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Plastic Busters MPAs consolidates efforts to slash marine plastic pollution in Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas at its closing conference
More than 140 participants (105 in person; 35 online) from 14 Mediterranean countries came together at the Plastic Busters MPAs closing conference organized in Athens on 12-13 April 2022. The two-day event was emotionally charged since it brought together for the...
COMPSUD and UNEP/MAP step up cooperation for sustainable development in the Mediterranean region
The Mediterranean Action Plan of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP/MAP) and the Circle of Mediterranean Parliamentarians for Sustainable Development (COMPSUD) announced a Memorandum of Understanding aiming to foster bilateral cooperation for healthy...
More than 60 scientists, NGOs and local associations urge to protect the Hellenic Trench from seismic blasts
The Hellenic Trench is a critical habitat for protected and endangered species of cetaceans. Noise pollution caused by seismic surveys poses severe risks to many marine species (including disruption of normal behaviour, exclusion from habitat, prey depletion and...
Plastic Busters MPAs conference in Vlora: the project is acknowledged for its unprecedented commitment and contribution to tackle marine litter in the Mediterranean
More than 110 participants from 18 Mediterranean countries came together at the Plastic Busters MPAs hybrid capitalization conference organized in the beautiful city of Vlora, located in the Karaburun-Sazan MPA. The two-day event, held from the 23rd till the 24th of...
Ocean Literacy for all Mediterranean People: The Ocean We Need for the Future We Want
The 79th issue of our journal Sustainable Mediterranean is dedicated to the 2021 Mediterranean Action Day (MAD 2021) campaign. MAD 2021 was all about Ocean Literacy: initiatives of the Mediterranean NGO community that inspire ocean citizenship and formulate effective...
MIO-ECSDE is part of an ambitious H2020 project supporting the delivery of a responsible and fair Green Deal
For all areas of the European Green Deal to succeed and meet their ambitious targets, behavioural change is required, along with long-term commitment, trust, social acceptance and buy-in from people, communities and organisations. Such changes include how we choose to...