Apr 13, 2026 | Award, Campaign, News
Applications are open until May 7 for the MAB Young Scientists Awards, a programme of the UNESCO that engages young scientists from all over the world. The MAB Young Scientists Awards are supported by the Principality of Monaco, which provides additional annual...
Apr 9, 2026 | Mediterranean Sea, News, UNEP/MAP
The UNEP/MAP Secretariat has launched a new call for applications addressed to women’s and youth organizations active in the Mediterranean area, interested in becoming members of the Mediterranean Commission on Sustainable Development (MCSD). This call follows the...
Apr 8, 2026 | Campaign, Mediterranean Sea, News, RAC, UNEP, UNEP/MAP
Within the context of the Mediterranean policies of the Barcelona Convention and the international frameworks of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science, Gaia First and the Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (SPA/RAC) have announced a strategic...
Apr 7, 2026 | Conference, European Commission, News
Cyprus will host the European Maritime Day 2026 on 21–22 May. The event will take place in the old town, at the Carob Mill in Limassol. High-level sessions, the exhibition, and part of the workshops will be held in this venue, while additional workshops will take...
Mar 30, 2026 | Mediterranean Sea, News
The discovery comes thanks to the European project LIFE-CONCEPTU MARIS, led by ISPRA: the “pygmy sperm whale” (Kogia breviceps), previously thought to be absent from the Mediterranean, has been identified through environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis—the collection of all...
