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MIO-ECSDE welcomes the adoption of Regional Plan on Marine Litter Management in the Mediterranean
The long awaited common policy framework for Mediterranean countries to tackle the problem of marine litter was finally adopted on the 4th of December 2013 at the 18th Ordinary Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean and its Protocols, organized by the UNEP/MAP Secretariat in Istanbul on 3-6 December, 2013.
18th COP of the Barcelona Convention: some achievements to look forward to
MIO-ECSDE participated in the 18th Ordinary Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean and its Protocols, organized by the UNEP/MAP Secretariat in Istanbul on 3-6 December, 2013.
MIO-ECSDE & MEdIES at the pan-European Researchers’ Night 2013
Hundreds of people of all ages had the opportunity to become acquainted with marine sciences and current research methods last Friday on the 27th of September 2013 during the MAREXPRES (MARine EXPloring RESearchers) event. MIO-ECSDE & MEdIES were there!
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.