With an ecosystem based approach to marine and terrestrial biodiversity protection and management, the ETC-UMA has been working hard with the organization of several events across the Mediterranean, including our latest workshop and public hearing at the European Parliament on 4 and 5 December 2018 and the preparations for our new biodiversity protection knowledge platform. Moreover, we have been extremely …
ETC-UMA – Malaga, December 2018 – The European Topic Centre of the University of Malaga has led two days of international debate in Brussels on the latest advances in environmental science and related tools for managing and protecting Mediterranean natural resources to policy makers as effective solutions at various levels. The need for a common and integrated approach to tackle …
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 …
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 …
Although we cut down our activity during August, we continue working to reach a good environmental status in the Mediterranean Sea and the whole Europe. Because of this we provide you some tips to enjoy a sustainable holidays and to preserve the nature and the environment.
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 …
The European Topic Centre of the University of Malaga (ETC-UMA) is collaborating with the Spanish Red Cross and the Centre for the Cooperation in the Mediterranean (CCM) for the celebration of the Youth Camp ATLANTIS XIV edition on “Fostering sustainable environments”. Organized in Malaga from the 8th to the 15th July 2018 in the innovative Centre ‘La Noria’, the meeting …
El Centro Temático Europeo de la Universidad de Málaga se reunió el pasado marzo con investigadores y gestores de recursos naturales de Andalucía para entablar un diálogo e intercambiar impresiones sobre los proyectos y necesidades de investigación ambientales referentes a la región. La organización y participación en el taller celebrado en las oficinas de la Consejería de Medio Ambiente y …
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have become key elements in all national sustainability policy areas and relevant to all scales from global to local. Monitoring and reporting on the SDGs are fundamental tasks to measure national progress on reaching global targets and to identify challenges and solutions to achieving these . As an integral part of its mission, the Economic …
El pasado sábado 26 de mayo, el ETC – UMA colaboró, junto a un centenar de voluntarios de asociaciones de vecinos, Smart Campus UMA, Asociación Universitaria de Actividades Subacuáticas, Aula del Mar, Protección Civil, Policía Local, Campus de Excelencia Internacional del Mar CEIMAR, Fundación Unicaja, asociación “Málaga como te quiero”, WWF, Cruz Roja, Grupo Especial de Actividades Subacuáticas de la …
