The MedPartnership - News Archive

News Archive

Completing the marine ecological survey around the Kuriat Islands in Tunisia

18/06/2011

SPA/RAC undertook a second ecological field survey in the Kuriat Islands pilot site (Tunisia) to be declared as a marine and coastal protected area.

New video by WWF Meditarranean: The role of MPAs

16/06/2011

A new video by WWF Mediterranean on the role of Marine Protected Areas.

UN launches new information portal on Multilateral Environmental Agreements

14/06/2011

A new initiative is set to improve the sharing of information relating to over a dozen international agreements that protect the environment. The Multilateral Environmental Agreements Information and Knowledge Management Initiative aims to assist Parties to Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs), and the environment community at large, to access MEA information from one central location.

SPA/RAC: Identifying important conservation sites along the Lebanese coast

12/06/2011

SPA/RAC carried out a field survey, from 6 to 10 June 2011, along the Lebanese coast to identify ecologically important sites to be extensively surveyed in a further project stage in 2012.

Government Designated Experts meeting: another step to implementing the Ecosystem Approach by MAP

07/06/2011

The second government designated experts (GDE) meeting on the application of the Ecosystem Approach was held in Durres, Albania on 2-3 June 2011.

National Sustainable Development Strategies the way to green economy, MCSD says.

06/06/2011

Strengthening National Strategies for Sustainable Development (NSSD) in the Mediterranean is necessary to accelerate progress towards a green economy, according to UNEP and the Mediterranean Commission on Sustainable Development (MCSD), which met last week from 30 May to 1 June.

The MedPAN South Project Mid-Term Report 2011 now available!

03/06/2011

The MedPAN South Project is a 4-year collaborative project aimed at improving the management effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the south and east of the Mediterranean and supporting the creation of new ones.

MEDPOL Focal Points Meeting: working towards reducing pollution in the Med

30/05/2011

The Focal Points Meeting of MEDPOL was held in Rhodes on 25-27 May 2011 to discuss and review the work programme of the organization. The meeting was also attended by representatives of Mediterranean states, the European Commission and intergovernmental organizations as well as NGOs.

A region-wide initiative to streamline MPA management tools in the Mediterranean

26/05/2011

MedPAN, RAC/SPA and WWF recently launched a study to improve MPA management tools and guidebooks available in the Mediterranean. The overall goal of this work is to develop an overall framework for the production and delivery of guidebooks produced in the region that should provide MPA managers with relevant and adequate resources.

Expert meeting on harmonizing national legislation and institutions with ICZM Protocol - Croatia

24/05/2011

The Expert group meeting on harmonizing the national legal and institutional framework with ICZM Protocol took place during 18 and 19 May in the PAP/RAC premises in Split, Croatia.