Author: magali

Despite the challenges of this very special year for all of us, 6 new members and 4 new partners have joined the MedPAN network in 2020. Welcome to all! The MedPAN network today gathers a total of 131 institutions from

MedPAN, SPA/RAC, WWF, the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, and their partners, are pleased to announce the 3rd edition of the Forum of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the Mediterranean. This time, the 2020 MPA Forum process will be

MedPAN, in partnership with Port-Cros National Park and Miraceti just organised a hands-on 5-day training on the conservation and monitoring of cetaceans across Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). It was held in Cavalaire, France, with the support of the Observatoire

The biologist Purificació Canals i Ventín, MedPAN’s president since 2009 but also professor and international consultant, was recently awarded The Creu de Sant Jordi (St. Georges Cross). This distinction is one of the highest that an individual or institution can

For the second consecutive year, a campaign rewarding visitors who pick up their trash was introduced during the summer of 2020 by the Calanques National Park. The concept: to reward visitors “caught red-handed” cleaning a beach or picking up abandoned

On 23 September, Brijuni National Park Public Institution gathered Croatian MPA managers in Šibenik (Croatia) with the aim to discuss conservation challenges and networking possibilities. The event was organised under the framework of the Interreg Med project MPA NETWORKS as

Three hundred and fifty km2 of Turkey’s coastline has been brought under environmental protection in a recent announcement (22 August) by the Turkish government. This new area represents a significant advance in the actual management of the existing Marine Protected

Yes indeed ! over the last few months, they all were the focus of interesting research papers and as such are featured in MedPAN’s scientific watch. The watch section of the website has just been updated with a host of