Story | 02 Jul, 2018
Designing new actions to effectively preserve Mediterranean wetlands
Málaga hosted a preparatory meeting ahead of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (COP13) with representatives from Mediterranean countries.
Story | 28 Jun, 2018
The programme PPI-OSCAN will finance, in Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia: about 32 environmental projects to be conducted by "emerging" Civil Society Organisations for amounts between € 10,000 and € 30,000 per project, and about 8…
Story | 22 May, 2018
IPBES-6 - Moving indigenous and local knowledge forward
CEESP News - by Aroha Te Pareake Mead, CEESP Chair, 2008-2016
The work of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has direct relevance to CEESP at many different levels and offers some direct ways for CEESP members to engage.
Story | 14 May, 2018
Atelier de formation en collaboration avec des sociétés d'électricité du Maroc et d’Espagne.
Story | 07 May, 2018
Mass mortality events of the endemic bivalve Pinna nobilis (pen shell) have been recorded in the Western Mediterranean populations over the last year and a half.
Story | 21 Mar, 2018
How to integrate Nature Based Solutions in the Mediterranean cities
“The Mediterranean city model, characterized by the population density, the compactness of the building, the complexity of urban uses and functions, and the proximity of services on a pedestrian scale, must be claimed and protected” was stressed by the experts participating at a brainstorming…
Story | 30 Jan, 2018
Buna river project launch gathers wide support in Albania
Around 70 participants from local government, civil society and education bodies from Albania and Montenegro gathered to launch the Buna Delta Protection Project during an opening in Shkodra (Albania) on 25 January, followed by a field visit to the…
Story | 27 Dec, 2017
Freshwater biodiversity in the Mediterranean Basin Hotspot is remarkably diverse and highly threatened as confirmed by the IUCN Mediterranean Biodiversity Red List assessments. The process to identify and delineate of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA) in north-west Mediterranean, including…
Story | 11 Dec, 2017
Participatory scenario planning
By Ignacio Palomo
How can we manage a large protected area system with reduced public funding resources and new challenges arising from multiple drivers of change? This was the question that EUROPARC Spain, an institution that mobilises multiple stakeholders around protected areas in…
Story | 17 Nov, 2017
Breeding the most threatened bivalve on Earth: Margaritifera marocana
How do you save a Critically Endangered river mussel species from extinction when a dam upstream and increased human disturbance in the vicinty is threatening its only known home?