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Operation Summer: snap a winning marine litter impression!
Today ACT4LITTER is excited to launch a two-month photo contest entitled "Operation Summer: snap a winning marine litter impression!" Open your eyes, grab your camera and unleash your creative soul! Capture a stunning snap of pristine or littered seascapes, marine...
Promoting Natura 2000 sites, Biosphere Reserves and other Protected Areas as a tool for sustainable development
Some 50 post graduate students, young researchers and protected areas managers from 15 EuroMediterranean countries had the opportunity to participate in a Summer University held at the Protected Area of Parnon, Moustos, Mainalon and Monemvasia in Greece, from the 8th...
European Parliament attentive to the need for effectively curbing plastics in our life
The Environment Committee of the European Parliament voted this week on a set of amendments to the European Commission’s strategy to tackle plastic pollution. As indicated by the Rethink Plastic Alliance, a coalition of NGOs working to reduce plastic pollution in the...
MPA managers and marine litter practitioners meet to fast-track actions against marine litter in Mediterranean MPAs
ACT4LITTER brought together MPA managers and marine litter experts at the second meeting of the project’s associated partners, held in Pisa on the 16th and 17th of May 2018. 26 participants from 21 organizations collectively reviewed the progress achieved by ACT4LITTER and advanced the quality of its outputs…
Join the Summer edition of the ACT4LITTER Marine Litter Watch Month to assess marine litter in Med coastal and marine protected areas
Are you a manager of a coastal and marine protected area or a marine litter practitioner? Are you interested in filling in the ‘data gaps’ that hamper an effective implementation of essential measures to address the growing threat of marine litter in Med coastal and...
Climate Change in the Mediterranean: following UfM progress
MIO-ECSDE participated in the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) Climate Change Expert Group (CCEG) meeting that took place in Barcelona on 23-25 April 2018, represented by Jeremie Fosse, president of eco union and MIO-ECSDE board member. Discussions focused on several...