Med-INA is pleased to announce that the “Vjosa / Aoos river eco-museum; promotion and protection of the natural and cultural heritage of the Vjosa /...
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VAEcoM – Evaluation of candidates
Please find attached the Evaluation of Candidates guide conserning all tenders for the VAEcoM project. MI 2012 (Διαδικασία Αξιολόγησης Υποψηφίων)

Thymio Papayannis to receive the 2012 Ramsar Recognition of Achievement Award
Thymio Papayannis has been working on wetland conservation, wise use and the cultural values of wetlands, and with the Ramsar Convention for 26 years, in...

BOOK Culture and wetlands in the Mediterranean: an evolving story
The book is the result of a four-year research project (2007-2011), which concerned mainly the implementation in the Mediterranean Region of the Ramsar Guidance on...

International Workshop: Cultural identities and sustainable life-styles in islands
Remote, imposing but certainly not unwelcoming, Galapagos Islands are often described as mystical and magical. Nature thrives in these almost otherworldly sanctuaries of isolation and...

Honour to an architect for nature conservation
On 14th October 2009, the Athens Agricultural University honoured architect-planner Thymio Papayannis with an honorary doctorate in a formal ceremony. The Department of Rural Economy...

WWF International Award on 27 May 2008
The WWF Conservation Merit Awards ceremony was hosted this year by HRH Prince Henrik, at the Royal Presentation Rooms, in Copenhagen, Denmark, during the WWF...

The future of the World Heritage Convention
UNESCO’s Convention on World Heritage is approaching its 40th anniversary, with more than 180 state parties and 850 sites. During the past four decades important...

Symposium on climate change and the Arctic
On 6-13 September, the ship M/S Fram hosted the 7th Ecological Symposium of the Ecumenical Patriarchate (after the Aegean, the Black Sea, the Danube, the...