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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...
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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...
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Author: MEDASSET Date: March & September 2013 Journal: Presented to the Standing Committee to the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Bern Convention) at the Council of Europe. Page number(s): 27pp
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Author: MEDASSET Date: 2013 Journal: Presented to the Standing Committee to the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Bern Convention) at the Council of Europe. Page number(s): 21pp
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Author: MEDASSET Date: 26 August 2013 Journal: Presented to the Standing Committee to the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Bern Convention) at the Council of Europe. Page number(s): 14pp
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Author: MEDASSET Date: 2013 Journal: Presented to the Standing Committee to the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Bern Convention) at the Council of Europe. Page number(s): 14pp
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Five environmental organisations submitted to the Greek Council of State an application for the annulment of the 2023 environmental approval for the “Alexandroupolis” FSRU. Located within an ecologically sensitive marine protected area, the new LNG terminal blatantly ignores Greek legislation which explicitly forbids the construction of such industrial units within Natura 2000 sites. Floating Storage and Regasification Units (FSRUs) are regulated under the European Union’s Seveso III directive, given their risk of hazardous accidents (risk of gas leaks, fires, explosions, chemical spills). The “Alexandroupolis” FSRU aims to convert and transport fossil gas to Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, North Macedonia, Serbia...
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Dear Executive Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič and Commissioner Didier Reynders, Dear Members of the relevant Cabinets following climate issues, As representatives of civil society in a country that experienced the dramatic impacts of the climate crisis in recent months through a series of successive disasters, such as the fires in Rhodes and Evros which burnt uncontrolled for days, and the unprecedented and extensively destructive floods, we call on you to advocate for a coordinated, unwavering and clear EU climate policy. Special focus is needed in relation to the climate footprint of the business sector. The recent disasters, which brought our...
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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. Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, and since the 1950s, many of the observed climate changes are...
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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. In the first half of the 20th century, Mediterranean turtle populations were severely exploited by fisheries targeting turtles for trade. Nowadays, illegal consumption...
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