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The science we need for the ocean we want
At the very beginning of what we can define a “super-year” for the oceans, in the words of Gaetano Leone, the UNEP/MAP Secretariat Coordinator, the global ocean community was reunited from January 21 to 23, 2020 in Venice, for the second time in less than a year, to...
MPA ENGAGE set to tackle Climate Change in the Mediterranean Sea!
The Mediterranean Sea is one of the worst-affected areas by climate change in the world since warming occurs at a rate 20% faster than the world’s average. Marine Protected Areas, despite the nature-based solution they offer to support efforts towards climate change...
Journalists and MIO-ECSDE member NGOs now better equipped to protect disappearing coastal wetlands of the Mediterranean
Wetlands are among the world’s most productive environments. At the crossroads of key economic sectors, wetlands are wellsprings of biological diversity and provide vital natural resources as well as valuable services to humankind, representing a significant...
Mediterranean Parliamentarians, Officials, Journalists, Scientists and NGOs on track for making the new decade a sustainable one
Deeply concerned about the dire scientific predictions on the environment and climate of the region if immediate actions are not taken, more than 180 Mediterranean stakeholders met in Rabat, Morocco from 16-18 December 2019 to set the most urgent priorities that need...
Animation4Water: a new Mediterranean campaign educates the younger generations on water
A Mediterranean campaign on Water called Animation4Water has been launched to engage the youth and train educators on the threats to water resources and the potential impacts of water-related issues on the health and life of people around the Mediterranean....
COP21 as a ‘game-changer’: important resolutions made in view of the turning point of 2020
After four days of negotiations, panel discussions and side events, the works of the 21st Meeting of the Contracting Parties (COP21) to the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean (the Barcelona Convention)...