MEDASSET 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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T-PVS/Files(2021)27. Update Report. Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) & Soft Shell Nile Turtle (Trionyx triunguis) Conservation Monitoring in Anamur beach, Mersin, Turkey
Author(s): Document produced by MERÇED (Mersin Environment and Nature Association) & presented by MEDASSET Date: 17 March 2021 Journal:... read more →
April 13, 2021
T-PVS/Files (2021)19. Update Report. Follow-up of Recommendation No. 9 (1987) on the protection of Caretta caretta in Laganas bay, Zakynthos (Greece).
Author(s): MEDASSET Date: 12 March 2021 Journal: Presented to the Standing Committee to the Convention on the Conservation of... read more →
April 13, 2021
T-PVS/Files(2021)32. Update Report. Threats to marine turtles in Thines Kiparissias (Greece)
Author(s): MEDASSET Date: 22 March 2021 Journal: Presented to the Standing Committee to the Convention on the Conservation of... read more →
April 13, 2021
Sea turtle project launches in Albania
An online meeting was held on 1 April 2021 among Albanian experts and officials, within the framework of the... read more →
April 6, 2021
Civil society demands that Greece’s Recovery Plan prioritises making society Greener and Fairer
70 civil society organisations co-signed an open letter to the Deputy Minister of Finance, Theodoros Skylakakis, initiated by Common... read more →
March 23, 2021
Press Release: Protest of thousands of citizens and last appeal to the Prime Minister for Nature Protection
29.630 citizens and dozens of environmental organizations demand the withdrawal of Article 219 of public contracts law. 3... read more →
March 9, 2021
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