Story | 07 Nov, 2018
The 2nd Mediterranean Plant Conservation Week (MPCW) with the theme “Conservation of Mediterranean Plant Diversity: Complementary Approaches and New Perspectives” will take place at the University of Malta, Valletta Campus from 12 to 16 November 2018.
Story | 02 Oct, 2018
Mainstreaming biodiversity and strengthening business engagements at IUCN Business Week 2018
More than 55 staff members and over 20 business partners exchanged around the theme “Catalysing business engagement and investment for sustainable development” during IUCN Business Week 2018 10-14 September, at IUCN headquarters in Gland.
Story | 07 Sep, 2018
The Small-Scale Initiatives Programme for Civil Society Organizations in North Africa (PPI-OSCAN 2 in French) has closed the call for projects, open from 2 July to 30 August 2018. The IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation (IUCN-Med) has received a total of 223 projects.
Story | 17 Jul, 2018
Emergency situation for pen shells in the Mediterranean
A parasite is causing a mass mortality outbreak threatening one of the most emblematic species found in the Mediterranean Sea, the pen shell (Pinna nobilis). Several actions are now being implemented to prevent the parasite from spreading in the…
Story | 06 Jul, 2018
Towards the implementation of Nature-based solutions in climate policies in Morocco and Tunisia
Morocco and Tunisia have each created a roadmap and a working group focused on implementing Nature-based Solutions (NbS) contained in the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) across different sectors. Both working groups have already identified project…
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 | 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…