The Meeting of Experts (MoE) was held as part of Work Package 4 (Developing the Best-Practice Methodology for LCA in the East Med), with the participation of landscape experts from all partner countries –Cyprus, Greece, Lebanon and Jordan– as well as from other European countries with significant previous experience in LCA and landscape management in...
The book is one of the main outcomes of a three-year research project (2011-2013), entitled “Culture and wetlands in the Mediterranean: Using cultural values for wetland restoration”. It was carried out by Med-INA, the Mediterranean Institute on Nature and Anthropos, with the financial support of the MAVA Foundation. This innovative walking guide has been created...
From its sources in the Northern Pindus mountains in Greece, the Aoos / Vjosa River enters into Albania and discharges into the Adriatic Sea. Along its meandering routes it creates landscapes of spectacular natural beauty and for centuries it has shaped the lives and traditions of the populations living around its basin. Greece and Albania...
The second edition of the “Pole relais lagunes Méditerranéennes” award was offered in 2013. The objective of this award is to promote innovative activities taking place in lagoon environments and implemented by local actors. It aims to encourage elected officials and developers to undertake similar actions. Over the past 40 years, the landscape of Mediterranean...
Publication of the book “Reclaiming the Greek landscape” Organisation of a side event on ‘Culture: contributing to wetland wise use’ in the 11th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar COP11), Bucharest, Romania
The 16th International CEMAT Symposium and 12th Council of Europe Meeting of the Workshops for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention was held in Thessalonica (Greece) on 2-3 October 2012. The main subject of the Symposium was “Vision for the future of Europe on territorial democracy: Landscape as a new strategy for spatial planning”....
Launch of the project “European Landscape Convention in Greece”
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 exotic splendour. Every year countless visitors disembark on Galapagos Islands, more than 60 remote islets, to bear witness to the marvels of biodiversity that inspired the theories of Charles Darwin...
Organisation of the Nafplion Workshop ‘Reclaiming the Greek landscape’, 16-20 May
Organisation of a national workshop on ‘In search of Greek landscapes’, Athens, 21-22 May, with the support of the Agricultural University of Athens and WWF- Greece 1st Prize for a poster presented in the European IALE Conference, Salzburg, Austria, 12-16 July on the ‘Conservation and Management of Greek Landscapes’
