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WES workshop in Algeria enhances capacities in marine litter monitoring and mitigation
Thirty passionate individuals from Algeria participated in a captivating two-day immersive training workshop focused on marine litter. The workshop, organized by the EU-funded "Water and Environment Support (WES) in the ENI Southern Neighbourhood region" project in...
MIO-ECSDE at the 4th meeting of the UfM Working Group on Environment and Climate Change
After 2 years of disruption due to the pandemic, UfM member countries and key stakeholders of the region met again physically, in Sitges just south of Barcelona, on 24 May 2023 for the 4th meeting of the UfM Working Group on Environment and Climate Change. This annual...
Putting Europe’s biodiversity on its recovery path through social experiments
Biodiversity and ecosystems provide us with food, health and medicines, materials, recreation, and wellbeing. They filter our air and water, help keep the climate in balance, convert waste back into resources, pollinate and fertilise crops and much more. In 2020, the...
WES supports Morocco’s fight against marine litter with comprehensive monitoring actions in Tetuan
A group of 25 Moroccans came together at a two-day hands-on training workshop organized by the EU-funded “Water and Environment Support (WES) in the ENI Southern Neighbourhood region” project and the Ministry of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development (MTEDD) of...
WES promotes effective environmental information and participation in the Mediterranean
Within the EU funded “Water and Environment Support (WES) in the ENI Neighbourhood South Region” project, MIO-ECSDE co-oganised a 2-day on-line meeting on the 8th and 9th of March 2023 that launched a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) exchange that will last for at least one year,...
Empowering the Asterousia Local Community: monitoring marine litter and promoting ocean literacy
Similar to other biosphere reserves and protected areas, the Asterousia Biosphere Reserve is increasingly impacted by marine litter, which accumulates and poses a threat to habitats, species, and sustainable development. In an effort to improve knowledge and evidence...