Climagine

Climagine Climate Change Coastal Areas Context and Origins In the 2000s, Plan Bleu developed the Imagine approach in collaboration with the Bayswater Institute (United Kingdom) to promote sustainable management practices in Mediterranean coastal zones. As part of the project “Integration of Climate Variability and Change into National Strategies for the Implementation of the ICZM Protocol […]

The economic and social analysis of the uses of marine and coastal waters, a prerequisite to their better management

The economic and social analysis of the uses of marine and coastal waters, a prerequisite to their better management Marine environment In 2008, MAP launched the EcAP initiative to eventually achieve the Good Environmental Status (GES) of Mediterranean coastal and marine ecosystems, through ecosystem-based management. The initial assessment of ecosystems and human activities that impact […]

Med Biodiversity Protection Community/MBPC

MED Biodiversity Protection Community – Mainstreaming biodiversity management efforts for environmental sustainability Biodiversity Marine environment Key figures Project’s duration: November 2019 – June 2022 Our website : biodiversity-protection.interreg-med.eu Contact us : [email protected] Find us on social media : @BiodiversityProtectionCommunity  @MEDCommunity3_2 @Biodiversity Protection Community @PANACeA Biodiversity Protection Other Interreg Med Programme projects Plan Bleu is also involved in […]

Blue Growth Community

Blue Growth Community Blue economy Marine environment Key figures Duration 32 months (2019-2022) Budget €1,47 million funding (of which €1,25M of EU co-funding) in the framework of the transnational cooperation programme Interreg Med Follow the Blue Growth Community Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin Youtube Instagram Partners National Interuniversity Consortium for Marine Sciences (CoNISMa) Association of Mediterranean […]

Report on the State of the Environment and Development in the Mediterranean

Report on the State of the Environment and Development in the Mediterranean Biodiversity Multimedia SoED 2019 Presentation In the press The Mediterranean under surveillance, Econostrum, 1st March 2018 Previous reports State of the Mediterranean marine and coastal environment 2012 State of the environment and development in the Mediterranean – 2009 A sustainable future for the […]

To eventually achieve the Good Environmental Status (GES) of Mediterranean marine and coastal ecosystems, through ecosystem-based management

To eventually achieve the Good Environmental Status (GES) of Mediterranean marine and coastal ecosystems, through ecosystem-based management Marine environment Partners UNEP/MAP Coordination Unit (lead) CAR/ASP, CAR/PAP, CAR/Plan Bleu, MedPOL, CAR/INFO, REMPEC (partenaires de mise en oeuvre) CONTACT Antoine Lafitte : [email protected] Lina Tode : [email protected] LINKS The EcAp MED III Project IMAP Pilot Info System   […]

Air transport and carbon dependency: future outlook for Mediterranean tourist destinations

Air transport and carbon dependency: future outlook for Mediterranean tourist destinations Transports Key figures Evolution of air transport international arrivals in the Mediterraean: 23 % in 1988 (47 millions of tourists), 40% in 2005 (122 millions) Previsions of air transport international arrivals in 2015: more than 158 millions Tourism impact on greenhouse gas emissions worldwide […]

Tourism in the Mediterranean: a driving force for sustainable development?

Tourism in the Mediterranean: a driving force for sustainable development? Tourism Key figures Rate of cruise industry in international tourism: 1.8% of international arrivals in 2009 Growth of cruise from 1995: 106% between 1995 and 2000, 55% between 2000 and 2005, 57% between 2005 and 2009 Percentage of economic leakage in the case of Alanya: […]

Mediterranean Forest Week

Mediterranean Forest Week Forest Contact Nelly Bourlion Partners Silva Mediterranea Committee – FAOAIFMEFIMEDCTFCIUCN Centre for Mediterranean cooperation The Mediterranean Forest Week (MFW) is one of the main forums for exchanging on the Mediterranean forest, gathering a wide range of protagonists: forest administrations, scientific and academic world, private sector, funders, civil society and NGO’s. This event, […]