The First Mediterranean Community Exchange (MCE) - Favorite moments

The First Mediterranean Community Exchange (MCE) - Favorite moments 6-10 October 2019, Morocco The Mediterranean Community Exchange was held under the umbrella of the MAVA-funded M6 partnership on Mediterranean Cultural Landscapes and the Global Environments Network. The exchange promoted dialogue, exchange and collaboration on the topic of integrated biocultural diversity monitoring across M6 pilot sites and overarching initiatives. --- More detail: During the first week of October, GDF’s Global Environments Network and The IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation (IUCN Med) hosted the MAVA-funded M6 partnership on Mediterranean Cultural Landscapes for the first Mediterranean Community Exchange (MCE) dedicated to Biocultural Diversity Monitoring. The event, which took place in the Moroccan High Atlas was a great success and excellent occasion for partners to dialogue and examine the impact of cultural practices on biological diversity at the M6 pilot sites. The MCE included exchanges of experiences, collective discussions and reflections on how to integrate biological and cultural diversity in monitoring, and learning about the tools and approaches used by project partners. All pilot sites shared their monitoring approaches and important lessons from the field during a series of presentations on the first day. The group also explored innovative approaches in biodiversity monitoring and evaluated the use of indexes and integrated measures to assess biodiversity at different scales. A day-long session was dedicated to the evaluation of the current status of M6 projects and planning for the next phase of the partnership. List of participating partners: Al-Shouf Cedar Society (ACS), Lebanon Associação Natureza Portugal (ANP), Portugal Asociación Trashumancia y Naturaleza (TyN), Spain Global Diversity Foundation (GDF), UK Grup d’Ornitologia Balear-Menorca (GOB), Spain International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN-HQ) IUCN Mediterranean (IUCN-Med), Spain MAVA Foundation, Switzerland Mediterranean Institute for Nature and Anthropos (MedINA), Greece Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Spain World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Tunisia Yolda Initiative, Turkey For more information about the M6 partnership and partners, visit the dedicated MAVA web page here: http://mava-foundation.org/oaps/promoting-sustainable-land-use-practices-2/ More about GDF: https://www.global-diversity.org/ https://www.globalenvironments.org/