http://www.medwet.org Mon, 14 May 2012 12:55:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 http://www.medwet.org/2012/05/10th-meeting-of-the-medwet-steering-group-held-in-paris/ http://www.medwet.org/2012/05/10th-meeting-of-the-medwet-steering-group-held-in-paris/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 07:30:10 +0000 lilika http://www.medwet.org/?p=8007 http://www.medwet.org/2012/05/10th-meeting-of-the-medwet-steering-group-held-in-paris/feed/ 0 http://www.medwet.org/2012/05/interview-by-nikola-stojnic-from-the-institute-for-nature-conservation-of-serbia-on-serbian-wetlands-and-the-new-ramsar-site/ http://www.medwet.org/2012/05/interview-by-nikola-stojnic-from-the-institute-for-nature-conservation-of-serbia-on-serbian-wetlands-and-the-new-ramsar-site/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 12:36:03 +0000 lilika ]]> http://www.medwet.org/?p=7991 Serbia’s Department for Protection of Nature and Biodiversity, Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning, with the assistance of the Institute for Nature Conservation of Serbia, has designated Koviljsko-Petrovaradinski Rit (8,292 hectares, 45°10’40″N 020°04’10″E) as the country’s tenth Wetland of International Importance. The site is located in the Vojvodina province and is already a Special Nature [...]]]> http://www.medwet.org/2012/05/interview-by-nikola-stojnic-from-the-institute-for-nature-conservation-of-serbia-on-serbian-wetlands-and-the-new-ramsar-site/feed/ 0 http://www.medwet.org/2012/05/eo-technology-at-the-service-of-wetland-protection-sentinel-2-and-globwetlandii-meetings/ http://www.medwet.org/2012/05/eo-technology-at-the-service-of-wetland-protection-sentinel-2-and-globwetlandii-meetings/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 12:34:41 +0000 lilika ]]> http://www.medwet.org/?p=7987 The use of Earth Observation (EO) technology in combination with innovative geo-spatial analysis has become an important information source which can be applied to the analysis of all kinds of environmental phenomena and issues including wetland conservation and management. EO technology provides a quick and cost effective method to obtain data that support the mapping [...]]]> http://www.medwet.org/2012/05/eo-technology-at-the-service-of-wetland-protection-sentinel-2-and-globwetlandii-meetings/feed/ 0 http://www.medwet.org/2012/05/world-wetland-network-continental-and-regional-representatives-meet-to-prepare-for-the-ramsar-cop11/ http://www.medwet.org/2012/05/world-wetland-network-continental-and-regional-representatives-meet-to-prepare-for-the-ramsar-cop11/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 12:27:41 +0000 lilika ]]> http://www.medwet.org/?p=8036 The World Wetland Network (WWN) is a network of small to medium NGOs and civil society groups that undertake wetland conservation, protection or public awareness activities.  The network is active globally, through regional representatives, and through more than 500 members.  Recently, a core group of WWN continental and regional representatives got together in Northern Spain, [...]]]> http://www.medwet.org/2012/05/world-wetland-network-continental-and-regional-representatives-meet-to-prepare-for-the-ramsar-cop11/feed/ 0 http://www.medwet.org/2012/04/ted-hollis-scholarship-in-wetland-hydrology-and-conservation-2/ http://www.medwet.org/2012/04/ted-hollis-scholarship-in-wetland-hydrology-and-conservation-2/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 08:01:39 +0000 lilika ]]> http://www.medwet.org/?p=7969 http://www.medwet.org/2012/04/ted-hollis-scholarship-in-wetland-hydrology-and-conservation-2/feed/ 0 http://www.medwet.org/2012/04/call-for-applications-for-the-sea-week-2012-in-tunisia/ http://www.medwet.org/2012/04/call-for-applications-for-the-sea-week-2012-in-tunisia/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:33:07 +0000 lilika ]]> http://www.medwet.org/?p=7957 For the last four years, “The Sea Week” has been organized in collaboration between the Agency of Coasts Protection and Management (APAL), WWF Mediterranean (Tunis Office), research unit Ecosystems & Aquatic Resources of the National Agronomic Institute of Tunisia (INAT) and the Centre for Studies and Training Okianos in Tabarka. Effectively it is an Internship [...]]]> http://www.medwet.org/2012/04/call-for-applications-for-the-sea-week-2012-in-tunisia/feed/ 0 http://www.medwet.org/2012/04/mediterranean-wetlands-outlook-2012/ http://www.medwet.org/2012/04/mediterranean-wetlands-outlook-2012/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:53:29 +0000 lilika http://www.medwet.org/?p=7941 This report is the first report of the Mediterranean Wetlands Observatory (MWO) which was created in 2008 under the framework of the MedWet Intiative in order to monitor and assess the status and trends of Mediterranean wetlands and to increase knowledge on their various benefits. The report presents the results of a three year analysis [...]]]> http://www.medwet.org/2012/04/mediterranean-wetlands-outlook-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.medwet.org/2012/03/world-water-day-2012-saving-water-means-more-food-for-people/ http://www.medwet.org/2012/03/world-water-day-2012-saving-water-means-more-food-for-people/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 11:33:28 +0000 lilika ]]> http://www.medwet.org/?p=7928 Message from the Secretary General of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, Mr. Anada Tiéga: “Saving water means more food for people” For those of us living in the developed world, imagine the shock of waking up one morning to discover that there is no water coming out of our taps. The reality is that access to [...]]]> http://www.medwet.org/2012/03/world-water-day-2012-saving-water-means-more-food-for-people/feed/ 0 http://www.medwet.org/2012/03/involvement-of-young-students-from-morocco-and-france-in-the-international-symposium-on-water-wetland-in-the-mediterranean-the-mediterranean-travels-of-a-teaching-tool/ http://www.medwet.org/2012/03/involvement-of-young-students-from-morocco-and-france-in-the-international-symposium-on-water-wetland-in-the-mediterranean-the-mediterranean-travels-of-a-teaching-tool/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 10:34:26 +0000 lilika ]]> http://www.medwet.org/?p=7716 After Corsica and Greece, the students of College Pascal Paoli of Ile Rousse (Corsica, France) presented the educational tool «A l’écoute des zones humides» to their colleagues, students of the Lycée Honoré de Balzac Kenitra (Morocco). Under the supervision of M. Abdeslam BOUCHAFRA from SPANA, Morocco and along with their respective teachers, Mrs Jacqueline RODE [...]]]> http://www.medwet.org/2012/03/involvement-of-young-students-from-morocco-and-france-in-the-international-symposium-on-water-wetland-in-the-mediterranean-the-mediterranean-travels-of-a-teaching-tool/feed/ 0 http://www.medwet.org/2012/03/the-international-symposium-on-water-and-wetlands-in-the-mediterranean-in-the-press-interviews-of-resource-persons-from-north-africa-and-the-middle-east/ http://www.medwet.org/2012/03/the-international-symposium-on-water-and-wetlands-in-the-mediterranean-in-the-press-interviews-of-resource-persons-from-north-africa-and-the-middle-east/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 10:28:02 +0000 lilika ]]> http://www.medwet.org/?p=7757 At the International Symposium on Water and Wetlands in the Mediterranean held recently in the southern coastal Moroccan city of Agadir, experts from around the Mediterranean region gathered to discuss problems facing wetland ecosystems — and to try to find some answers. A large percentage the of audience came from Arab countries along the southern [...]]]> http://www.medwet.org/2012/03/the-international-symposium-on-water-and-wetlands-in-the-mediterranean-in-the-press-interviews-of-resource-persons-from-north-africa-and-the-middle-east/feed/ 0