Unsustainable fisheries to be reformed
Unsustainable fisheries to be reformed Blue economy Key figures A doubling of the catch between 1950 and 1980 (1 000 000 t), stagnation since 82,000 vessels, of which over 80% for artisanal fisheries Rapid decline in the number of ships in European countries, stability or slight increase in countries of the east and south 250,000 […]
ClimVar project
ClimVar project Climate change Project’s partners UNEP / Mediterranean Action Plan (UNEP/MAP) Regional Activity Centre Priority/Actions Programme (PAP RAC) Global Water Partnership – Mediterranean (GWP- Med) Participating countries Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Montenegro, Syria, Tunisia and Palestine. Budget The total project budget is $9.2 million . 2.2 million provided by […]
BleuTourMed – Maritime and Coastal Sustainable Tourism in the Mediterranean
BleuTourMed – Maritime and Coastal Sustainable Tourism in the Mediterranean Sustainable Tourism Community (2019-2022) Plan Bleu’s main responsibilities Plan Bleu is responsible of BleuTourMed’s Capitalisation activities, which are the following: Matching Modular Projects’ Priorities on Sustainable Tourism with target groups expectations; Mapping major challenges for a sustainable tourism transition in the Mediterranean; Capitalising around Modular […]
Simplified Peer Review Mechanism (SIMPEER) of National Strategies for Sustainable Development
Simplified Peer Review Mechanism (SIMPEER) of National Strategies for Sustainable Development Sustainable development The project The SIMPEER project is implemented by Plan Bleu under the guidance of the UNEP/MAP-Barcelona Convention Secretariat and the MCSD Steering Committee. Experts Missions Mission to Egypt, 27-30 October 2019 Mission to Albania, 21-23 October 2019 Mission to Tunisia, 23-25 Septembre […]
Med-ESCWET Project: Economic valuation of the ecosystem services provided by wetlands in terms of climate change adaptation in the Mediterranean
Med-ESCWET Project: Economic valuation of the ecosystem services provided by wetlands in terms of climate change adaptation in the Mediterranean Water Key figures In the early 21st century, wetlands surface was estimated between 15 and 22 million hectares, representing 1,5% of the global wetlands surface. Two thirds of the surface area of Mediterranean wetlands are […]
Aquaculture in the Mediterranean region
Aquaculture is among the fastest growing food production systems in the world. According to the latest global aquaculture statistics compiled by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), global total production reached a new historical record of 114.5 million tonnes live weight in 2018, with a total value of USD 263.6 billion. Total production is made […]