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Monitoring mission in the Khenifiss National Park: tangible progress for sustainable tourism and biodiversity conservation.

In April 2026, the Conservatoire du littoral, a member of the Mediterranean Biodiversity Consortium, carried out a monitoring mission of activities supported by the RESCOM project in the Khenifiss National...

RESCOM Project Launched at Bouhachem Natural Park Site in Morocco

The RESCOM project is expanding its activities in Morocco with the inclusion of a new pilot site: Bouhachem Natural Park. Established in May 2025 in the Rif region, located in...

International Day of Forests: Why Mediterranean forests are key to ecosystem resilience

By Martin Fillot, AIFM Celebrating the International Day of Forests Each year on March 21, the world celebrates the International Day of Forests, a day established by the United Nations...

Second MBC training session held in Albania to support integrated conservation at the Karavasta–Godulla Lagoons

The second session of the Mediterranean Biodiversity Consortium (MBC) training programme took place during the first week of December in the Albanian pilot site. This three-day session, held from 2...

🌿 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...

Policy Brief — Scaling-up Nature-based Solutions into practice to enhance the resilience of Mediterranean Coastal Ecosystems and Communities — Key recommendations from a successful Initiative: RESCOM

At the forefront of climate change, the Mediterranean coasts are more than ever before the region’s most endangered areas. Sea-level rise, storms, water scarcity, and habitat degradation threaten ecosystems and...

RESCOM Project: Launch of the Training Programme in the Capo Carbonara Marine Protected Area — A new step for ecological restoration and climate change adaptation

The new training programme for natural area managers across the Mediterranean was inaugurated recently within the Capo Carbonara Marine Protected Area (MPA) in Sardinia, Italy. Organised by the Mediterranean Consortium...

AIFM, a founding member of the MBC, recognized by FAO among the World Forestry Champions

As part of its 80th anniversary, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched a global call for nominations to recognize World Forestry Champions — exemplary initiatives advancing sustainable forest management,...

Nature-based Solutions in the Mediterranean region: A look back and moving forward

Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are increasingly recognized as effective approaches to address environmental and societal challenges. By working with nature, these solutions help protect biodiversity, reduce climate-related risks, and improve human...

Collaboration for the Future of Patara SEPA in Türkiye

Management and action plans are the backbone of effective protected area governance. When designed collaboratively and adaptively, they become powerful tools for long-term conservation success. This is why stakeholder participation,...

The Mediterranean Biodiversity Consortium and RESCOM at the Ramsar COP15

The Mediterranean Biodiversity Consortium (MBC) participated in the 15th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Convention on Wetlands (COP15), which took place from 23 to 31...

Third regional steering committee meeting for the RESCOM project in Türkiye

From 24 to 26 June, RESCOM partners gathered in the heart of the Patara Special Environmental Protected Area (SEPA) in the Antalya region of Türkiye for the third regional steering...

Call for Small Projects: the six initiatives to mainstream Nature-based Solutions in the Mediterranean

The Mediterranean Biodiversity Consortium, through the RESCOM project, launched a Call for Small Projects to support Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) from six Mediterranean countries in implementing replicable and participatory solutions...

AFD strengthens its support for the RESCOM project for the preservation of coastal ecosystems in the Mediterranean by granting an additional €2 million

Press release Nice, 10 juin 2025 – On the occasion of the United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC), the French Development Agency (AFD) will sign a financing agreement...

RESCOM mission in Tivatska Solila Nature Reserve (Montenegro)

During the week of May 5, the Conservatoire du littoral was in Montenegro for an expertise mission led in collaboration with the Public Enterprise for Coastal Zone Management of Montenegro...

RESCOM Project: Towards sustainable management of Oued Ezzen National Park (Tunisia)

The RESCOM project, supported by the International Association for Mediterranean Forests (AIFM) and its partners in the Mediterranean Biodiversity Consortium, continues its commitment to preserving Mediterranean ecosystems in Tunisia. Recently,...

Three-day RESCOM event at Patara Special Environmental Protected Area (SEPA), Türkiye

Within the frame of RESCOM project, the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation and T.R. Ministry of Environment Urbanisation and Climate Change, General Directorate of Protection for Natural Assets organized a...

Supporting the implementation of RESCOM at the pilot site of Patara (Turkey)

On 5 November 2024, representatives from the Turkish Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change, General Directorate for Protection of Natural Assets (GDPNA), visited the IUCN Med office in Malaga,...

Call for Small Projects to mainstream Nature-based Solutions in the Mediterranean

The Mediterranean Biodiversity Consortium (MBC) launches a Call for Small Projects aimed at strengthening biodiversity protection and people’s living conditions through Nature-based Solutions (NbS). This call is part of the...

Launch of RESCOM project activities in Tunisia

A delegation from the Mediterranean Biodiversity Consortium (MBC), composed of members of the AIFM and Tour du Valat, participated in the first National Steering Committee of the RESCOM project in...

Second RESCOM Regional Steering Committee

The partner organizations of the RESCOM project met on 11 and 12 June at the Tour du Valat headquarters in the Camargue (France) to review the activities carried out since...

RESCOM: Ecological engineering expertise in Tivatska Solila (Montenegro)

An expert mission bringing together specialists from the Conservatoire du littoral, Tour du Valat, and AGIR Ecologique was organized from 12 to 16 May under the RESCOM project, in partnership...

COGICO MOOC: Conservation and Management of Islands, Coasts and Oceans.

Discover the COGICO MOOC Conservation and Management of Islands, Coasts and Oceans To continue the ICO Solutions approach of sharing good practice in the conservation of islands, coasts and oceans,...

RESCOM: developing the ecotourism potential of Khenifiss National Park in Morocco

The Mediterranean Biodiversity Consortium, represented by the Conservatoire du littoral and Tour du Valat, was in Morocco last week to support the Agence Nationale des Eaux et Forêts in promoting...

RESCOM’s participation in COP23 of the Barcelona Convention

The Mediterranean Biodiversity Consortium’s RESCOM project was presented at a side event at COP23 of the Barcelona Convention for the protection of the Mediterranean, along with other cooperation projects aimed...

Launch of RESCOM project activities in Montenegro

A joint team from the Tour du Valat and the Conservatoire du littoral were in Montenegro to discuss the main conservation issues facing the “Tivatska Solila” special nature reserve, one of the pilot sites for...

Identification of RESCOM project activities in Albania

As part of the RESCOM project, a team from the Tour du Valat was in Albania in November 2023 to meet the national, local and international players involved in the...

Launch of the RESCOM project: Towards a more sustainable Mediterranean, preserving biodiversity and life quality

The Mediterranean Consortium for Biodiversity gathered on July 11th and 12th at the Tour du Valat in Camargue, France, to kick off the RESCOM project (“Strengthening Ecosystem Resilience in the...