Mainstreaming Mediterranean Biodiversity Protection Tools into National Initiatives

ETC – UMA and MedCities with the support of the Ministry of Ecological Transition of Spain (MITECO) brought together over 40 key national actors to uptake the results of INTERREG MED Biodiversity Protection Community projects. Periodic and practical face – to – face exchanges are needed to assure coordination of research and management efforts to protect biodiversity at various levels. …

Sustaining Vulnerable Island Communities in the 21st Century

Given their biogeographical isolation and high resource dependence, social and ecological island communities are more vulnerable to natural and human impacts than continental communities.  This was the main message of ETC-UMA Director, Dania Abdul Malak, during her presentation at the workshop on Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) in Islands organized by the EU MSP Platform on 11 September 2018 in Las …

The ETC-UMA takes part in the Interreg – MED Marine Litter Workshop in Barcelona

On the past 12th July Barcelona hosted a workshop where different institutions within the Interreg MED Biodiversity Protection Community discussed on management tools and prevention strategies of a pressing threat of the Mediterranean Sea: the marine litter. This meeting was held within the PANACeA Horizontal Project context, which is leaded by the European Topic Centre – University of Malaga. During …

Supporting cooperation towards greener events

Have you ever wondered how to reduce the ecological impact of your meetings? How can you ensure that your next event will have the minimum impact on the environment? Have you ever thought about the energy and the waste generated by project workshops? In collaboration with the Interreg Med programme and its community of projects, the ETC-UMA, lead partner of …