Floodplains and flooding risk prevention
Today, climate change manifests itself with an increase in extreme weather events such as floods. In May 2014, a low-pressure cyclone affected a large area of Southeast and Central Europe, […]
Yearly Archives: 2017
#WetlandsForAll: raise wetlands during the World Wetland Day 2017!
Together with IUCN and the #NatureForAll, the Mediterranean Wetlands Initiative (MedWet) is taking the opportunity of the World Wetlands Day 2017 to relaunch its campaign focusing on wetlands to raise […]
Wetland Education in the Messolonghi lagoon in Greece
On the occasion of the World Wetlands Day (WWD) which is celebrated every year on the 2nd February, the Management Body of the Messolonghi lagoon (FDLMES), the Secondary Education Directorate […]
Lagoons and Coastal Risk
The Mediterranean region has about 18.5 million hectares of wetlands (± 3.5 million), around 1.5% of the world’s wetlands (Perennou et al., 2012). It hosts around 400 coastal lagoons, covering […]
Training sessions on monitoring and evaluation of wetlands in Algeria and Tunisia
As part of the project “Wetlands sentinels in the Maghreb: the MedWet Network of Civil Society in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia”, funded by the MAVA Foundation, two training sessions on “Monitoring […]