For the 2025 edition of the celebration of World Wetlands Day (WWD), the French Biodiversity Agency (OFB) has commissioned the Mediterranean Wetlands Initiative (MedWet) to evaluate the events promoting wetlands in the Mediterranean region, in response to the launch of a call for projects. The call aims to provide a financial boost to the Mediterranean actors in the realization of awareness and educational activities within the framework of the WWD. Read more about the Call for projects here.
34 projects were nominated by a selection committee composed of the Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention, the Ramsar France Association, the Mediterranean Wetlands Observatory (MWO) and MedWet.
Nominations were made in alphabetical order of country and organization:
- Albania – CELIM Shqipëri
- Algeria- Association de jeunesse Gravélo de la wilaya de Chlef GRAVELO
- Bosnia and Herzegovina – Center for Environment CfE (CZZS)
- Bulgaria – Bulgarian Biodiversity Foundation
- Croatia – Public Institution Nature Park Vransko Jezero
- Croatia – Međimurje Nature – Public Institution for Nature
- Croatia – Biom
- Croatia – Public Institution for the Management of Protected Natural Areas of Dubrovnik-Neretva County
- Greece – Mediterranean Institute for Nature and Anthropos
- Italy – Associazione Scienze Naturali Unite aps
- Italy – Istituto Abruzzese per le Aree Protette APS – WWF
- Italy – Kayla Nature
- Lebanon – Human Environmental Association for Development
- Libya – Edama for nature conservation
- Montenegro – Public Enterprise for National Parks of Montenegro -National Park Skadar Lake National Parks of Montenegro
- Morocco – Groupe de Recherche Pour la Protection des Oiseaux au Maroc /BirdLife Maroc
- Morocco – Moroccan Youth Biodiversity Network (MYBN)
- Morocco – Association Atarik pour les Jeunes, Sports et Action de Développement
- Morocco – Association Ecologia pour l’éducation à l’environnement
- Morocco – Association Douiret-Sbaa
- Portugal – Associação de Produtores de Amêijoa da Fajã de Santo Cristo
- Portugal – Associação Geopark Estrela
- Portugal – Grupo de Estudos de Ordenamento do Território e Ambiente
- Portugal – Associação Portuguesa de Educação Ambiental
- Portugal – Associação de Defesa do Paul de Tornada
- Portugal – Associação Charcos & Companhia
- Portugal – Conservação da Natureza e do Património Rural
- Portugal – Associação Natureza Portugal / WWF
- Portugal – Câmara Municipal do Barreiro
- Portugal – Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia
- Slovenia – Terra Anima, deep ecology association
- Spain – Université de Castille-La Manche
- Tunisia – Association de recherches et d’études sur la mémoire de Sousse
- Türkiye – Doğa Derneği
More information:
Read our article “World Wetlands Day 2025: Protecting wetlands for our common future“.
Register your events dedicated to promoting and protecting wetlands on World Wetlands Day 2025.
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