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From 15 to 17 September 2020. Update: to ensure maximum safety for all workshop participants, the team of IUCN-Med has decided to carry out the LIFE BlueNatura BlueCarbon Training for Ecosystem Restoration exclusively online.

All coastal and marine ecosystems are critical to human well-being and global biodiversity. Mangroves, coral reefs, and seagrass beds are examples of these. But urban and rural infrastructure investments are having a heavy negative impact on these systems, and it is…

Ahead of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial Conference, scheduled to launch on World Ocean Day, a statement with 108 signatory organisations from around the world delivers world leaders a message: Reach a meaningful agreement to stop harmful subsidies.

Governments have been…

A new IUCN report gives a series of recommendations to build ambition for the new agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ) under UNCLOS.

Dimitris Margaritoulis can be considered a protected areas pioneer for the Greek Islands. His story and research have contributed both to the establishment of the National Marine Park of Zakynthos (NMPZ) and the founding of ARCHELON: The Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece.