http://www.medwet.org Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:09:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 http://www.medwet.org/2012/01/a-tribute-to-%e2%80%9cman-wetlands-and-water%e2%80%9d-an-activity-to-raise-awareness-on-wetlands-cultural-heritage-and-the-role-of-man/ http://www.medwet.org/2012/01/a-tribute-to-%e2%80%9cman-wetlands-and-water%e2%80%9d-an-activity-to-raise-awareness-on-wetlands-cultural-heritage-and-the-role-of-man/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:51:25 +0000 lilika ]]> http://www.medwet.org/?p=6839 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 [...]]]> http://www.medwet.org/2012/01/a-tribute-to-%e2%80%9cman-wetlands-and-water%e2%80%9d-an-activity-to-raise-awareness-on-wetlands-cultural-heritage-and-the-role-of-man/feed/ 0 http://www.medwet.org/2012/01/international-symposium-on-water-and-wetlands-in-the-mediterranean-updated-programme-and-the-agadir-commitments/ http://www.medwet.org/2012/01/international-symposium-on-water-and-wetlands-in-the-mediterranean-updated-programme-and-the-agadir-commitments/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:37:14 +0000 lilika http://www.medwet.org/?p=6845 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 [...]]]> http://www.medwet.org/2012/01/international-symposium-on-water-and-wetlands-in-the-mediterranean-updated-programme-and-the-agadir-commitments/feed/ 0 http://www.medwet.org/2012/01/workshop-on-the-medwet-inventory-tools-consolidating-the-important-and-long-standing-work-done-on-a-mediterranean-wetland-inventory-system/ http://www.medwet.org/2012/01/workshop-on-the-medwet-inventory-tools-consolidating-the-important-and-long-standing-work-done-on-a-mediterranean-wetland-inventory-system/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:39:11 +0000 lilika ]]> http://www.medwet.org/?p=6827 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 [...]]]> http://www.medwet.org/2012/01/workshop-on-the-medwet-inventory-tools-consolidating-the-important-and-long-standing-work-done-on-a-mediterranean-wetland-inventory-system/feed/ 0 http://www.medwet.org/2012/01/the-ramsar-wetland-conservation-awards-2012-luc-hoffmann-and-thymio-papayannis-among-the-winners/ http://www.medwet.org/2012/01/the-ramsar-wetland-conservation-awards-2012-luc-hoffmann-and-thymio-papayannis-among-the-winners/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 10:52:30 +0000 lilika ]]> http://www.medwet.org/?p=6816 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 [...]]]> http://www.medwet.org/2012/01/the-ramsar-wetland-conservation-awards-2012-luc-hoffmann-and-thymio-papayannis-among-the-winners/feed/ 0 http://www.medwet.org/2011/11/interview-by-vivi-roumeliotou-from-the-society-for-the-protection-of-prespa/ http://www.medwet.org/2011/11/interview-by-vivi-roumeliotou-from-the-society-for-the-protection-of-prespa/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:17:29 +0000 lilika ]]> http://www.medwet.org/?p=6726 On Tuesday 4th October the final approval of the ‘International Agreement for the Protection and Sustainable Development of the Prespa Park’ by the EU Council of Ministers was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (EU). We took this opportunity and interviewed Vivi Roumeliotou, Coordinator of Policy and Sustainable Development sector from the Society for [...]]]> http://www.medwet.org/2011/11/interview-by-vivi-roumeliotou-from-the-society-for-the-protection-of-prespa/feed/ 0 http://www.medwet.org/2011/11/international-symposium-on-water-and-wetlands-in-the-mediterranean-assessing-the-current-situation-of-wetlands-through-facts-figures-and-hands-on-projects/ http://www.medwet.org/2011/11/international-symposium-on-water-and-wetlands-in-the-mediterranean-assessing-the-current-situation-of-wetlands-through-facts-figures-and-hands-on-projects/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:01:06 +0000 lilika http://www.medwet.org/?p=6722 The Symposium will be held in Agadir, Morocco from 6 to 8 February 2012 and will asses the progress made concerning the protection of wetlands in the last twenty years, discuss the new challenges faced by Mediterranean wetlands and plan for the future in a collaborative manner.]]> http://www.medwet.org/2011/11/international-symposium-on-water-and-wetlands-in-the-mediterranean-assessing-the-current-situation-of-wetlands-through-facts-figures-and-hands-on-projects/feed/ 0 http://www.medwet.org/2011/11/7th-european-ramsar-meeting-preparation-for-the-cop11-and-the-role-of-ramsar-regional-initiatives/ http://www.medwet.org/2011/11/7th-european-ramsar-meeting-preparation-for-the-cop11-and-the-role-of-ramsar-regional-initiatives/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:45:13 +0000 lilika ]]> http://www.medwet.org/?p=6714 The 7th European Ramsar meeting took place in Trnava, Slovak Republic from the 27th to 30th September. It was a regional meeting in preparation for the Ramsar COP11 which will take place in Bucharest, Romania, 18th to 26th June 2012. The meeting addressed major themes that influence the ways to manage and use water-related ecosystems [...]]]> http://www.medwet.org/2011/11/7th-european-ramsar-meeting-preparation-for-the-cop11-and-the-role-of-ramsar-regional-initiatives/feed/ 0 http://www.medwet.org/2011/11/culture-and-wetlands-in-the-mediterranean-an-evolving-story/ http://www.medwet.org/2011/11/culture-and-wetlands-in-the-mediterranean-an-evolving-story/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:00:44 +0000 lilika ]]> http://www.medwet.org/?p=6689 This newly-published book is the result of a four-year research project (2007-2011) carried out by Med-INA, the Mediterranean Institute on Nature and Anthropos with the financial support of the MAVA Foundation. The project concerned mainly the implementation in the Mediterranean Region of the Ramsar Guidance on Culture and Wetlands, disseminated in late 2008. Analysing various [...]]]> http://www.medwet.org/2011/11/culture-and-wetlands-in-the-mediterranean-an-evolving-story/feed/ 0 http://www.medwet.org/2011/10/mediterranean-conservation-sciences-conference-2011-8-%e2%80%93-10-december-2011-in-the-tour-du-valat/ http://www.medwet.org/2011/10/mediterranean-conservation-sciences-conference-2011-8-%e2%80%93-10-december-2011-in-the-tour-du-valat/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:18:26 +0000 lilika ]]> http://www.medwet.org/?p=6669 http://www.medwet.org/2011/10/mediterranean-conservation-sciences-conference-2011-8-%e2%80%93-10-december-2011-in-the-tour-du-valat/feed/ 0 http://www.medwet.org/2011/10/with-a-seal-of-approval-from-the-european-union-the-international-agreement-for-the-prespa-park-is-now-in-the-hands-of-the-three-states-that-share-the-prespa-basin/ http://www.medwet.org/2011/10/with-a-seal-of-approval-from-the-european-union-the-international-agreement-for-the-prespa-park-is-now-in-the-hands-of-the-three-states-that-share-the-prespa-basin/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:09:18 +0000 lilika ]]> http://www.medwet.org/?p=6678 http://www.medwet.org/2011/10/with-a-seal-of-approval-from-the-european-union-the-international-agreement-for-the-prespa-park-is-now-in-the-hands-of-the-three-states-that-share-the-prespa-basin/feed/ 0