Three days of discussion on the results of the Interreg Euro-MED project dedicated to seagrass meadow restoration. MEDSEA presented the Sardinian pilot site and the communication work that documented two and a half years of research, experimentation and collaboration across the Mediterranean.
The restoration of Mediterranean seagrass meadows must move from fragmented pilot projects to long-term, large-scale action supported by coherent governance and sustainable financing, according to the new report released by the Interreg Euro-MED ARTEMIS.
For Marco Spinelli, the sea has always been home. A photographer, documentary filmmaker and explorer of the underwater world, he grew up in Sicily, where he spent his childhood exploring the Mediterranean alongside his brother Andrea—now a marine biologist and researcher—guided by their father. It was there that his deep connection with the sea was born, a bond that continues to shape all of his work today.
The voice of Mona Khalil, guardian of southern Lebanon's sea turtles, has been silenced by bombs. For more than twenty years, Mona dedicated her life to protecting sea turtles on the beaches of Mansouri, in southern Lebanon. She transformed the Orange House into a unique place in the Mediterranean: a centre for conservation, environmental education, hospitality and hope.
El Niño is one of the most important natural climate phenomena on Earth. Although it originates in the tropical Pacific Ocean, it can influence weather and climate on a global scale by altering temperatures, precipitation patterns, and extreme weather events through complex interactions between the ocean and the atmosphere.
For those who truly know the sea, it is not only about whales or spectacular encounters with its most iconic inhabitants. This is certainly the case for Virginia Salzedo, an internationally renowned underwater photographer whose lens is drawn above all to the smallest protagonists of marine ecosystems: organisms often invisible to most people, yet essential to understanding the complexity and fragility of life beneath the surface.
Following restoration interventions in Sardinia and Malta, MEDSEA has now completed a new restoration campaign on the Greek island of Arkoudi, working alongside iSea, a Greek environmental organisation dedicated to marine conservation.
For Greg Lecoeur, the sea has never been merely a subject to photograph. An explorer, wildlife photographer, and storyteller of the marine world, he has transformed a passion nurtured since childhood into a life mission: documenting the extraordinary beauty of the ocean while revealing its growing fragility.
The ocean covers around 70% of the Earth's surface, produces more than half of the oxygen we breathe, and absorbs vast amounts of carbon dioxide and heat, helping to mitigate the impacts of climate change. It is home to an extraordinary diversity of life, provides food and livelihoods for billions of people, and is an essential ally for the well-being of coastal communities and the planet as a whole.
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