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MIO-ECSDE at the European Maritime Day: Tourism and Biodiversity – Opportunities and Threats
Within the framework of the European Maritime Day 2013, the MIO-ECSDE in cooperation with the EU funded Horizon 2020 Capacity Building/Mediterranean Environment Programme and the MedPartnership organized a panel discussion on the opportunities but also the threats of sustainable tourism and ecotourism development in the Mediterranean.
Priority actions to combat marine litter: Europe’s Message from Berlin
More than two hundred European policymakers, scientists and representatives from civil society and industry met in Berlin from 10-12 of April 2013 to debate on ways to combat marine litter in the European regional seas.
NGOs call on EU Member States to set ambitious marine litter targets
Eighteen (18) environmental NGOs from across the EU, among which MIO-ECSDE, are today calling on EU Member States to increase their level of ambition and set firmer marine litter reduction targets with the aim of ending the marine litter problem within a generation.
Call for application for e-learning course on Management of MAB Biosphere Reserves and other designated areas
MIO-ECSDE/MEdIES calls for applications for a 4-week long e-learning course entitled “Management of MAB Biosphere Reserves (BRs) and other designated areas”. The e-course has been built on one of the eight chapters of the UNESCO publication: “Education for Sustainable Development in Biospheres Reserves and other Designated Areas: A Resource Book for Educators in South-Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean” .
13th Mediterranean Honorific Award launched
2013 marks the 13th year for the Mediterranean Honorific Award organized by Mediterrània – Centre d’Iniciatives Ecològiques (CIE) and MIO-ECSDE. The Award recognizes and rewards excellence and innovation in projects relating to the environment and sustainable development.
MIO-ECSDE’s good practices in transboundary water dialogues exemplified during high level meetings in Rome, 26-30 November 2012
MIO-ECSDE was highlighted as an exemplary regional network for its successful experiences in transboundary water dialogues at the sixth session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention of the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (UNECE Water Convention), which took place in Rome