Story | 16 Mar, 2017
Marseille is hosting the kick off meeting of the Streamlining Networking and Management efforts in Mediterranean Protected Areas for Enhanced Natural Conservation and Protection (PANACeA) project this week. The objectives of this meeting are to gather all participating partners belonging to the…
Story | 10 Mar, 2017
The IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation has just launched a call for the identification of coastal Protected Areas (PAs) in Spain interested in the implementation of Pilot Ecotourism Actions in the framework of the DestiMED project. These pilot actions will help define a sustainability…
Story | 07 Mar, 2017
Call for tenders to develop an online monitoring platform for the DestiMED project
In the framework of the DestiMED project, IUCN-Med is launching a call for tenders for the development of an online monitoring platform and resource center for the use of Protected Areas and tourism service providers that will enable the territory and the project partners to collect data,…
Story | 26 Jan, 2017
World Wetlands Day: Strengthening resilience and collaboration to reduce disaster risk
On February 2nd the world celebrates its wetlands – complex ecosystems that provide a wide variety of services and benefits for people and nature. Wetlands such as estuaries, mangroves, marshes, and swamps play, beyond their biological role, a key part in helping people cope with disasters. Yet…
Story | 19 Jan, 2017
DestiMED: A project to foster sustainable tourism across the Mediterranean was launched today
The Interreg project “DestiMED” has been officially launched in Rome on January 19th, 2017. The inaugural address was given by the regional director of the environment and natural system department from the Lazio Region, Vito Consoli, to the representatives of the seven project partners.
Story | 25 Nov, 2016
The 2016 Forum of Marine Protected Areas is about to start in Tangier (Morocco) from November 28th to December 1st, and will welcome more than four hundred participants who will assess the progress made on marine protected areas (MPAs) across the Mediterranean region in the last years.
Story | 21 Oct, 2016
Setting the path for plant conservation across the Mediterranean
Montenegro will host the 1st Mediterranean Plant Conservation Week.
Story | 07 Sep, 2016
Release of the MEET Manual – A guide to discover the MEET approach publication
The Mediterranean Experience of Ecotourism (MEET) Network has released its fourth entry of the Drops of Knowledge series, the newly published “MEET Manual – A guide to discover the MEET approach”.
Press release | 04 Sep, 2016
Four out of six great apes one step away from extinction – IUCN Red List
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, 4 September 2016 (IUCN) – The Eastern Gorilla – the largest living primate – has been listed as Critically Endangered due to illegal hunting, according to the latest update of The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ released today at the IUCN World Conservation Congress…
Story | 29 Aug, 2016
The Mediterranean at the IUCN World Conservation Congress
We share with all the Mediterranean Members and the strategic partners in the region, the main events in which the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation will participate or organise at the IUCN World Conservation Congress that will be held in Hawai'i on 1-10 September 2016.