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December 2016





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More than half of the sharks, rays and chimaeras native to the Mediterranean Sea are at risk of extinction

The 2016 regional assessment of the Mediterranean Sea, which includes 73 species of sharks, rays and chimaeras, calls for urgent action to conserve their populations and habitats. Despite the measures adopted at regional level to reduce shark overexploitation in the last ten years, at least 53% of the sharks, rays and chimaeras native to the Mediterranean Sea are still at risk of extinction, and urgent action to conserve their populations and habitats is required, according to the new Red List of sharks, rays and chimaeras in the Mediterranean Sea.

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THE STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION OF MEDITERRANEAN BUTTERFLIES


MEDITERRANEAN EXPERIENCE OF ECO-TOURISM : MEET MANUAL
Core support to the activities of the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation is provided by the
Junta de Andalucia, the Ministry of Agriculture and Fishery, Food and Environment and AECID in Spain, and the MAVA Foundation.

Setting the path for plant conservation across the Mediterranean





More than 80 participants from 18 countries met from 24 to 29 October for the 1st Mediterranean Plant Conservation Week in Ulcinj (Montenegro), with the objective of building a network to conserve plants and cultural diversity across the Mediterranean region.

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Scientists and media working together to foster climate change reporting in the Mediterranean





To empower Mediterranean media professionals in fulfilling their role, the second Meeting of Environmental Journalists from News Agencies in the Mediterranean was held in Marrakesh from 11 to 13 November 2016, during the COP22 on Climate Change.

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Marine grasslands and coastal wetlands, key ecosystems in the fight against climate change





Malaga hosted the first conference on coastal carbon sinks within the framework of the Life BlueNatura project, coordinated by the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning of the Junta de Andalucía. Scientists, managers and other stakeholders participated in a two-day conference ...

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MEDEVENTUN II: the IUCN's week in Tunisia on protected areas and nature based solutions





More than 70 participants from five Mediterranean countries (Tunisia, Morocco, Spain, France, Italy and Lebanon) representing IUCN Member States, governmental and non-governmental agencies, IUCN Commissions and partner organizations met in Tunis (Tunisia), from October 31st to November 4th 2016, to attend the MEDEVENTUN II.

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Nature-based solutions in Nationally Determined Contributions in North Africa





Morocco and Tunisia are two countries among those who have planned ambitious commitments in their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) on protection, restoration and maintenance of ecosystems in order to fight climate change. After several analyses conducted by the Institute for Sustainable Development and ...

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Towards a conservation strategy for the Barbary Macaque in Algeria





More than 28 experts attended a workshop held in Béjaïa, Algeria, from October 18th to 20th, to discuss a national strategy to protect and safeguard the Barbary Macaque in Algeria. The experts started by complementing and validating the national strategy document on the Barbary Macaque in Algeria and agreed on the "vision" ...

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Power lines and avifauna: a coexistence is possible





Spain, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia met in Tarifa to identify the best strategies for building and correcting power lines in order to reduce the mortality of raptors in their migratory routes in the Mediterranean.

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Over 200 species found in submarine canyons in Lebanon





After a one month deep sea expedition in unexplored areas of the Mediterranean, scientists have found over 200 species, including new records that have only been previously reported in the Atlantic Ocean and in polar regions.

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Cycle cinema-debate on climate change: 'Understanding to act '





From September 30th to October 22nd 2016, five documentaries were screened at the Ecole Supérieure des Arts Visuels (ESAV) in Marrakech. Within the framework of the 22nd Conference of the Parties ...

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Events

- Kick-off Steering Committee of DestiMED project 'Mediterranean Ecotourism Destinationt'- Rome, (Italy), 19-20 January 2017. The project will further develop and test ecotourism standards, offers and monitoring tools in 13 protected areas around the basin - forming the quality scheme of a future Demonstration Management Organisation.

Important Plant Areas National Meeting in Lebanon - Beirut (Lebanon), 16-21 January 2017. UICN-Med will organize this meeting and will explore with the national authorities how to develop the Red List of Ecosystems. 

18th Meeting of the Mediterranean Commission on Sustainable Development Steering Committee - Athens (Greece), 18-19 January 2017

2nd Union for the Mediterranean Regional Forum. Mediterranean in ActionYouth for Stability and Development – Barcelona (Spain), 23-24 January 2017

World Wetlands Day 2017 'Wetlands for Disaster Risk Reduction– 2 February 2017. The theme for WWD 2017 “Wetlands for Disaster Risk Reduction” is chosen to emphasize the importance of these ecosystems as a natural, effective and less costly solution than other hard measures taken to reduce disaster risk and the effects of climate change.

The Fifth Mediterranean Forest Week - Agadir (Morocco),  20-27 March 2017. The 5th MFW will aim at promoting the topic of restoration on a Mediterranean scale.

In the press

COP22 - giornalisti ambientali a Marrakech - Caffé dei Giornaliti (11/11/2016)

Guía de periodismo e información medioambiental en el Mediterráneo - Agencia EFE (EFEverde) (15/11/2016) 

Improving climate change reporting and cooperation between science and the media on the agenda of AMAN meeting - Cyprus News Agency (16/11/2016)

Los tendidos eléctricos y las aves migratorias pueden coexistir Agencia -Agencia EFE (EFEverde) (24/11/2916)

Lignes électriques et avifaune: Une coexistence possible - L'Opinion (Morocco) (28/11/2017)

Iucn, agire subito contro la diffusione di specie 'aliene'- Ansa (30/11/2016)

More than half of shark species in Mediterranean at risk of extinction - Deutsche Welle (6/12/2016)

La moitié des requins et raies de Méditerranée menacés d'extinction - Agence France Presse (5/12/2016)

Με αφανισμό κινδυνεύουν οι καρχαρίες της Μεσογείου – Tribune, Greece (13/12/2016)

Dünyanın en hızlı kara hayvanı çita için kırmızı alarm – Ntv (Turkey (26/12/2016)

Lebanese shark in the sea ?! – addiyar.com (14/12/2016)

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