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Advocacy: 2013 Monitoring & assessment of important sea turtle nesting beaches

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Monitoring the status of important sea turtle nesting beaches in the Mediterranean, against unsustainable development to bring about improved management is an important goal for MEDASSET. CYPRUS Akamas & Limni: These important green and loggerhead turtle nesting beaches are only protected on paper, as conservation measures are still not in force despite the fact that the beaches belong to the European Union’s (EU) Natura 2000 network of protected sites. In addition, the habitat in Limni is under threat because the land behind the nesting beach... read more →

Greece 2013: A year filled with environmental action by young people

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For 25 years, MEDASSET has been working closely with educators and students to convey the message that cooperation and active participation are needed if we are to achieve our aim of conserving sea turtles and their habitats throughout the Mediterranean for the future. In 2013 we engaged over 6,400 pupils from 116 schools in this endeavour! Getting young people interested in sea turtles Our mascot, Niretta, proved to be an extremely useful tool in successfully conveying the message about the need to save our ancient mariners from extinction. In 2013, with the valuable contribution of a highly energetic team of... read more →

Climate Change

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The atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane, and nitrous oxide have increased to levels unprecedented in at least the last 800.000 years. Carbon dioxide concentrations have increased by 40% since pre-industrial times, primarily from fossil fuel emissions and secondarily from emissions from land use change((Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)(2013). Climate Change 2013: Physical Science Basis. Working Group 1 Contribution to the fifth assessment report on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.)). Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, and since the 1950s, many of the observed climate changes... read more →

Fisheries

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Turtles migrate across seas extensively throughout their lives and come into contact with a great deal of fishing activity, much of it potentially lethal. In the Mediterranean, twenty-one countries fish over an area that is less than 2% the total surface of the Pacific Ocean(( Wallace BP, Kot CY, DiMatteo AD, Lee T, Crowder LB, Lewison RL. 2013. Impacts of fisheries bycatch on marine turtle populations worldwide: toward conservation and research priorities. Ecosphere 4:art40. )). In the first half of the 20th century, Mediterranean turtle populations were severely exploited by fisheries targeting turtles for trade. Nowadays,... read more →

Κοινό Δελτίο Τύπου: Ο Κυπαρισσιακός Κόλπος αποκτά θεσμικό πλαίσιο προστασίας

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[media image="16876"] Κοινό Δελτίο Τύπου Τετάρτη 17 Οκτωβρίου 2018: Ο Κυπαρισσιακός Κόλπος αποκτά θεσμικό πλαίσιο προστασίας Την ικανοποίησή τους εκφράζουν οι περιβαλλοντικές μη κυβερνητικές οργανώσεις , ΑΡΚΤΟΥΡΟΣ, ΑΡΧΕΛΩΝ, Ελληνική Ορνιθολογική Εταιρεία, ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΙΑ Προστασίας Περιβάλλοντος και Πολιτισμού, Ελληνική Εταιρία Προστασίας της Φύσης, Εταιρία Προστασίας Πρεσπών, Δίκτυο Μεσόγειος SOS, Καλλιστώ, Οικολογική Εταιρεία Ανακύκλωσης, Greenpeace, MEDASSET, MOm και WWF Ελλάς για την έκδοση του Προεδρικού Διατάγματος του Κυπαρισσιακού Κόλπου (περιοχές Natura 2000 - GR 2550005, GR 2330005 και GR 2330008). Έπειτα από χρόνια κοινών προσπαθειών, δύο σχέδια προεδρικών διαταγμάτων, τρία πρακτικά επεξεργασίας από το Συμβούλιο της Επικρατείας (υπ’ αριθμ. 32/2015, 175/2017 και... read more →