Author: magali

The 2020 Forum of Marine Protected Areas in the Mediterranean took place from 28 November to 1st December in Monaco and online. This important hybrid event gathered close to 700 participants from 36 countries including over 220 in-person participants in

It’s in Monaco, just ahead of the 3rd Forum of Mediterranean MPAs, that MedPAN held its 14th General Assembly, for the first time in a hybrid format. This important event in the life of the network was attended by 60

Concluding its deliberations last Friday, COP 22 to the Barcelona Convention held its closing plenary, adopting 19 decisions that set the stage for future work and paving the path for a sustainable Mediterranean region.   Highlights included: Adoption of the Post-2020

The European Commission has approved an investment package of more than €290 million for 132 new projects under the LIFE programme for the Environment and Climate Action. This EU funding under LIFE will mobilise a total investment of €562 million,

MedPAN is developing a collection of well-written and harmonised case studies of effectively managed MPAs in the Mediterranean presenting measurable ecological or socio-economic impacts : reserve effect, spillover, fishers revenue increase, tourism sector dynamism, decrease of illegal practices, etc. These

On 11 November, #worldfisheriesDay, The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean launched a campaign that will run throughout 2022 aiming at illustrating the Mediterranean and the Black Sea fishers and fish workers involved in making small-scale fisheries more sustainable. Called

The main objective of the Biodiversa RESERVEBENEFIT project (2017-2021) was to quantify the distance traveled by fish leaving a marine reserve: do they stay close to the reserve or do they travel long distances (>40km) as suggested in the scientific

On 21 December at 11:00 (Central European Time), join the final EUROPARC webinar of 2021! Deterioration of the marine and coastal environment is reducing the ability of oceans and seas to mitigate the effects of climate change. It’s really important