Meet a wetland: The Ebro River Delta, Cataluña (Spain)
The Delta del Ebro is the largest wetland in Catalonia, Spain, with an area of 320 km2, and one of the most important aquatic habitats in the western Mediterranean. Of the […]
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Meet a wetland: The Sabkhat al Kuz (coastal Cyrenaica, Libya)
If you wish to know if there are still some near-pristine typical Mediterranean coastal lagoons remaining in the Mediterranean, likely resembling those many that were destroyed or heavily modified by […]
The Mediterranean presence at COP14 of the Convention on Biological Diversity in Egypt
The Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity is holding its fourteenth meeting (CBD COP 14) in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, from 17 to 29 November 2018. The […]
Monitoring of Mediterranean wetland services for recreation and education
Local populations in the Mediterranean region depend on wetlands in different aspects of their daily lives. The natural beauty of these ecosystems makes wetlands ideal locations for recreational and educational […]
Meet a wetland: the Laguna di Nora (Pula, Sardinia)
There is a place located in the municipality of Pula (Southwestern Sardinia) that deserves to be visited at least once. This is the Nora Lagoon (Laguna di Nora), a wetland […]
Remote sensing for wetlands monitoring and conservation: state of the art in the Mediterranean
Wetlands are among the most productive areas of the planet, but they are also among the most endangered. Indeed, because of their high productivity, they are extremely rich in biodiversity […]