Скачать или смотреть How can we scale up and strengthen coastal and marine restoration across the Mediterranean region?

Experts share their insights from the side event “Mediterranean Coastal and Marine Restoration: Bridging Local Practice and Policy for Biodiversity and Climate Resilience” at the COP24 of the Barcelona Convention organised by ETC-UMA, MedWet, IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation, and the Mediterranean Biodiversity Consortium.

Speakers highlighted:
📣 A call for a regional action plan for coastal and marine restoration in the Mediterranean
🌿 The fragile state of coastal wetlands and the urgent need to scale up restoration
🔬 Science-based approaches, long-term monitoring, and stakeholder engagement
🦩🌊 Nature-based solutions supporting biodiversity, climate resilience, and local communities
💧 Tools to assess wetland ecosystem services such as carbon storage and flood regulation
🛠️ Aligning technical action with clear, accessible policy frameworks

🎙️ Speakers included:
🗣️ Chris Rostron (MedWet) – coordination of Mediterranean restoration initiatives within the Mediterranean Biodiversity Consortium
🗣️ Dania Abdul Malak (ETC-UMA) – coastal wetland assessments and financing opportunities for restoration
🗣️ Renaud Dupuy de la Grandrive (MedPAN) – science-based marine restoration through MedPAN member #MPAs
🗣️ Noha Samy (Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency, Egyptian Ministry of Environment) – RESCOM project and restoration of Burullus Wetland
🗣️ Anis Guelmami (Tour du Valat) – Wetland4Change: assessing carbon sequestration and flood regulation services
🗣️ Carole Martinez (MedPAN) – REST-COAST: capacity building and policy support for ecosystem restoration
🗣️ Marianne Courouble (MedWet) – policy recommendations for coastal ecosystem restoration
🗣️ Alessandra Sensi (Union for the Mediterranean) – advancing a regional action plan on restoration through UfM frameworks

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