The Mediterranean Sea is a World’s biodiversity hotspot. It harbours around 11% of all marine species in less than 1% of the global marine area (Bianchi & Morri, 2000). Furthermore, around 20% of those species are endemic (Coll et al., 2010). Nevertheless, Mediterranean marine biodiversity is under threat by a number of pressures including overfishing, pollution, introduction of alien invasive …
As part of the ERDF funded ENBIC2LAB project to develop an Environmental and Biodiversity Climate Change Lab for the integration of Big Data Analysis and Artificial Intelligence for the service of environmental protection, a validation hackathon led by ETC-UMA in July gathered 46 participants from 16 countries for the development of a Mediterranean Land cover map. Among the participants, we …
As part of the ERDF funded ENBIC2LAB project to develop an Environmental and Biodiversity Climate Change Lab through the integration of databases and services related to water, soil, air, fauna and flora, a validation hackathon led by ETC-UMA in July has gathered 46 participants from 18 countries for the development of a Mediterranean Forest types’ map. This work is implemented …
In the framework of the current scientific and education cooperation agreement between the University of Malaga and Madagascar National Parks, researchers from both institutions have joined contributors from the University of Antananarive and the Wildlife Conservation Society to produce a joint study on the ‘Identification of Priority Forest Conservation Areas for Critically Endangered Lemur Species of Madagascar’, which has just …
Researchers from the ETC-UMA and the Spanish Research Council (CSIC) have led a study on the effectiveness of existing protected areas at conserving the diversity of genes, species and ecosystems on land and at sea. The publication synthetises the main biodiversity conservation outcomes of protected areas in the 2010-2019 decade, drawing on a systematic literature review of 76 peer-reviewed articles …
The recent report entitled “Mapping and assessment of the state of wetland ecosystems: a Mediterranean perspective” led by ETC-UMA, in the frame of the Mediterranean Biodiversity Protection Community initiative co-funded by the EU Interreg Mediterranean programme, is the result of the collaborative efforts of EU and Mediterranean projects and partners that made available 23 input geo-spatial datasets including the WetMainAreas …
Hoy martes 28 de junio de 9:30 a 13:00 hrs un equipo del recién creado iHTD formado por el European Topic Centre on Spatial Analysis and Synthesis (ETC-UMA), el Laboratorio de Geomorfología y Suelos, y el grupo de investigación Hábitat, Turismo y Territorio de la Universidad de Málaga ha acogido la visita de más de 50 escolares del Liceo Francés …
On the occasion of the workshop organized by IUCN and Région Sud in collaboration with its CPMR partner, the ETC-UMA Director, Dania Abdul Malak is presenting today 1 April 2022 a highlight on the wide range of actions required to fight marine litter and its impacts in the Mediterranean region. The call for action builds on the recent assessment on …
More than 120 Mediterranean representatives are participating in the thematic session on “The use of new technologies and open data to better support restoration and sustainable management of forests” on Monday 21 March 2022 – 11:00am – 12:30pm (GMT+3) in the frame of the Mediterranean Forest Week taking place in Turkey. In partnership with the European Environment Agency (EEA), ETC-UMA …
Like in the case of human bodies where 60% is water, our planet’s surface is alike with 71% water serving the rest of biodiversity living on it, us included. On 2 February 2022, International Wetlands Day, ETC-UMA wants to share with you our contribution to make wetlands better understood. We keep working on reconnecting (to) wetlands and helping set up …
