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Who we are
We are a non-profit Federation of 133 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
MPA managers and marine litter experts actively involved in the ACT4LITTER!
ACT4LITTER brought together some 35 MPA managers and marine litter experts in the first meeting of the associated partners, held in Barcelona on the 2nd and 3rd of October 2017. This was a great opportunity for the ACT4LITTER operational partners to introduce the...
Monitoring and assessment of marine litter in the Egyptian Mediterranean coastline
Some 30 professionals where successfully trained on how to properly monitor marine litter at a workshop organized by MIO-ECSDE and RAED, as consortium members of the EU-funded SWIM-Horizon 2020 Support Mechanism, together with the Egyptian Authorities, on 19-20...
What are Man and Biosphere Reserves all about? Trainees find out in Sardinia
Biosphere Reserves are so much more than just protected areas. They are special places designed to demonstrate a balanced relationship between people and nature. Twenty six post-graduate students, young scientists and officers of Biosphere Reserves from Europe –mainly...
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
