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Links to key organizations concerned with conservation in Mediterranean-type regions
Notes:
MTE refers to Mediterranean-type ecosystem.
Intercontinental organizations (covering the world's five Mediterranean-type regions):
IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), World Commission on Protected Areas, Task Force on Cities and Protected Areas, Theme on Cities and Conservation in Mediterranean-type Regions: this Web site (see the home page of this subweb).
International Society of Mediterranean Ecologists. ISOMED is an association of natural scientists from many countries who study ecosystems in the world's five Mediterranean-type regions. It has held MEDECOS conferences every few years since 1971, but has no permanent address. Proceedings and papers from conferences have been published in print form. Some material from recent conferences is archived online. Use the term "MEDECOS" in search engines to find Web sites of conferences.
United Nations Secretariat of the Convention to Combat Desertification, www.unccd.int.
Australia:
The Mediterranean-type climate regions of Australia include parts of the states of South Australia, Victoria, and Western Australia. Conservation organizations based in those states have a particular interest in MTEs, as do WWF - Australia and the Wilderness Society (of Australia). Use standard search engines to find their Web sites. For a database of World Conservation Union members in Australia, go to www.iucn.org/members/mem-statistics.htm (click after "searchable database").
California Floristic Province (USA-Mexico):
The Mediterranean-type region of the U.S. state of California includes all the state except for desert and steppe (Great Basin) areas. A small part of the state of Oregon is also included. For an online directory of California environmental organizations, go to www.environmentaldirectory.net.
The Mediterranean-type region of Mexico extends only to the northwestern part of the state of Baja California. Most organizations directly concerned are based, or have offices in, Tijuana, Ensenada, or across the border in or near San Diego, California, USA. Organizations directly concerned include: -- The Nature Conservancy, Ensenada office, www.nature.org. -- Pronatura AC Noroeste, Ensenada office: www.pronatura.org.mx. -- Terra Peninsular, Ensenada: www.terrapeninsular.org -- Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Mexicali: www.uabc.mx. -- Conservation Biology Institute, San Diego, California, USA: www.consbio.org. -- International Community Foundation, San Diego, California, USA: www.icfdn.org. -- San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, California, USA: www.sdnhm.org
For a list of IUCN members in Mexico, go to www.iucn.org.
Chile:
The Mediterranean-type region covers the central third of Chile. The major governmental agency concerned is the Corporación Nacional Forestal (CONAF) (National Forestry Commission): www.conaf.cl. For a database of World Conservation Union members in Chile, go to www.iucn.org/members/mem-statistics.htm (click after "searchable database").
South Africa:
The Mediterranean-type region of South Africa, called the Cape Floristic Kingdom, includes parts of Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces. The main organizations concerned are: -- South African National Biodiversity Institute, www.sanbi.org -- Cape Nature, www.capenature.org.za -- Cape Action for People and the Environment, www.capeaction.org.za -- Botanical Society of South Africa, www.botanicalsociety.org.za
For a database of World Conservation Union members in South Africa, go to www.iucn.org/members/mem-statistics.htm (click after "searchable database").
Mediterranean region:
International organizations:
Intergovernmental:
United Nations Environment Programme. Includes a Mediterranean Action Plan. See www.unep.org.
CIESM - The Mediterranean Science Commission, www.ciesm.org
General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM). Part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, www.fao.org.
European Union. See the EU Web site (portal at http://europa.eu) and search with the term "Mediterranean."
Ramsar Convention Secretariat, www.ramsar.org. Includes a Mediterranean Wetlands Initiative (MEDWET), www.medwet.org.
Nongovernmental:
Friends of the Earth Middle East, www.foeme.org.
International Association for Mediterranean Forests, www.aifm.org.
IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature). For a general description of IUCN, see www.iucn.org.
-- IUCN Center for Mediterranean Cooperation, Malaga, Spain, www.uicnmed.org.
-- IUCN Regional Office for Europe, Brussels, Belgium, www.iucneurope.org
-- IUCN Regional Office for West and Central Asia and North Africa, Amman, Jordan, access via www.iucn.org (go to "Regions").
-- IUCN Species Survival Commission, www.iucn.org/themes/ssc. Includes a Mediterranean Island Plant Specialist Group.
Medcities Network, www.medcities.org. Works for environmental improvement of coastal cities in the Mediterranean region.
Mediterranean Institute for Nature and Anthropos (Med-INA),
Mediterranean Marine Bird Association (MEDMARAVIS), www.medmaravis.org. Broad interests in coastal and island management.
Mediterranean Network of NGOs (MED Forum), www.medforum.org.
World Wide Fund for Nature, Mediterranean Program, www.wwf.org.
National organizations:
Note: Usually only parts of these countries have MTEs within the broad definition used in the background paper.
For a database of World Conservation Union members in these countries, go to www.iucn.org/members/mem-statistics.htm (click after "searchable database").
Albania (Adriatic coast) Algeria (Mediterranean Sea coast) Bosnia and Herzegovina (Adriatic coast) Bulgaria (Black Sea coast) Croatia (Adriatic coast) Cyprus (all) Egypt (Mediterranean Sea coast) France (Mediterranean Sea coast) Gibraltar (all) Greece (most) Iran (small part) Iraq (most) Israel (all) Italy (most) Jordan (Western part) Lebanon (all) Libya (Mediterranean Sea coast, Cyrenaica and Tripoltania) Malta (all) Monaco (all) Montenegro (all) Morocco (most) Palestinian territories (all) Portugal (most, including Madeira) San Marino (all) Slovenia (Adriatic coast) Spain (almost all, including Canary Islands) Syria (Mediterranean Sea coast) Tunisia (most) Turkey (most) Ukraine (Crimea)
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