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Take part and help shape the post-2020 UfM Environment and Climate Action!
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...
MIO-ECSDE in the Steering Committee of the 4th Mediterranean Water Forum
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...
MIO-ECSDE contributes to the UfM online consultation on Blue Economy
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...
MIO-ECSDE signs on to a manifesto calling for a moratorium on offshore drilling
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...
Plastic Busters MPAs and MIO-ECSDE kick off marine litter prevention and mitigation demos
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...
Moving forward on EU measures to ensure a circular design of fishing gear for the reduction of environmental impacts
Abandoned, lost or discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) is a significant and very persistent form of marine litter, recognized as one of the major pollution problems damaging the marine and coastal environment worldwide. Indicatively, fisheries and aquaculture related items...