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SWIM-H2020 Support Mechanism draws curtains with resonating applause
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,...
3rd meeting of the UfM Task Force on Environment
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...
Integrated pollution monitoring and assessment in the Mediterranean: Where are we now?
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 -...
World Water Day: over 2 billion people lack access to safe water
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...
Can environmental NGOs generate fit-for-purpose marine litter data? MIO-ECSDE’s participatory-science showcase
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...
Marine litter is building up in Mediterranean coastal and marine protected areas, reveals new report
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...