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19 December, 2018

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 ...
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14 December, 2018

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 ...
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20 September, 2018

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 ...
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9 August, 2018

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 ...
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11 July, 2018

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 ...
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10 July, 2018

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 ...
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13 June, 2018

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 ...
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13 June, 2018

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 ...
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30 May, 2018

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 ...
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22 May, 2018

International Biodiversity Day

Biodiversity is made of interconnected species and spaces which know of no boundaries; it can be found all around us conforming unique ecosystems supporting nature and people across countries and the seas. In the Mediterranean, with more than 21 countries ...