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Wetlands for a sustainable Mediterranean region

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  • Composting for limiting pollution inputs to Ammiq Ramsar Site (Lebanon)

    01 July 2020
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    In the villages of Ghazza and Mansoura, near the Ammiq wetland (Lebanon’s major Ramsar Site), more than 50 dairy cattle farms are dumping their runoff and cow manure directly into […]

  • A travelling exhibition in the Mediterranean: transhumance and biodiversity

    27 October 2014
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    “Hima” is an Arabic word meaning literally “protected area” in a traditional indigenous management system and conservation of biodiversity and natural resources, in place for almost 1,500 years in the […]

  • MedScapes : a project to identify and map the landscapes of eastern Mediterranean

    26 September 2014
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    MedScapes is funded by the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI) for initiatives between EU and other Mediterranean countries. It started in January 2014 and will end in December 2015. By developing […]

  • TWINMED: Twinning of MedWet with SPNL and RSCN for capacity building

    05 March 2010
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    This project was implemented in close collaboration with the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) and the Royal Society for the Protection of Nature (RSCN) in Jordan. MedWet acted as the mentoring NGO and twinning partnerships were created with the other partners and knowledge was transferred on environmental policy promotion in the framework of collaborating with ministries and local people, involving stakeholders in wetland management, using digital technology, considering socio-economic issues in site management, and operating in the framework of EU policies and directives

  • MedWetCoast: Project for the Conservation of Wetlands and Coastal Ecosystems in the Mediterranean region

    02 March 2010
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    The UNDP/FFEM MedWet Coast project aimed at conserving the biodiversity of global and regional importance in 6 countries/ authority in the Mediterranean basin: Albania, Egypt, Lebanon, morocco, Palestinian Authority and Tunisia. Technically supported by the Station Biologique de la Tour du Valat, the Conservatoire du Littoral and the Atelier Technique des Espaces Naturels, it was financed by the national contributions of these countries as well as the Global Environment Facility (GEF) through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the French Global Environment Facility (FGEF).

  • All projects
  • Programme on Communication, capacity building, Education, Participation and Awareness (CEPA) in the Mediterranean
  • RESCOM
  • WE GO COOP – improving WEtland GOvernance through a COmmunity Of Practice
  • Wetland-based Solutions – Enhancing the conservation of coastal wetlands in the Mediterranean Basin
  • ‘Off Your Map’ communication campaign on Mediterranean coastal wetlands
  • The Scientific and Technical Network
  • The MedWet Civil Society Network
  • The Agadir Commitments
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