The Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) has criticised the Cyprus government for allowing hunters to shoot in an area where protected migratory birds fly, fearing a repeat of last September’s massacres, as they claimed, with the Game and Fauna Service stressing that the area will be policed and no violations will be tolerated. In a …
Only 11 of the 62 endangered species that are in the Greek lists of the Natura 2000 network, ie 18% are fully covered. The remaining 51 species are all partially covered by the Natura 2000 network, with 52.0% average coverage. In fact, according to the data of a new important study of Greek scientists, the regions …
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The first IUCN Red List assessment of Mediterranean dung beetles compiles the results from an assessment of 200 dung beetle taxa, of which 150 are endemic to the region. This publication states that 20 percent of the species assessed are threatened with extinction, including 21 endemic species. According to a new report from IUCN-Med, dung …
Monaco, 17 June 2019. During the summer 2019, the Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and contiguous Atlantic Area (ACCOBAMS), will work with Black Sea party countries to carry out the largest survey ever of marine megafauna in the region. A semi-enclosed sea, with distinctive geographical features and very …
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ACCOBAMS Project kicks off in Málaga with various events and the arrival of the research vessel “Song of the Whale” Marine mammals in both the Mediterranean and Black Seas face a variety of significant threats. In order to better understand and protect these species, the ACCOBAMS Survey Initiative (ASI) project is launching the first major …
Un cours pratique pour l’échange et le transfert de connaissances entre l’Espagne et la Tunisie dans le domaine de la conservation des oiseaux aura lieu du 30 novembre au 1er décembre 2017, au Centre de Formation et de Perfectionnement de Khlédia de la Société Tunisienne de l’Électricité et du Gaz (STEG) en Tunisie. Autour de …
Échange d’expériences vers une protection renforcée de l’avifaune en Tunisie Read More »