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Pathways to making peace with nature in the Mediterranean - Panel 2: Promising solutions.

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During this session, Mediterranean projects, programmes and initiatives that will help mitigate impacts and sustain human activities will be presented. The topics addressed are marine protected areas, Emission Control Area for Sulphur Oxides, fisheries and bycatch and plastic pollution.
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Marine Protected Areas are considered as Nature-Based Solutions. This session will present initiatives to strengthen the network of protected areas in the Mediterranean, including the new strategy being developed by SPA/RAC under the Barcelona Convention. REMPEC will present the proposal to designate the Mediterranean as an Emission Control Area for Sulphur Oxides under the MARPOL Convention and to cap the sulphur content in fuel oil used on board ships to 0.10 %, which would come with a raft of health and environmental benefits. The bycatch of vulnerable species is one of the main threats to biodiversity. The event will present findings and processes developed within the MedBycatch project and discuss solutions to reduce bycatch. IUCN-Med will present projects tackling the marine plastic issue at different levels. Lefteris Arapakis will share his initiative with fishing communities to collect marine plastic that is 60% integrated into the circular economy and turned into new products.

Agenda de la session

Intervenant

Dr Anis ZARROUK

Project Manager,
UNEP/MAP-SPA/RAC
Tunisia

Bycatch mitigation for sustainable fisheries
14:00 - 15:30

Mr Gabino GONZALEZ

Head of Office,
Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre for the Medit
Malta

Green action in the shipping sector: Designation of the Mediterranean Sea, as a whole, as an Emission Control Area for Sulphur Oxides (Med SOx ECA) pursuant to MARPOL Annex VI
14:00 - 15:30

JACQUES SACCHI

TECHNOLOGISTE DES PECHES,
private consultant
France

Bycatch mitigation for sustainable fisheries
14:00 - 15:30

Mr lefteris ARAPAKIS

Director, co-founder,
Enaleia
Greece

Fishing for plastic
14:00 - 15:30

Mrs Maria del Mar OTERO VILLANUEVA

Marine Biodiversity and Blue Economy Manager,
IUCN Center for Mediterranean Cooperation
Spain

Bycatch mitigation for sustainable fisheries
14:00 - 15:30

Mercedes MUÑOZ CAÑAS

Nature Conservation and Food Systems ,
IUCN
Spain

Tackling plastic pollution in the Mediterranean
14:00 - 15:30

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