The International Symposium on Water and Wetlands in the Mediterranean ‘From Grado to Agadir: The next twenty years’ will be held in Agadir, Morocco from 6 to 8 February 2012. The hosts of the Symposium are the Ramsar Convention and its MedWet Initiative as well as the High Commissariat for Water, Forests and Fight against [...]

This interview by Thanos Giannakakis Coordinator of the program “Conservation of Greek island wetlands”, WWF Greece is focused on the network of volunteers established on the island of Crete in order to monitor the state of the island’s local wetlands. 1. Which are the main problems faced by wetlands in Crete? Overall, Crete has 209 [...]

MedWet and the Ramsar Culture Working Group continue to advocate for the contribution of cultural values in the wise use of wetlands. A new project currently implemented by Med-INA intends to test the potential of using cultural values in strengthening wetland restoration and management efforts in three pilot sites in Greece, Cyprus and Tunisia. MedWet [...]

The annual Global Water Partnership Consulting Partners Meeting focused on “Water Security as a Catalyst for Achieving Food Security”. MedWet was invited as a consulting partner and disseminated its experiences in local policy dialogues on water, food and environment in the MENA region. Founded in 1996, the GWP network has grown rapidly to include 2407 [...]

Le mercredi 23 novembre 2011, MedWet, l’Institut Français de Grèce et le Festival de Films Ethnographiques d’Athènes a organisé un hommage à ‘ l’Homme, les Zones Humides et l’Eau’ . Cette collaboration innovante est parvenue à réunir les questions environnementales et anthropologiques tout en révélant leur lien inextricable. Cette manifestation a consisté en une session [...]