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MIO-ECSDE sorely misses the EU core funding for 2016-2017
MIO-ECSDE has faced another consecutive rejection of its proposed annual work programme by the European Commission as submitted for a bi-annual NGO operating grant. This is the 5th rejection since 2011 (2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2011) and it goes without saying that the...
MPs, journalists and other Med stakeholders discuss climate change adaptation
More than 80 MPs, intergovernmental organisations, country administrators, NGOs, journalists and private initiatives from 16 countries converged to Athens, Greece to attend a regional workshop dedicated to climate change adaptation in coastal areas of the...
MedPartnership and ClimVar projects end, the protection of the Mediterranean goes on
The MedPartnership and ClimVar projects held their final meeting on 3-4 November 2015 in Athens, Greece to showcase the results achieved through more than 150 activities and 80 demonstration projects implemented over the past five years or so aiming to address the...
Act4Drin publication on the natural wealth and legacy of the Drin River Basin launched on the occasion of the World Rivers Day
Located in the south–western Balkans and connecting five riparian countries (Albania, Greece, FYR of Macedonia, Kosovo and Montenegro), the Drin River Basin is without a doubt one of the most important freshwater biodiversity hotspots in Europe. For the first time...
The International Conference on the Environmental Perspectives of the Gulf of Elefsis: A Mediterranean case study where Science meets Society
The International Conference on the Environmental Perspectives of the Gulf of Elefsis: A Mediterranean case study where Science meets Society was co-organized on the 11-12 September 2015 in Athens, Greece within the framework of the project “Aristeia I” of the...
MIO-ECSDE summer surveys on marine litter in Thesprotia, Greece
Within the framework of the IPA Adriatic funded DeFishGear project, MIO-ECSDE carried out the third set of beach litter surveys in Thesprotia, Greece, 28-30 July 2015. The previous sets of surveys took place in winter (November 2014) and spring (March 2015). Based on...