As the health of the Mediterranean Sea reaches a new low, the Together for the Med network releases its first documentary, that aims to federate, raise awareness and mobilize around the conservation issues of the Mediterranean.
Meet Yassine – a Tunisian diver and oceanographer, Nicole – a scientist committed to Greek fishers, and Isaac – who campaigns for sustainable fishing in Spain. From North to South, from East to West, conservation issues are the same. Discover emblematic regions of the Mediterranean: Catalonia, the Kuriat Islands, and the island of Zakynthos. These ordinary heroes are inspiring, and the landscapes they work in are an invitation to travel.
“The Mediterranean Sea is subject to all kinds of pressures” observes Yassine, who gets ready to dive to study the health of the Tunisian seabed. “If we look at the evolution of fishing over the past years, it is clear that our future does not go beyond another 15 years,” worries Isaac from inside his small fishing boat. “If we don’t act now, biodiversity will continue to decline and the sustainability of the fishing sector will be compromised,” says Nicole, as she measures the size of fish collected in the fishing nets of Markos, a Greek fisherman.
This documentary, titled The Sentinels of the Mediterranean, offers a new perspective on marine conservation, combining the expertise of field scientists and the experience of fishers mobilizing for the protection of the Mediterranean. The film describes the daily fight of those who apply effective solutions for the conservation of marine ecosystems.
The production of this 30-minute documentary was supervised by BlueSeeds in partnership with IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation and the visual communication agency ImagéO, thanks to the support of the MAVA foundation.
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For further info, please, contact: Auriane Petit, aurianepetit@blueseeds.org
About Together for the Med
Overfishing, uncontrolled coastal development, habitat destruction, climate change, pollution: the Mediterranean is under numerous, serious threats. For nearly 30 years, the Together for the Med partnership has been leading impact projects funded by the MAVA Foundation in Mediterranean hotspots, to address these pressures.
Members of the partnership are NGOs, international organizations, research centres, private companies, networks or foundations. With 46 partners from all around the Mediterranean, diversity is the strength of Together for the Med. In 2022, in the wake of all the work they did over the past decades, they met and decided to write collaborative projects to find new financial partners to continue their conservation actions. To discover these projects, click here.
