Artisanal salinas across the Mediterranean are today facing many pressures due to profound socio-economic changes that have affected productive activities. The MedArtSal project team has launched a survey to investigate on salt […]
Sebkhet Sejoumi is a wetland of great ecological value in the middle of an urban area (the South-western suburb of Greater Tunis). Its importance, particularly for migratory waterbirds, has been […]
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 […]
Even though many wetlands in Cyprus are known to the public and can be visited, information about their condition and their total number was, until recently, scattered or even non-existent. […]
In collaboration with the Scientific and Technical Network of MedWet (MedWet STN), the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation (IUCN-Med) has launched an exciting new collaborative storymap named “Unwelcomed guests” which […]
Wetlands across the globe are in danger. Estimates suggest that in some parts of the world wetland losses have been as high as 87% since 1700. The loss and degradation […]