[Jefe Parrish]

Hola fellow med friends -
i thought that you might all be interested in seeing some materials that The Nature Conservancy has produced to promote awareness about the natural treasures of med habitats, of their importance to people and nature, and of the crisis facing them.
later, i will upload some pdf's on articles and promotional materials for anyone to use.
all my best
jefe

Jeffrey D. Parrish, Ph.D.
Director, Global Mediterranean Habitat Conservation
jparrish@tnc.org
+1.720.289.4677 (c)
+1.303.329.7855 (o)
www.mediterraneanaction.net

The Nature Conservancy
8069 East 23rd Avenue
Denver, Colorado 80238 USA
nature.org


See nature.org and the following links for some of the latest awareness raising for the mediterranean biome crisis that the Conservancy has been working on:

www.nature.org (for the next few weeks it is the feature story)

http://www.nature.org/tncscience/misc/art25684.html for wine and conservation stories

http://www.nature.org/magazine/autum.../art25532.html including an article on the mediterranean crisis from The Nature Conservancy’s magazine.

[molldoyle]

Hello all,

Here's another website resource:

WWF and IUCN recently launched an online database of Marine Protected Areas in the Mediterranean Sea.

The database is a result of a collaborative initiative, involving the participation of MPA management bodies and agencies from 18 countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea.
The database contains accurate data and useful information of individual MPAs. Users can search sites by country and, for each site, find information on its:

* general characteristics (contacts, map, size, geographical coordinates, zonation, IUCN management category, legal references);
* management (plan of management, enforcement and surveillance, equipment, staff, monitoring programme, and illegal activities.);
* habitats and species currently under protection and health status of key ones;
* main threats that affect the Mediterranean MPAs.

The main aim of the initiative was to provide an updated baseline to assess progress towards developing an ecologically representative and coherent network of MPAs in the Mediterranean Sea. It is offered as a resource to MPA managers, institutions, scientists and decision-makers, but also the general public to know better the work done in the region on marine conservation.