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The Republic of Cyprus has the highest per-capita plastic waste generation in Europe. Around 8-10% of this plastic is either mismanaged or leaks into the environment. This is due to the fact that the island state in the Mediterranean Sea has a big tourism sector, with up to 4 million tourists on…

This IUCN economic brief is based on the dissertation “Economic assessment of a deposit refund system, an instrument for the implementation of a circular economy solution to reduce plastic waste in Menorca, Spain”, developed in fulfilment of International Master of Science in Sustainable and…

Widely regarded as one of the most threatened environments in the world, the Mediterranean Sea is subject now to ubiquitous plastic pollution. As a result of high population densities, lack of consistent waste-management schemes, and large influxes of tourists and strategic merchant navigation,…

This policy brief has been prepared as part of the ‘Plastic Waste Free Islands - Mediterranean’ (PWFI-Med) project, which is implemented in Menorca (Spain) and the Republic of Cyprus by IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and funded by the Didier and Martine Primat…

The first Guide is devoted to the Interactions between Aquaculture and the Environment. It addresses finfish and shellfish culture, focussing mainly on finfish aquaculture, and specifically cage culture, these being predominant activities in the Mediterranean Basin.