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21 Lebanese projects contribute to the reduction of plastic waste in the Mediterranean
MIO-ECSDE Member Organization, the Lebanese Environment Forum (LEF), together with the Lebanese Eco Movement (LEM) have received an EU grant to work on combating marine pollution in the Mediterranean Sea, with emphasis on plastics. As part of the project “Lebanese...
Mare Terra Fundació Mediterrània fights plastic pollution in Costa Daurada
The environmental and ecological pressures on the Tarragona coastline are getting worse according to Mare Terra Fundació Mediterrània, a MIO-ECSDE member organization. Angel Juarez, the President of the organization, in his article “The Costa Daurada, a sea of...
The Lebanese members of MIO-ECSDE were actively mobilized following the Beirut Port explosion
MIO-ECSDE is proud of the initiatives of our Lebanese members following the devastating blast at the port of Beirut on the 4th of August 2020 that killed more than 178 people, left more than 6,500 injured, 300,000 people homeless (WHO). Some highlights, without...
Eko Kvarner held the 7th Conference on Sustainable Development of Mediterranean Small Islands
Eko Kvarner, a MIO-ECSDE member, along with the University of Rijfka, Faculty of Economics and Business held the 7th Conference on Sustainable Development of Mediterranean Small Islands on May 28, 2020. The online event focused on the EU's Green Deal; how it can...
A new sustainability education project assesses universities’ Ecological Footprint
During the last 50 years, humanity's Ecological Footprint has increased by nearly 190% indicating a growing unbalance in the human-environment relationship and, consequently, the necessity for not only a major re-think in how we produce and distribute 'things', but...
Bern Convention fully embraces MEDASSET’s complaints about important sea turtle habitats
The 39th Standing Committee of the Bern Convention (Council of Europe) on the Conservation of European Wild Life and Natural Habitats fully supported MEDASSET’s complaints about the inadequate protection of crucially important sea turtle habitats in Greece and Turkey....