The role of healthy wetlands in fighting climate change
The new report developed by the ETC-UMA (University of Malaga), as partner of the European Topic Centre on Urban, Land and Soil Systems (ETC/ULS) has shed light on the role of healthy wetland habitats in the carbon cycle and the ...
Happy World Nature Conservation Day!
On World Nature Conservation Day, the ETC-UMA team wants to wish you a happy summer surrounded by nature and friends. Wherever you are, be part of the healthy ecosystem you want around you and have a positive impact. Here are ...
ETC-UMA leads the path towards better governance of the Adriatic- Ionian marine ecosystem
The Mediterranean Biodiversity Protection Community (MBPC) project co-funded by the Interreg Med programme and led by ETC-UMA has just finalised an online workshop on " Managing Transboundary priority areas: Towards a governance mechanism on the conservation of the South-Adriatic marine ecosystem" in ...
ETC-UMA receives the European’s Commission certificate of participation for showcasing its commitment to Zero pollution during the EU Green Week
ETC-UMA is pleased and honoured to have been awarded the European’s Commission certificate of participation at the EU Green Week 2021 for the organization and leadership in the organization of the online workshop on “Mediterranean pollution, biodiversity and health”. This ...
Presenting MedBioLitter at the Technical Committee on Marine Litter-CONAMA
On the occasion of the 15th National Congress on the Environment (Conama), 19 national and European projects tackling marine litter were invited to present their work at the webinar held on Wednesday 28 April 2021 to an audience of around ...
Defining a strategy against coastal degradation in Andalusia
Building on the expertise gathered over the past 10 years by the research team at ETC-UMA on environmental protection and cooperation, a meeting of Andalusian and other Spanish regional institutions involved in conservation and protection was held in March 2021 ...
A transboundary governance model for the conservation of natural resources presented by ETC-UMA
Málaga, 26 March 2021 - More than 50 experts and young professionals engaged in Mediterranean environmental science, policies and civil society involvement have participated in the online training course on “Science-Policy-Society interactions in ecosystem-based marine resources management and planning” over ...
A Mediterranean snapshot on what we have and how to protect it
The report on the State of the Environment and Development in the Mediterranean (SoED) published in November 2020 warns that the Mediterranean basin is facing escalating environmental and developmental challenges: warming 20% faster than other regions, with 78% of fishing stocks subject ...
The EU Commission acknowledges the need to redress wetlands
Reuniting international experts and EU policy representatives, the webinar led by the ETC-UMA and the UN Environment Regional Activity Centre Plan Bleu organized on 22 October in the frame of the EU Green Week has raised the flag on the ...
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, ...
