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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...

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...