Publications
Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas and climate change
Climate change is likely to have drastic effects on the habitat of the Mediterranean flora and fauna, but its impacts will vary between Mediterranean regions and between marine protected areas (MPAs) within each region. This IUCN guide analyzes the threats and effects of climate change on Mediterranean marine biodiversity and provides MPA managers with tools to monitor and mitigate changes in their own MPA. … | French | Spanish
24 Jul 2013 | Downloads - publication
Guide for quick evaluation of management in Mediterranean MPAs
According to a recent survey conducted by the MedPAN Association over 80 Mediterranean marine protected areas (MPA) more than half of them did not yet have a management plan for the sites and 75% of the Natura 2000 sites (in EU countries) still did not have a management body. In order to reinforce the effectiveness of Mediterranean marine protected areas and to achieve a more unified approach, the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation and WWF-Italy have worked in close collaboration with MPA managers to create an inclusive yet synthetic tool to assess MPA management. … | French | Spanish
03 Jul 2013 | Downloads - publication
A new strategy to fight sea invaders in the Mediterranean
As alien species from the Red Sea, the Atlantic Ocean and beyond find new habitats in the Mediterranean, the new guide by the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation provides the clues to the most dangerous invasive marine fauna and flora and pinpoints towards best management options to control and eradicate them from marine protected areas.
14 Jun 2013 | Downloads - publication
Bases para la restauración ecológica de espartales
El manual de esparto ha sido elaborado en colaboración con la Universidad de Alicante y el Centro de Estudios Ambientales del Mediterráneo. Publicación en español, francés y árabe. … | French
29 Jan 2013 | Downloads - publication
Conservation des dunes côtières
Restauration et gestion durables en Méditerranée occidentale … | Spanish
10 Jan 2013 | Downloads - publication
Lebanon's Marine Protected Areas Strategy
Lebanon's Ministry of Environment and IUCN with the support of partners such as the Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas and UN Development Programme have brought forward a Marine Protected Areas Strategy aimed at achieving a healthy, productive, and biologically diverse marine environment in Lebanese waters. … | French | Spanish
10 Jan 2013 | Downloads - publication
Propuesta de una red representativa de áreas marinas protegidas en el mar de Alborán
Un trabajo coordinado por el Centro de Cooperación del Mediterráneo de la UICN (UICN-Med) ha permitido identificar una red de 30 áreas prioritarias para preservar la riqueza de la región del mar de Alborán, caracterizada por una alta biodiversidad, con especies de origen Atlántico, Mediterráneo y Noroeste africano, así como por la presencia de grandes especies migratorias y comunidades únicas asociadas a los ecosistemas particulares de la región. La superficie total que esta red cubriría sería entorno a un 8%. Algunos ecosistemas y comunidades menos conocidos podrían en el futuro también formar parte de esta Red. …
30 Nov 2012 | Downloads - publication
A changing Mediterranean coastal marine environment under predicted climate-change scenarios
A manager’s guide to understanding and addressing climate change impacts in marine protected areas … | French | Arabic
19 Nov 2012 | Downloads - publication
Support local action across the border
IUCN has published Guidelines to accompany the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the Local Action Group (LAG) of Albania and the Local Action Group (LAG) of Montenegro, concerning their cooperation in environmental protection, tourism, recreation and sustainable development in the transboundary context of the Bjeshkët e Namuna/Prokletije Mountains. …
01 Oct 2012 | Downloads - publication
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Assessment of the socio-economic value of freshwater species for the northern African region
Juffe-Bignoli D. and Darwall W.R.T (eds.) (2012). Assessment of the socio-economic value of freshwater species for the northern African region. Gland, Switzerland and Málaga, Spain: IUCN. IV + 84 pages. … | French | Spanish
10 Sep 2012 | Downloads - publication
