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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
Environmental NGOs join forces for a Mediterranean free from plastic pollution
Over twenty environmental NGOs, among which MIO-ECSDE joined forces to launch the Break Free From Plastic Movement in the Mediterranean. At their first meeting in Barcelona in June 2017, they agreed on a manifesto calling for systemic change along the entire plastic...
MIO-ECSDE follows MCSD progress
The Members of the Mediterranean Commission for Sustainable Development (MCSD) met on 4 to 6 July 2017 in Athens mainly to discuss the progress of the implementation of the Mediterranean Strategy for Sustainable Development 2016-2025 (MSSD) a strategic guiding...
Earth Overshoot Day 2017 lands on August 2
By August 2, 2017, we will have used more from nature than our planet can renew in the whole year. We use more ecological resources and services than nature can regenerate through overfishing, overharvesting forests, and emitting more carbon dioxide into the...
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
