Let’s PCTO!

Apr 4, 2025 | Project

The event “A Lesson in Environmental Governance: Discovering Actions for the Mediterranean Sea and Its Coasts”, organized as part of the PCTO (Paths of Transversal Skills and Guidance) by ISPRA and INFO/RAC, is back.This year’s third edition of the...

Change is coming

Mar 13, 2025 | Project, UE

Starting May 1 2025 ships operating in the Med SOx ECA are required to comply with alimit for sulphur content in fuel oil that is a fifth of the legal limit outside this area (0.10 per cent mass by mass (m/m), compared with 0.50 per cent m/m allowed outside the Med...

An agreement for the marine environment

Jan 14, 2025 | Mediterranean Sea, Project, RAC, UNEP/MAP

INFO/RAC and the Permanent Secretariat of the Pelagos Agreement signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 18 December 2024. The agreement represents a significant milestone for the protection of the marine environment, especially for the protection of the mammals that...

The ACCOBAMS Survey Initiative Book

Jan 13, 2025 | Mediterranean Sea, Project

ACCOBAMS, the Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area, proposedASI, the ACCOBAMS Survey Initiative, a synoptic survey of the entire region. The main objective of the ASI wasto estimate the abundance...

ACCOBAMS: NEW Executive Secretary

Jan 13, 2025 | Project

Maÿlis Salivasis the new Executive Secretary of ACCOBAMS. With 15 years of expertise in marine biodiversity conservation, she brings a strong background in environmental monitoring and coastal ecosystem assessment to her new role. She has playeda key role in...

WES: The Final Video on Water and Environmental Project Achievements

Nov 13, 2024 | Project

The EU-fundedWater and Environment Support(WES) project has releasedits final video, summarizing the key achievements of the past five years in the water and environmental sector in the Middle East and North Africa region. The video, through interviews with experts...