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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 →

T-PVS/Files (2013) 9. Update Report on Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) Conservation Monitoring in Fethiye and Patara SPAs (Turkey)

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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

T-PVS/Files (2013) 9. Update on Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) Conservation Monitoring in Fethiye, Turkey.

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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

T-PVS/Files (2013) 15. Update Report on Development Plans in Kyparissia Bay, Southern Kyparissia (Western Peloponnese, Greece)

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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

T-PVS/Files (2013) 15. MEDASSET. Threats to Marine Turtles in Thines Kiparissias Bay (Greece) 14 pages

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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

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 →

Joint Press Release: Presidential Decree declares new legal framework for the protection of Kyparissia Bay

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Joint Press Release October 17th, 2018: Presidential Decree declares new legal framework for the protection of Kyparissia Bay Fourteen environmental non-governmental organizations in Greece, have expressed their satisfaction regarding the issuance of a Presidential Decree for the Kyparissia Bay (EU Natura 2000 sites GR 2550005, GR 2330005 and GR 2330008). Following several years of joint efforts by the NGOs, 2 draft Presidential Decrees, 3 decisions of the Greek Council of State (No. 32/2015, 175/2017 and 80/2018), a European Court of Justice judgement condemning Greece for failure to fulfil obligations (C-504/14, Decision of 10th November 2016) and a Recommendation on protective... read more →

Οι εκστρατείες του MEDASSET οδηγούν σε σημαντικές διεθνείς αποφάσεις

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Authors: Liza Boura, Vassilis Stamogiannis Για 27η συ­νεχή χρονιά το MEDASSET συμμετείχε στη Συνάντηση των Αντιπροσώπων των Κρατών-Μελών της Σύμβασης της Βέρνης στο Συμβούλιο της Ευρώπης (Στρασβούργο, Γαλλία, 1-4 Δεκεμβρίου 2015). Παρουσιάσαμε τις ετήσιες αξιολογήσεις μας για σημαντικές παραλίες ωοτοκίας της θαλάσσιας χελώνας στη Μεσόγειο, εκφράσαμε τις ανησυχίες μας και υποβάλαμε συστάσεις. Ως αποτέλεσμα, η Μόνιμη Επιτροπή της Σύμβασης της Βέρνης υιοθέτησε σημαντικές αποφάσεις για την παρακολούθηση αυτών των βιοτόπων και παρότρυνε τα κράτη να βελτιώσουν την προστασίας τους.   Αντιπρόσωποι κρατών μελών, μη κυβερνητικές οργανώσεις και εμπειρογνώμονες κατά την ετήσια συνάντηση της Σύμβασης της Βέρνης.... read more →
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