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The Mediterranean Sea Literacy: a collaborative and innovative effort to promote sustainable development in the region

Building on the EMSEA experience, a group of researchers and educators from the Mediterranean Region, EMSEAMED, started a collaborative and innovative effort to promote the ocean literacy principles in the region, and to adapt them to the specificities of the Mare Nostrum. The Mediterranean Sea is not only considered the cradle of civilization, but it has also great environmental, social and economic importance. With this work we aim at making the Mediterranean citizens, as well as all those having a stake in it, more aware of its potential and role for sustainable blue economy. The Mediterranean Sea is also changing fast in response to both natural and anthropogenic pressures. Climate change, growing maritime traffic and marine litter pollution, overexploitation of fish stocks and invasions of alien species are among the main threats placing the Mediterranean region at risk. At the same time, the Mediterranean’s unique features, such as the exceptional Mediterranean biodiversity and the unique and mild Mediterranean climate positively influence human activities such as agriculture, mariculture, and tourism. This presentation will focus on the EMSEA MED group method of work, and on the first draft Mediterranean Sea Literacy principles and concepts. The main objective is to have a first peer-review of what has been done so far, and to gather support from other colleagues willing to join this effort.

ocean literacy, Mediterranean Sea, sustainable development

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