MEDASSET – Mediterranean Association to Save the Sea Turtles is an international nonprofit organisation working to protect marine and coastal habitats in the Mediterranean, with sea turtles as our flagship species.
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Our team works passionately to help slow down the rate of marine biodiversity loss around the Mediterranean, so that sea turtles and all forms of marine life are no longer threatened with extinction.
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The active involvement of citizens in scientific research is crucial for sufficient data collection. New technologies, like mobile applications, allow citizens to actively participate in environmental research and conservation.
With SEAlly© mobile app, sea lovers can easily record sea turtle and/or shark sightings in the Mediterranean Sea!
Now, the protection of the species is in your hands!
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“An Important Job” – Teaser
"An Important Job" is a short fiction film created in the framework of the MedBycatch project, sheding light on... read more →
January 27, 2022
Mission to Tunisia: Saving dolphins, sea turtles and other vulnerable species through the MedBycatch project
By Kostas Pliakos - CNN Greece In the small harbour of La Goulette, Tunis, from which small and medium sized... read more →
January 17, 2022
MEDASSET participated the 22nd Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention and its Protocols
22nd COP Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and... read more →
December 11, 2021
Sea turtle habitats in Cyprus, Greece & Turkey under threat: MEDASSET presents cases at Bern Convention (Council of Europe)
For the 33rd year in succession, MEDASSET participated in the Standing Committee Meeting of the Bern Convention (Council of... read more →
December 7, 2021
T-PVS/Files(2021)78 Update Report: Follow-up of Recommendation No. 95 (2002) on the Conservation of Marine Turtles in Kazanli beach (Turkey)
Author(s): MEDASSET Date: 19 October 2021 Journal: Presented to the Standing Committee to the Convention on the Conservation of... read more →
November 29, 2021
Citizen Guide for the Protection of Sharks, Batoids and Sea Turtles. Alliance for Survival II
Authors: Oikonomou, V., Touloupaki, E., Moutopoulos, D., Petza, D., Doumpas, N., Naasan Aga Spyridopoulou Citizen Guide for the Protection... read more →
November 15, 2021
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