From Malaga to the Mediterranean – Highlights Winter 2018
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 ...
Protected areas are not enough: ETC-UMA supports an ecoregional approach to protect biodiversity
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The ETC-UMA wishes you happy holidays!
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 ...
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 ...
Youth and global changes in the Mediterranean
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 ...
El impacto de la ciencia ambiental en Andalucía
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 ...
UN-ESCWA and ETC-UMA assist countries to monitor Sustainable Development Goals
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 ...
El ETC-UMA colabora en la limpieza de basura marina en Málaga
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 ...
