by thomaisv | Apr 10, 2019 | News
It is hard to believe that the EU funded regional project SWIM-H2020 Support Mechanism is ending in a few days. It was an intense three years of working very close with the stakeholders in the Partner Countries in the South and East of the Mediterranean: Algeria,...
by thomaisv | Apr 9, 2019 | News
The 3rd meeting of the UfM Task Force on Environment brought together on April 9th in Brussels, Belgium, the UfM member countries, UfM Co-Presidencies and the Secretariat of the UfM, UN Environment/MAP and other regional stakeholders and partners. It was devoted to...
by Danai Amplianiti | Apr 8, 2019 | News
A little over three years have passed since the Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and Coastal Environment of the Mediterranean (Barcelona Convention) – namely the 21 Mediterranean countries and the European Union...
by thomaisv | Mar 22, 2019 | News
For many of us, water just flows or swirls and little do we realize what valuable functions and services it graciously offers and what consequences our water related choices and actions have. Safe and adequate drinking water and sanitation are recognized as basic...
by thomaisv | Mar 13, 2019 | News
Throughout the years Mediterranean NGOs have significantly contributed to providing data and information on the temporal and spatial distribution of marine litter found stranded on beaches. Monitoring surveys, adopt-a-beach schemes or beach clean-up campaigns are the...
by thomaisv | Feb 4, 2019 | News
A new report produced by the Interreg Med ACT4LITTER project reveals that marine litter is building up in what should be pristine coastal and marine protected areas. Wanting to dig deeper into the amounts, types and sources of marine litter deposited on the beaches of...
