Meet a wetland: Tiber Island, Rome (Italy)
Tiber Island is located in the middle of the river of the same name, between the districts of Trastevere and the ancient Jewish Ghetto, and commands one of the most […]
Yearly Archives: 2020
Water resources: between the hammer of climate change and the anvil of anthropogenic activities
Unusually, this year’s World Water Day comes in a climate of fear and anxiety, caused by the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) that has swept the globe and claimed so […]
The effectiveness of the Ramsar Convention in preserving wintering waterbirds in the Mediterranean
Press release Arles, March 10, 2020 An international collaboration involving researchers from the Tour du Valat, the French Office for Biodiversity (OFB), the National Museum of Natural History […]
The Lixus saltpans (Morroco): human development at the service of environmental protection
The wetlands of Bas Loukkos are located in northwest Morocco, 160 kilometers north of Rabat and 80 kilometers south of Tangier. They are made up of a large marshy and […]
Survey: How to increase knowledge-exchange for the conservation of Mediterranean wetlands?
Are you a decision-maker, a site manager, or an NGO working on wetland conservation in the Mediterranean region? Your feedback interests us! Please give us ten minutes of your time […]
Launch of an innovative European project for the concerted management of Marine Protected Areas in the Mediterranean Sea
The kick-off meeting of the Interreg Mediterranean TUNE UP project held in Arles on 28 and 29 January brought together 12 partners from 7 Mediterranean countries (Albania, Montenegro, Italy, Greece, […]