On Wednesday 23rd of November 2011, MedWet, the French Institute of Greece and the Athens Ethnographic Film Festival organized a tribute to “Man, Wetlands and Water”. This innovative collaboration succeeded in bringing together environmental and anthropological issues while at the same time proving their inextricable link. The event consisted of a morning session addressed to [...]

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. We have the honour to inform you that HM King Mohammed VI of Morocco has placed the Symposium under His High Patronage and has mandated [...]

MedWet has played a major role regarding the definition of wetland inventory and monitoring in the last two decades, through a series of projects implemented by the members and partners.. The first project, so-called Life MedWet (1992-96), was funded by the European Commission and among its objectives it was aiming to setting up wetland inventories [...]

The Ramsar Wetland Conservation Award was established in order to recognise and honour the contributions of individuals, organisations, and governments around the world towards promoting the conservation and wise use of wetlands. On the occasion of the Conference of Contracting Parties (COP) meetings the awards have been given four times already. In the COP11 in [...]