🌿 How can we adapt the management of protected natural areas to climate change in the Mediterranean?

The Mediterranean Biodiversity Consortium (MBC) is releasing an operational note based on the work of its Think & Do Tank, dedicated to this major challenge for protected area managers in the Mediterranean basin.

🧠 The Think & Do Tank, driven by the MBC, is an informal platform for reflection and exchange that brings together members of the Consortium and its regional and national partners to:
✅ Thinking about emerging concepts related to biodiversity preservation;
✅ Build a common position on these issues ;
✅ And above all, to help them become operational in the field.

Within this framework, the T&DT has focused its work on adapting management to climate change, including the identification of courses of action to be implemented in the Mediterranean.

📘 This note presents the main climate challenges, identifies three essential levers for action – knowledge, planning, governance – and proposes concrete recommendations for strengthening the resilience of Mediterranean protected sites.

✨ In collaboration with Réserves Naturelles de France (RNF), we’re taking the next step:
➡️ for the first time, the Natur’Adapt method will be tested in the Mediterranean, at one of the pilot sites of the RESCOM project.

Developed by RNF, this method helps managers analyze the future, identify vulnerabilities and plan actions to adapt the management of natural areas.

🔍 Why now?
Because the Mediterranean is warming 20% faster than the global average, and the impacts – drought, erosion, hydrological disruption – are multiplying. Anticipating and adapting management is no longer an option: it’s a strategic necessity to protect our ecosystems and the communities that depend on them.

📄 Download the complete note: https: HERE