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Make the Mediterranean a cooperation area for sustainable development
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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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Plan Bleu publishes a new concise analysis of the Mediterranean basin health state : through 10 key indicators. These indicators, resulting from the work of Plan Bleu Observatory, provide essential insight into the socio-economic and environmental dynamics that are shaping the Mediterranean today. This publication is produced as part of the update of the Mediterranean Strategy for Sustainable Development (MSSD 2026–2035),…
11/12/25
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UNPACKING THE POTENTIAL OF INTEGRATED COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT & MARITIME SPATIAL PLANNING PROCESSES FOR SUSTAINABLE TOURISM IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
29 January 2026
This report explores the potential of the Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) and Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) legislative frameworks to transform tourism in the Mediterranean.
Plan Bleu at COP24: Commitments and Contributions for a Sustainable Mediterranean
11 December 2025
The 24th Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention (COP24) was held from 2 to 5 December 2025 in Cairo, bringing together Mediterranean
Mediterranean health state : Plan Bleu publishes 10 key indicators of sustainable development.
11 December 2025
Plan Bleu publishes a new concise analysis of the Mediterranean basin health state : through 10 key indicators. These indicators, resulting from the work of Plan
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EcAP Science-Policy Interface (SPI) Brief
Achieving the Good Environmental Status of the Mediterranean marine and coastal ecosystems – this is the goal of the Ecosystem Approach, a strategy initiated by the Barcelona Convention UNEP/MAP. The success of this approach will largely depend on how
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Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) and Guidelines for Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries
The purpose of this report is to identity and conduct a comparative analysis of the main environmental commitments of Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries (SEMCs). The goal of the study is to develop greater consistency in order to improve impl
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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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