MEDISS commitment to Desertification and Drought Day, 17 June 2022
The desertification does not refer to the expansion of existing deserts, but it concerns the extreme vulnerability of dryland ecosystems to overexploitation and inappropriate land use, involving one-third of the world’s land area.
CLIMA inaugurates a special membrane for composting organic waste in the Municipality of Bickfaya, Lebanon
«We have never imagined in 2015 that we would be here today at the opening of this facility».
AQUACYCLE builds synergies among water-related EU funded research project in Lebanon
The awareness raising workshop brought together the promoters of three EU funded research projects in Lebanon dealing with, respectively: domestic wastewater treatment and reuse, micro-pollutants in sea water and the treatment of water effluent streams from hospitals.
The role of artisanal salinas in ensuring sustainable food systems
Representatives from artisanal salinas, partners and experts on marketing and European agricultural policies analysed how to support and promote sustainable production practices to ensure a transition to a more sustainable food systems.
The DECOST team in Israel strengthens relations with the municipality of Shefa-Amr
The DECOST team in Israel, from the Galilee Society, organized some days ago a workshop for the staff of the City Improvement Division (CID), in the Shefa-Amr Municipality, to present them this project funded thanks to the ENI CBC Med Programme and to work in future collaborations.
Legambiente released COMMON Clean Up The Med 2022 campaign statistics collected in the past three years
Celebrating World Ocean Day!
World Ocean Day, on June 8, is all about protecting the ocean. And it's the perfect opportunity to share the data collected in the past three years during the Clean up the Med campaign!
World Oceans Day 2022: Legambiente releases COMMON Clean Up The Med 2022 campaign statistics
More than a hundred events were scheduled as part of Clean Up The Med, the Mediterranean beach clean-up campaign.
On the weekend of May 13th, Clean Up The Med volunteers cleaned up 23,750 km of beaches and collected 1,176 kg of waste. Plastic is confirmed as the most frequently found material on all beaches.
NAWAMED: Sicilian students save approximately 1000 litres each of potable water per year thanks to the innovative treatment plant installed in their school
On Monday, 30th of May, a team of representatives of the Municipality of Ferla, the Euro-Mediterranean Center for the Sustainable Development – SVI.MED, and IRIDRA hosted the launch of a Green Wall designed to collect, treat and make available for reuse the greywater of the local school “Istituto Comprensivo Statale Valle dell’Anapo”.
AQUACYCLE extends deadline for submission of offers to construct eco-innovative wastewater treatment system in Lebanon
The Lebanese University (LU) in the AQUACYCLE partnership has launched a tender for the construction of a pilot demonstration unit for the treatment of domestic wastewater in Deddeh, Koura, North Lebanon.