Plastic Busters MPAs project. Working for and from the perspective of an MPA manager, Plastic Busters MPAs seeks to offer concrete solutions to prevent and mitigate the impacts of...
