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Make the Mediterranean a cooperation area for sustainable development
Providing socioeconomics insights for the appropriate management of Mediterranean resources
Facilitate a science – political and civil society interface
Supporting the transition towards a green and blue economy
Design possible futures for sustainable development
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Plastic Pollution in the Mediterranean: Which Role for Coastal Cities and Their Valuable Ecosystems?
Plastic pollution poses a growing threat to Mediterranean populations and ecosystems, driven by unsustainable consumption patterns, insufficient waste management, and governance gaps. Despite existing legal frameworks in many countries, plastic leakage into the sea continues to increase. With around 70% of the Mediterranean population living in coastal urban areas, cities are both major sources of plastic waste and among the…
18/02/26
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Advancing One Health in the Mediterranean
20 February 2026
This report explores the application of the One Health approach in the Mediterranean, with a specific focus on marine and coastal environments, where interactions between
Plastic Pollution in the Mediterranean: Which Role for Coastal Cities and Their Valuable Ecosystems?
18 February 2026
Plastic pollution poses a growing threat to Mediterranean populations and ecosystems, driven by unsustainable consumption patterns, insufficient waste management, and governance gaps. Despite existing legal
Urban and Coastal Water Management through Nature-Based Solutions
4 February 2026
In response to growing water-related challenges in Mediterranean urban and coastal areas, this policy note examines the potential of Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) as integrated, sustainable,
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Promoting sustainable and inclusive tourism in the Mediterranean: Guidelines for a Sustainable Tourism in the Mediterranean
Tourism, a major economic sector in the Mediterranean, generating social and environmental impacts, and potentially victim of its success…… Over time the Mediterranean region has developed a unique blend of tourism activities related with sea and coast
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Report of the Inception Workshop “Implementation of the Ecosystem Approach in the Mediterranean: strengthening the science-policy interface”
The workshop, held on December 15-16th, 2015 in Sophia Antipolis, France, gathered 44 participants from the South, East and North of the Mediterranean representing Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention, scientific and research institutions an
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Pilot participatory management approaches in woodland areas in Algeria, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia and Türkiye: lessons learned and potential applications across the Mediterranean
Under Component 3 (Development of local, participatory modes of governance for Mediterranean woodland ecosystems) of the FGEF project (Optimising the production of goods and services by Mediterranean forests in a context of global changes), the five pa
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Maximize the production of goods and services of Mediterranean forest ecosystems in the context of global changes
The regional project “Maximize the production of goods and services of Mediterranean forest ecosystems in the context of global changes” (2012-2016) is financed by the French Global Environment Facility together with the German Cooperation (GIZ), the F
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Towards a multi-scale coastal risk index for the Mediterranean
The Mediterranean region is a climate change “hot-spot”. Investigating the role of climate and non-climate drivers on coastal zones is vital to understand the underlying risks and identify appropriate response measures. The multi-scale coastal risk ind
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