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Black Sea NGO Network, Bulgaria, with partners Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, NGO Mare Nostrum, Romania and Black Sea Branch of Ukrainian Environmental Academy of Sciences...

Το Black Sea NGO Network της Βουλγαρίας, με συνεργάτες το Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης στην Ελλάδα, τη Mare Nostrum NGO της Ρουμανίας και το Black Sea Branch of Ukrainian

Έργο MARMAPS: «Ένα ανοιχτό περιβαλλοντικό ηλεκτρονικό χαρτοφυλάκιο (eFolio) για κοινό θαλάσσιο χωροταξικό σχεδιασμό...

We are excited to announce the launch of the MARMAPS project: "Open environmental eFolio for joint maritime spatial planning and conservation...

Οι δραστηριότητες ανάπτυξης ικανοτήτων που πραγματοποιήθηκαν στο πλαίσιο του MARLITER, αξιοποιώντας ανοιχτά δεδομένα, εργαλεία ΤΠΕ και διαδικασίες e-learning, υποστηρίζουν...

Το έργο MARLITER «Κοινές δράσεις για την αύξηση της προσβασιμότητας των πολιτών σε βάσεις περιβαλλοντικών δεδομένων και εργαλεία παρακολούθησης µε στόχο τον περιορισμό των θαλάσσιων απορριμμάτων στη Λεκάνη της Μαύρης Θάλασσας»...

Το έργο VALOR (Valorization of Ancient Farming Techniques in Resilient and Sustainable Agriculture), μέσω καινοτόμων εκπαιδευτικών προγραμμάτων...

Περίπου τα τρία τέταρτα των θαλάσσιων απορριμμάτων τα οποία εντοπίζονται στις θάλασσες του πλανήτη είναι πλαστικά. Ο όγκος των επιστημονικών ευρημάτων σχετικά με τις πολυδιάστατες επιπτώσεις αυτών στη θαλάσσια βιοποικιλότητα...

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) organized a 2-day national training of trainers, within the project MARLITER ...

A documentary is implemented within the project Combine2Protect (Interreg IPA CBC Programme Greece – Republic of North Macedonia) and focuses on unique Protected Areas (PAs)...

Πώς θα μπορούμε να αξιοποιήσουμε τα ανοιχτά δεδομένα ώστε να εξυπηρετήσουμε τις ανάγκες μας για μια αποτελεσματική προστασία του περιβάλλοντος; Αυτό αποτελεί μια πρόκληση...

Protected areas represent the main tool for halting the continuing loss of biological diversity. About one fifth of the terrestrial surface...

Species that migrate over long distances are affected by altered climatic conditions at the various sites they frequent and en route. In our new paper, published in Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology,...

Κοινές δράσεις για την αύξηση της προσβασιµότητας των πολιτών σε βάσεις περιβαλλοντικών δεδοµένων και εργαλεία παρακολούθησης µε στόχο τον περιορισµό των θαλάσσιων απορριµµάτων στη Λεκάνη της Μαύρης Θάλασσας...

Threats to marine biodiversity in European protected areas: In this comprehensive analysis...

The second meeting of the Erasmus+ MARINE ECOMED

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) organized a 2-day national level workshop, entitled.

The first meeting was hosted by the Department of Design and Planning in Complex Environment, Università IUAV di Venezia...

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) organized a Public Event with news conference and stakeholder participation, within the project MARLITER ...

Our research group participated in the 9th National Conference of the Hellenic Ecological Society, that took place in Heraklion ...

A fruitful two-day meeting of Management Committee and Working Groups ...

Α 7 days training school that was held in Reykjavik, Iceland (September 2 – 8) and supported under the EU project HARMONIOUS...

Identifying and quantifying links among ecosystems, i.e. terrestrial, freshwater and marine, is necessary for the uptake of integrated conservation actions across realms. In this new paper...

Focusing on the development of a Methodological guide for the monitoring of Marine Turtles in MPAs, a 2-days meeting...

Biological invasions threaten biodiversity, requiring substantial conservation and management efforts. In this new paper...

“Threat “Syndromes”: assessment of threats in the marine Natura 2000 sites - a pan european study”...

“Detecting climate change hotspots and potential refugia at different scales to advance marine conservation”...

Organized by MarCons, the basic objective of this training school were to teach participants...

Cumulative effect assessments (CEAs) are needed to inform environmental policy and guide ecosystem-based management for marine ecosystems. This new paper...

The transfer of scientific knowledge and results represents a critical step towards enhancing conservation efficiency. In our new paper...

Phenological shifts are widely reported for different species as a response to climate change but the efficiency of this mechanism is still questioned. In this new study...

After months of design, we manage to have the basic structure of the Trans-European Network for Green Infrastructure...

In our new global study, we make an effort to deal with the long standing enigma of multiple paternity...

Our paper on “Global sea turtle conservation successes” published in Science Advances, featured in Science news! http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/09/sea-turtles-still-peril-many-populations-are-climbing

The processes that determine climatic niche dynamics are complex, especially for wide-ranging species where niche conservatism might differ at different life stages. In our new paper, published in Journal of Biogeography...

Happy to see that our recent paper on sea turtle conservation that was published in Science Advances (http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/9/e1600730), is receiving global attention. More than 90 articles in the world media...

ere, the basic concept behind recent methodological advances — viz. (1) decision support tools for spatial conservation planning, (2) cumulative effect assessments and (3) ecological niche models — which offer innovative analyses for conservation of biodiversity, is briefly presented...

In this commentary we build upon an interesting study published in Journal of Vegetation Science ...

A new multi-disciplinary project on maritime security has just started…

Great hospitality, new ideas, and interesting plans during the visit at ECOMERS laboratory (FRE 3729) - CNRS - Nice Sophia Antipolis University, France....

For species with temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD) there is the fear that rising temperatures may lead to single-sex populations and population extinction....

Supported a Marcons, the basic objectives of the workshop target on the formation of a coherent group of researches...

We demonstrated that the enlargement of the EU conservation network could be achieved by designating RAs as protected sites, or by incorporating adjacent RAs...

An new paper that summarizes the main regulatory framework for marine conservation in European and contiguous seas, outlines the need for maritime (or marine) spatial planning (MSP) ...

Terrorism, natural hazards and global biodiversity conservation… Our new paper which is now available on line, suggests that risk of national security issues should be incorporated into the management schemes of Marine Protected Areas..

Check out the new paper published in Marine Policy exploring the spatial patterns of hostile acts against ships and marines. Interestingly hotspots of anti-shipping acts overlap with marine biodiversity hotspots, likely to alter conservation efficiency.

Researchers and stakeholders from 8 countries participated in the meeting “The Holistic Mixture of Natural Values and Human Growth” held in Dojran, Fyrom.

During the international meeting of our IPA project Antonios had the chance to present the main objectives and outputs of PROLIFE project to the Samuel Žbogar, Head of the Delegation of the EU to the FYROM and to Gjorge Ivanov, President of the FYROM.

More than 300 participants joined the 8th conference of the Hellenic Ecological Society (HES). The president of the HES, Prof. Despoina Vokou led the organization of a successful conference hosted by our University in Thessaloniki.

Our new study was just published in Ecological Indicators! we generate a threshold as an index of a minimum climatic suitability required to sustain large populations, offering an alternative way of interpreting the outputs of climatic niche models.

Colleagues from the Croatian Natural History Museum and the Blue World Institute originated a great meeting of the MarCons project in Zagreb!