Marine Renewable Energy in the Mediterranean
Marine renewable energies include all the technologies that make it possible to produce electricity from different forces or resources in the marine environment: offshore wind, swell, currents, tides, the temperature gradient and salinity gradient. Harnessing Marine Renewable Energy (MRE) potential in the Mediterranean is crucial to contributing to the global and European efforts towards decarbonization, […]
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 well scientists and decision makers interact in monitoring and assessing the status of ecosystems to elaborate […]
Integrated regional assessments in support of ICZM in the Mediterranean and Black Sea Basins
This publication aims to guide a number of stakeholders on how to promote integrated approaches in the assessment of coastal and marine ecosystems to develop strategies and plans for their sustainable management.
Scoping study for the assessment of the costs of degradation of Mediterranean marine ecosystems
This report is the result of the work carried out by Plan Bleu as part of the initial economic and social analysis of the EcAp (Ecosystem Approach to the Management of Human Activities) project coordinated by the WFP Coordination Unit.
Maritime transport of goods: a Mediterranean integration driver ?
Maritime transport of goods in the Mediterranean: outlook 2025
The economic value of sustainable benefits rendered by the Mediterranean marine ecosystems
Dans ce cahier, le Plan Bleu propose une estimation économique des contributions des écosystèmes marins au bien-être des individus sous forme de services écologiques (ex : production de ressources alimentaires, énergétiques, fournitures d’aménités…). Cette étude exploratoire et novatrice au sens où elle ne retient que la part soutenable des bénéfices provenant des écosystèmes marins méditerranéens. […]
Mediterranean marine ecosystems: the economic value of sustainable benefits
Analysis of Mediterranean marine environment protection: the case of the Pelagos Sanctuary
State of the Mediterranean marine and coastal environment
This report “State of the Mediterranean Marine and Coastal Environment” published by UNEP/MAP (Mediterranean Action Plan) to which Plan Bleu has contributedn, provides information on the overall nature of Mediterranean ecosystems and defines pressures affecting the state of Mediterranean’s environment, to which 21 countries have coast. It also offers detailed information on the vital services […]