What are the impacts of trails and hiking on rural communities? MedINA took part in the first workshop of a nascent European network of researchers...
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MedINA’s INCREAte approach at the 1st ‘Green Flag Trails’ auditor training in Europe
How can trail projects become more effective in terms of heritage conservation and sustainable development in their regions? Rigas Zafeiriou presented MedINA’s INCREAte approach, as...
Greek Winners for the Rooted Everyday Mediterranean Short Story Prize 2019
Sophia Sifaki from Greece is the winner of the first Mediterranean environmental-themed short story prize with her story The Treasure. Sifaki’s story The Treasure spins...
Mediterranean Coast Day 2019: celebrating nature-based solutions that tackle climate change in the region
The Mediterranean coast is exposed to severe threats from climate change: it’s one of the biggest crises humanity has ever faced. Sea level rise, warming...
Rooted Everyday #MedStoryPrize announces shortlist for 2019
The NEW ‘Rooted Everyday Mediterranean Short Story Prize’ is the first environment-themed Mediterranean writing competition. Its aim is to celebrate and protect the rich culture...
Three Greek writers on the shortlist for the Rooted Everyday #MedStoryPrize 2019
The NEW ‘Rooted Everyday Mediterranean Short Story Prize’ is the first environment-themed Mediterranean writing competition. Its aim is to celebrate and protect the rich culture...
Screening 29/5 2019: Blue Heart Saving Europe’s last free flowing wild river – Vjosa/Aoos
Mediterranean Institute for Nature and Anthropos invites you all to the screening of Patagonia’s documentary “Blue Heart”, on Wednesday 29th May at 19:30 at the...
Participation in the forthcoming International Conference of CCRN and IUCN ‘Communities, Conservation and Livelihoods’
MedINA and Inherit are pleased to announce the Knowledge Café “When conservation goes wrong. Is conservation always compatible with human rights?” which is being organised...
Life in the “Mandra”: Past, Present and Future
On Lemnos Island, a Greek island in the northern part of the Aegean Sea, life in rural areas was centred for centuries around “mandras”, a...
Launch of the Rooted Everyday Creative Writing Competition for adults: #MedStoryPrize
Rooted Everyday is a new environmental campaign launched by a consortium of conservation organisations to raise awareness and celebrate lesser-known Mediterranean heritage and natural resources,...