The 2 February, people and organizations all over the world celebrate, the World Wetlands Day. In the Mediterranean, from its northern to its southern shores, a variety of activities took place for the celebration of the WWD 2013, ranging from field trips to wetlands to environmental education activities to specialist conferences. The Ramsar Convention’s message [...]
During a workshop held on Saturday, March 2, 2013 in Tunis by Association “Les Amis des Oiseaux” (AAO) in the presence of its national and international partners, a new identification guide to waterbirds in Arabic language was presented to the public. The 60 participants of the event, representatives of institutions and organizations working for biodiversity [...]
A year after its publication in December 2011, the UNESCO book “Water, Cultural Diversity, and Global Environmental Change: Emerging Trends, Sustainable Futures?” became available online. An outcome of the UNESCO-International [...]
Adonis is starting to build his new wooden boat. He is one of the few who still have this skill. He makes a living from fishing in the Prespa Lakes. The Society for the Protection of Prespa has spent many years studying the fish species of these same lakes.
MIO-ECSDE (Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development), with which MedWet has maintained a longstanding partnership based on the common interest in the Mediterranean environment, is running a [...]
This year the selected theme of WWD2013 is “Wetlands and water management”. We have created a variation of the Ramsar poster, specifically for the Mediterranean region, available for good quality printing online. We hope it will decorate your office and serve to remind that we must protect our unique region and its wetlands by placing them in their rightful place in the water management process.
Wetlands play a major role in the availability and quality of water, containing most of the water used to meet human needs. ESA’s GlobWetland II project is helping Mediterranean countries [...]
The first Hoffmann Fellow position for the Luc Hoffmann Institute is now open for applications. The Luc Hoffman Institute is focused on bringing research and synthesis together across disciplines, geographies [...]
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