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Who we are
We are a non-profit Federation of 136 Mediterranean NGOs for Environment and Sustainable Development
What we do
We act as a technical and political platform for the intervention of NGOs in the Mediterranean scene
Our mission
Our mission is to protect the Natural Environment and Cultural Heritage and promote Sustainable Development in a peaceful Mediterranean
Our story
For more than twenty years we have been catalyzing synergies, joining forces & building bridges in the Euro-Mediterranean area
Latest News
MEDASSET and HOS advance Marine Conservation in the Eastern Mediterranean
On the 1st of July 2023, the LIFE MareNatura project officially launched its ambitious efforts for the conservation of marine biodiversity across a vast marine corridor extending from the Aegean to the Ionian Sea and the Southern Adriatic. With a total budget of...
Mediterranean Leadership Reaffirmed at UN Ocean Conference 2025 in Nice
The 2025 UN Ocean Conference (UNOC3), held in Nice, France, on 10 June, provided a pivotal platform for Mediterranean stakeholders to showcase their commitment to ocean sustainability. Mediterranean countries were strongly represented across political, scientific, and...
New report highlights how to reconnect Europeans with local biodiversity
While support for biodiversity protection remains high among Europeans, everyday contemporary living often distances people from nature, making biodiversity seem abstract and invisible in their surroundings. This gap makes it difficult to align their personal values...
Recent Projects
Featured Publication
Climate Change: The rapidly increasing challenge for the Mediterranean. Sustainable Mediterranean, Issue No 78, 2021.
Featured Publication
Assessing Marine Litter on Mediterranean Beaches. Filing in the knowledge gaps via a participatory-science initiative. MIO-ECSDE, 2019
Featured Publication
Marine Litter in Mediterranean coastal and marine protected areas. A snapshot assessment report on the amounts, composition and sources of marine litter found on beaches. Interreg Med ACT4LITTER & MIO-ECSDE, 2019
