The Mediterranean Sea is moving from the Action Plan to the adoption of the Agenda 21,
namely a sustainable development-inspired programme, extending co-operation between …

The Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP), launched in 1975 as an initiative of the Regional
Seas Programme and agreed by the Mediterranean countries through the Barcelona …

Abstract The Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) is the European Commission's
flagship initiative for the protection of the European Seas, and the first holistic approach to …

This paper presents major gaps and challenges for implementing the UN Decade of Ocean
Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) in the Mediterranean region. The …

Moving from a first approach matrix of uses/uses and uses/environment relations in the
Mediterranean, two reference frameworks closely influencing sea management, are taken …

Considering its specific economic, social, environmental and political features, the status
and evolution of the Mediterranean have always been of great interest to its countries and …

The author addresses the evolution of environmental cooperation in the Mediterranean
region by surveying the Mediterranean Action Plan framework and recent initiatives by UN …

The Mediterranean was the first sea in which the United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP) Regional Seas Programme was initiated. An Action Plan was launched (1975) and …

Abstract The Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), introduced in June 2008, was
adopted to achieve a Good Environmental Status (GES) in the EU's marine waters and to …

T wenty years ago, the Mediter-ranean Sea was described by some as practically dead. The
sea was not dead, of course, but certainly wounded by a wide range of pollution problems …