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On 29-30 August 2013 an important meeting on Mt Athos was held in the Museum of Byzantine Culture in Thessaloniki. Its purpose was to finalise the framework for the integrated management and conservation of the cultural and natural heritage of the Athonite Peninsula in Northern Greece, a mixed World Heritage Site and Natura2000 area. High-level...

The Delos Initiative on sacred natural sites in technologically developed countries was launched in 2004, in the context of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) of IUCN and its Task Force on Cultural and Spiritual Values of Protected Areas, currently a Specialist Group (SG/CSVPA). The Initiative is co-ordinated jointly by Thymio Papayannis, director...

The Delos Initiative on sacred natural sites in technologically developed countries was launched in 2004, in the context of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) of IUCN and its Task Force on Cultural and Spiritual Values of Protected Areas, currently a Specialist Group (SG/CSVPA). The Initiative is jointly coordinated by Thymio Papayannis from...

The 1st Mediterranean Plant Conservation Week will take place in Ulcinj, Montenegro, from 24 to 29 October and will bring together plant scientists, site managers, local populations and civil society organisations with the objective of building a network to conserve plants and cultural diversity across the Mediterranean region. Organised by the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean...

The IUCN World Conservation Congress (WCC), the world’s largest conservation event, will take place in the Hawaiian capital, Honolulu, from 1 to 10 September 2016. Held every four years, the WCC  brings together leaders from government, the public sector, non-governmental organisations, businesses, UN agencies and indigenous and grass-roots organizations to discuss and decide on solutions...

MedINA in partnership with the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA) and the Piraeus Bank Group Cultural Foundation is co-organising a workshop titled  “Integrated Landscape Management: Challenges and Prospects”.  An issue of great importance, the integrated management of landscapes is a necessary but challenging task which requires multidisciplinary cooperation and joint consideration of...

As the end of the year is fast approaching and the holiday season is upon us, the Med-INA team would like to take note of its major activities and achievements during 2015 and take the opportunity to wish all its partners a Happy New Year 2016. 2015 was the first year of implementation of the...

Med-INA, the Mediterranean Institute for Nature and Anthropos, was established in Athens in September 2003 as a non-profit scientific organisation working on the interface of nature and culture. During its first decade, Med-INA focused on three priority areas, which included (a) the cultural values and services of wetlands in the Mediterranean and globally, (b) landscapes...

Mt Athos, the peninsula shared by 20 Christian Orthodox Monasteries in Northern Greece, has been designated World Heritage Site (for both culture and nature) in 1988, as well as Natura2000 area in its entirety. After a mission to Athos in 2006, the World Heritage Committee proposed an integrated approach to the management of Mt Athos....