At a meeting held in Marseille, France, on 23-24 June 2016, the Dialogue 5+5 (Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia + France, Italy, Malta, Portugal and Spain) adopted the draft […]
Designation as a Ramsar site is an international recognition, awarded to the world’s most important wetlands. Out of the 44 sites designated by France, 33 are found within the metropole. […]
At the invitation of his Corsican partners: Environment Office of Corsica (OEC), the Regional Directorate of Environment, Planning and Housing (DREAL) and the Center for Architecture, Urbanism and Environment Bastia […]
The Ramsar Convention has announced the winners of the 2015 Ramsar Wetland Conservation Awards, which honour the outstanding work of governments, organizations and individuals in promoting the wise use, protection, […]
MedWet information and knowledge network for the sustainable development of wetland ecosystems. MedWet was the coordinator of this project which was funded by the EU’s Interreg IIIC programme. Project activities took place in France, Italy, Greece, Portugal, Estonia, Cyprus and Serbia, with 4 of the project partners being members of the MedWet Scientific and Technical Team. The purpose of this project was the exchange of current knowledge and expertise on methods of inventorying and monitoring wetland ecosystems. One of the main goals was to streamline MedWet Inventory tools in line with new EU regulations, while incorporating Earth Observation technologies and creating an on-line information system for recording wetland data of EU member states.
MedWet1 was the first project to be undertaken under the aegis of MedWet and had the primary objective to develop methods and tools specific to Mediterranean wetlands in five areas, inventory and monitoring, wetlands management, training, public awareness and research results and dissemination. It was made possible through the hard work and cooperation of governments, NGO’s and wetland centres in the European Mediterranean region and was completed in 1996 and the results were presented in the Pan-Mediterranean Wetland Conference in Venice, June 1996.