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WORLD WETLANDS DAY 2013: Print your own Mediterranean adaptation of the Ramsar poster
This year the selected theme of WWD2013 is “Wetlands and water management”. We have created a variation of the Ramsar poster, specifically for the Mediterranean region, available for printing on our website. We hope it will decorate your office and serve to remind that we must protect our unique region and its wetlands by placing them in their rightful place in the water management process.
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International Workshop in Kuwait
Towards an Implementation Strategy for the “Hima” Governance System
MedWet was invited among 20 international speakers to communicate on the possible implementation of the HIMA process in the MedWet South Mediterranean countries. The workshop was attended by the MedWet Coordinator who emphasized the role of the Hima process as a cultural tool for dialogue among wetland users in Islamic countries and presented its place in the MedWet Strategic Vision and as part of cultural values for reinforcing the wise use of wetlands.
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The Agadir Commitments
New website now online
The Agadir Commitments list is an important output of the International Symposium on Water and Wetlands in the Mediterranean which was held in Agadir, Morocco, on 6-8 February 2012. The new Agadir Commitments website-still a work in progress- will be the online platform of information for the programs and projects inscribed in the list, specifically selected for their positive impacts on Mediterranean wetlands
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The Vjosa / Aoos river eco-museum
A transboundary project that promotes and protects natural and cultural heritage.
The contribution of cultural values to the wise use of wetlands is an important axis of interest for MedWet. We took the opportunity to take a short interview from Alexis Katsaros and Aphroditi Sorotou from the Mediterranean Institute for Nature and Anthropos (Med-INA). The Vjosa / Aoos river eco-museum project (VAEcoM) is a Greek- Albanian partnership for promotion and protection of the natural and cultural heritage of the Vjosa / Aoos river basin.
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News from the coordination unit
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2012 Forum of Marine Protected Areas in the Mediterranean
International conference in Turkey in November 2012
From 25 to 28 November the 2012 Forum of Marine Protected Areas in the Mediterranean was held in Antalya, Turkey. The main objective of this four day forum was to share and agree on an Antalya Declaration with a vision and strategic objectives towards a comprehensive, ecologically representative, effectively connected and efficiently managed network of Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) by 2020.
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News from the partners
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The French Marine Protected Areas Agency and the Gulf of the Lion Marine Natural Park project
Interview with Marion Brichet, Project Officer at the Marine Natural Park in the Gulf of Lion
The consultation mechanisms established by the Marine Protected Areas Agency are an interesting example of land governance for the Mediterranean coastal area. They often allow, for the first time, a decision process that involves all the local stakeholders relevant to the marine area, around the issues of their protected area.
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Interview with Mr Erdal ÖZHAN, President of MEDCOAST
The Mediterranean Wetlands Observatory took advantage of the presence of Mr Erdal ÖZHAN, President, member of the Board of Trustees & Board of Directors of MEDCOAST, in Arles, France in last November on the occasion of the PEGASO project workshop on Integrated Coastal Management, to interview him on this particular subject and the situation in Turkey.
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Local action planning in the Balkan region, a planning tool to better integrate biodiversity into development
Interview with Ms. Aysegül Cil, Programme Manager, Nature and Society, European Centre for Nature Conservation.
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Interview with Francesca SANTORO from the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
The UNESCO's view on the indicators related to Integrated Coastal Zone Management
The Mediterranean Wetlands Observatory interviewed Ms Francesca Santoro, Programme Specialist at the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO, when she was in Arles, France in last November.
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 Implementation of the MWO planned activities in December 2012-January 2013 - Download >>
MWO Calendar of activities 2012-2015 - Download >>
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PARTNERS OF THE OBSERVATORY
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MedWet is a Regional Initiative for the Ramsar Convention on wetlands. It is a partnership of twenty-seven Mediterranean countries, wetland centres, intergovernmental organisations and international, environmental NGO’s. The Mediterranean Wetlands Observatory is a unique monitoring and evaluation system, based on a broad partnership. The Tour du Valat has been mandated by MedWet to develop this observatory and to catalyze the partnership
Photos credits : S. Abatis/VAEcoM - N. Benessaiah/MedWet - Laurent Chazee/Tour du Valat - International Oceanographic Commission/Unesco - J. Jalbert/Tour du Valat
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