The MEDSCAPES project aims to develop and apply a Best-Practice Methodology for Landscape Character Assessment (LCA) in the East Mediterranean context, to be used as an integrative planning and risk-assessment tool for sustainable territorial planning and landscape-scale protection of the natural and cultural heritage. The project is funded by the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument...
Can we protect biodiversity and preserve our traditional landscapes, while developing value chains to support farmers? “By applying an integrated approach, we use smart farming tools and group processes, in order to develop an adaptive and effective ‘certification ecosystem’, accessible to producers”. Sustainable Food Systems Programme Manager of MedINA, Rigas Zafeiriou, presented the “smart” certification...
On Thursday, April 6 2023, MedINA participated in the “Photography and Environment” speech event, which main topic was the elements of the Greek landscape. The event took place in the context of the 8th Thessaloniki Biennale and the photography exhibition of the Greek-Canadian photographer Christos Dikeakos, “The World as an Open Studio”, which deals with...
On Tuesday, March 28, the mandra of Kastrinos in Fakos was filled with children’s joy! MedINA welcomed Ypsipyli – and the schools participating in the educational programme – in an experiential presentation of mandra’s agro-ecosystem, highlighting the ecological value of the rural landscape of Lemnos. Based on MedINA’s research activity in recent years, we learned...
On Sunday, February 19, 2023, Aoos was «hosted» on the pages of «Oi Topoi Mas» (Our Lands) magazine. The journalist Natassa Blatsiou and the photographer Penelope Thomaidi travelled to the plain of Konitsa and got to know the river «through the people who live it every day, study it and want to protect it». The...
The extension of the protected area of the Aoos and its tributaries from Konitsa to the Greek-Albanian border is considered necessary for the international coalition of environmental organizations participating in the “Saving the last free-flowing river in Europe: Aoos/Vjosa” project which aims at the creation of the first free-flowing cross-border river park “Aoos-Vjosa” in Europe....
MedINA is participating at the “Training workshop on Climate change, Nature based solutions, CO2 & soil practices (Onsite)” , which is taking place on 22 – 24 November 2021 at Tour du Valat, France. Cultural landscapes prove to be beneficial to both the conservation of biodiversity and the livelihoods of the local communities. Through the connection between...
The new project ‘Terra Kytheria’ has been kickstarted on Kythera Island, Greece, in partnership with the Kytherian Foundation for Culture & Development in March 2021. Building on the ongoing fruitful involvement on the island with Kythera Trails, MedINA is now upscaling the know-how and experience of Terra Lemnia to Kythera. The main objective of this...
Dear partners and friends, 2020 will undoubtedly be a year that will remain in all our memories. It’s been a year that has fundamentally challenged our established certainties on safety, closeness and necessities in all life areas. Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic brought profound changes to the ways we work, communicate and socialize, making us realize...
