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The 2012 edition of Mediterra takes the mobilising potential of the Mediterranean Diet as a basis and proposes a multidimensional itinerary involving sociodemographics,health, ecology, enterprise, geo-economics and citizens’ initiative. Consumers in the countries of the Mediterranean Basin have progressively changed their dietary practices as they have gradually become caught up in…

The texts of the post-Rio conventions leave no doubt concerning the importance of environmental information to support the fight against both desertification and loss of biodiversity as well as adaptation to climate change by developing systems for the collection of data and the production of coordinated, integrated information. In this context, the dissemination of shared and mutually beneficial…

Adapting to climate change is not a new phenomenon for the Arab World. For thousands of years, the people in Arab countries have coped with the challenges of climate variability by adapting their survival strategies to changes in rainfall and temperature. Their experience has contributed significantly to the global knowledge on climate change and adaptation. But over the next…

IUCN has been mandated by its members to develop a practical framework that is capable of systematically generating new insights on human dependence on natural systems that can: • Inform policy formulation by addressing ecosystem values including the social dimensions of livelihood strategies and the cultural, economic and political drivers of natural resource use. Thus research into the…

The Convention on Biological Diversity is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources. The Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020, adopted by the tenth Conference of the Parties (CO P) to the CBD promotes the effective implementation of the Convention through…

Land is a scarce resource increasingly affected by the competition of mutually exclusive uses. Fertile land in rural areas becomes scarcer due to population growth, pollution, erosion and desertification, effects of climate change, urbanization etc. On the remaining land, local, national and international users with different socioeconomic status and power compete to achieve food security,…