19 October, 2020
Redefining wetlands for better protection
Aware of the challenges that climate change and human activities are imposing on Mediterranean wetlands, the ETC-UMA, lead partner in the Interreg Mediterranean Biodiversity Protection Community, is co-organizing on 22 October 2020 in the framework of the EU Green Week, ...
21 May, 2020
COVID-19 – An opportunity for nature and people to reunite in business
Authoritative science [1] agrees that global and regional targets for conserving biodiversity cannot be met by current trajectories; the goals for 2030 and beyond will only be achieved through transformative changes towards sustainability affecting our economic, social, political, and technological ...
12 March, 2020
European Space Agency´s Climate Detectives in Malaga
Welcomed by the European Topic Centre (ETC-UMA) and the Institute of Geomorphology and Soil (IGS) in Malaga, a team of 15 climate detective students from the IES Mayorazgo Secondary School came to the Ada Byron Research facilities of the University ...
17 January, 2020
Mediterranean biodiversity interactions with marine litter: New knowledge base
ETC-UMA, 17 January 2020, Malaga – As the global production of plastics has grown exponentially since 1960s, huge quantities of marine litter can now be found in our oceans and seas. The Mediterranean Sea is not an exception. Despite the ...
4 December, 2019
ETC-UMA contribution to the SOER 2020: How is our landscape mosaic doing?
Featuring the contribution of ETC-UMA as part of ETC-ULS, the European Environment Agency has published today ‘The European environment — state and outlook 2020’ report #SOER2020. Overall environmental trends in Europe have not improved since the last EEA state of ...
12 November, 2019
MedBioLitter: an open database on marine litter and biodiversity science
Research efforts on marine litter are increasing our knowledge on the amount, composition and impacts on marine ecosystems, biodiversity and people. However, the number of studies is scattered and geographically unbalanced, making it difficult for policy makers, managers, the business ...
22 October, 2019
Malaga takes the pulse for transformative changes to protect Mediterranean ecosystems
The city of Malaga welcomed, 14-16 October 2019, an international three-days event on Biodiversity protection and management, gathering around 100 Mediterranean representatives to debate on effective collaboration mechanisms for more integrated management of our natural resources. Co-funded by the EU ...
26 September, 2019
Ecosystem-Based Adaptation: “A pulse for transformative changes in the Mediterranean Sea” (PANACeA Event). 14-16 October 2019, Malaga – Spain
BACKGROUND The Interreg Med Biodiversity Protection Community featured by the PANACeA project is organizing a three-day encounter to share and celebrate the three years of collaborative workachieved by this community to safeguard mechanisms and tools that support a more effective ...