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Supporting Initiatives for Mediterranean Wetlands: French Biodiversity Agency's perspective
This interview with policymakers aims to gain an understanding of their organization's role in protecting Mediterranean wetlands, their expectations for the workshop held in Jordan (October 2022), and their potential support for initiatives like the MedWet Managers Network in this Mediterranean. The questions aimed to uncover the policymaker's perspective and potential involvement in preserving the wetlands of the Mediterranean. After introducing himself, Florent Merle, from French Biodiversity Agency, answered the following questions: 1- What does your organization do for Mediterranean wetlands? 2- What were your expectations from this workshop and field visit? 3- Based on the presentations, what do you think you could do to support initiatives like the MedWet Managers Network?
Supporting Initiatives for Mediterranean Wetlands: Prima's perspective
This interview with policymakers aims to gain an understanding of their organization's role in protecting Mediterranean wetlands, their expectations for the workshop held in Jordan (October 2022), and their potential support for initiatives like the MedWet Managers Network in this Mediterranean. The questions aimed to uncover the policymaker's perspective and potential involvement in preserving the wetlands of the Mediterranean. After introducing himself, Fabrice Dentressangle, from PRIMA, answered the following questions: 1- What does your organization do for Mediterranean wetlands? 2- What were your expectations from this workshop and field visit? 3- Based on the presentations, what do you think you could do to support initiatives like the MedWet Managers Network?
MedWet Managers Network: Networking for Success and Insights from Azraq Wetland Reserve (Jordan)
This interview aims to emphasize the importance of networking and the exchange of experiences between managers in the MedWet Managers Network, and to draw inspiration from wetland restoration cases implemented in the Mediterranean. Hazem Khreisha, manager of Azraq Wetland Reserve, answered those questions: 1/ What are you most proud of about the restoration work and what challenges did you face? 2/ What recommendations would you give to managers who would like to implement restoration work? 3) What does the MedWet Managers Network bring to you?
This interview aims to emphasize the importance of networking and the exchange of experiences between managers in the MedWet Managers Network, and to draw inspiration from wetland restoration cases implemented in the Mediterranean. Abdessatar Belkhouja, Regional Director of Bizerte forests (Tunisia), answered those questions: 1) What have you learned in this Wetland Restoration workshop organized in Jordan (October 2022)? 2) What can you replicate or implement in Ghar el Melh (Tunisia) from what you learned in this workshop? 3) What does the MedWet Managers Network bring to you?
This interview aims to emphasize the importance of networking and the exchange of experiences between managers in the MedWet Managers Network, and to draw inspiration from wetland restoration cases implemented in the Mediterranean. Tamara Brajovic, from the Ministry of Ecology, Spatial Planning and Urbanism of Montenegro, answered those questions: 1/ What are you most proud of about the restoration work and what challenges did you face? 2/ What recommendations would you give to managers who would like to implement restoration work? 3) What does the MedWet Managers Network bring to you?
This interview aims to emphasize the importance of networking and the exchange of experiences between managers in the MedWet Managers Network, and to draw inspiration from wetland restoration cases implemented in the Mediterranean. Serif Hizli, from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry of Turkey, answered those questions: 1/ What are you most proud of about the restoration work and what challenges did you face? 2/ What recommendations would you give to managers who would like to implement restoration work? 3) What does the MedWet Managers Network bring to you?
This interview aims to emphasize the importance of networking and the exchange of experiences between managers in the MedWet Managers Network, and to draw inspiration from wetland restoration cases implemented in the Mediterranean. Mark Gauci, from BirdLife Malta, answered those questions: 1/ What are you most proud of about the restoration work and what challenges did you face? 2/ What recommendations would you give to managers who would like to implement restoration work? 3) What does the MedWet Managers Network bring to you?
Looking out across Tunisia’s Ghar el Melh lagoon, a Wetland of International Importance, the city of Ghar el Melh embodies a unique natural and cultural heritage. But for the last 10 years, the lagoon has been suffering from intensive development pressures, their impact exacerbated by climate change. Urgent action is needed to save this precious ecosystem and the vital services it provides to local communities.
The Gulf of Oristano is home to 85,000 people, but significant parts of the area could be flooded by 2100 due to climate change. In response to this threat, the Oristano Coastal Contract is a ground-breaking multidisciplinary policy plan that involves mayors, citizens and businesses all working together towards the effective management and sustainable development of the territory. The agreement signed in Oristano has since become a model for collective management of wetlands in the Mediterranean.
Ulcinj Salina is a Ramsar site and one of the most important stopovers for migrating birds in Europe. Built in the 1930s, the salina once provided valuable income for local communities; but in 2013 salt production was stopped and the salt basins were left to dry out. In response, EuroNatur Foundation and its partners BirdLife Europe and Central Asia, the Centre for Protection and Research of Birds (CZIP), the Dr Martin Schneider-Jacoby Association (MSJA) and Tour du Valat launched the international #SaveSalina campaign, aiming to drive actions at local, regional and international levels to save and restore this unique coastal wetland in the Adriatic.
The training course on “Visitors Management in Protected Wetlands – Making them the allies of conservation” was held on 24-29 July 2017 at the National Centre of Environmental Education (CENEAM), located in Valsaín (Segovia), Spain.
The contents of the course were designed for planners, managers, policy makers and people working in public use issues, as they are increasingly faced with the challenges and opportunities of operating in environments where tourism is or will be a dominant factor in management.
As in many other scenarios affecting wetlands in the Mediterranean region, the Azraq Oasis (Jordan) has been subjected to anthropogenic activities that have impacted its functioning and ecological value and led to its degradation. The Azraq Oasis received a boost from a grant by the AFD and FFEM, which supported the rehabilitation of several freshwater pools.
As part of a micro-project funded by the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM), and coordinated by Tour du Valat, the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) organized a training session on ‘composting for limiting pollution inputs to Ammiq Ramsar Site’.
Fourteen persons attended the training.