SPA/RAC is organising the 2^nd training session on monitoring techniques of the EcAp Common Indicators related to Biodiversity and NIS (22-28 September, Samos Island, Greece)

The Ecosystem Approach (EcAp) is a strategy for an integrated management for land, water and biological resources which aim to foster the conservation and sustainable use of resources to ensure equitable exploitation, as stipulated in the Biological Diversity Convention.
The adoption of the Integrated Monitoring and Assessment Programme (IMAP) by the Contracting Parties of the Barcelona Convention (COP 19 decision IG.22/7) is one of the key elements of the implementation of this integrated and multidisciplinary approach (EcAp) in the Mediterranean.

SPA/RAC is actively contributing to the implementation of the IMAP, particularly its biodiversity and non-indigenous species (NIS) components, in the framework of the EcAp-MED II project.
In this context, SPA/RAC has organised two training sessions on monitoring techniques of the EcAp Common Indicators related to Biodiversity and NIS. The first one was held in Kuriat Island, Tunisia, from 17 to 23 July 2017 and the second one in Samos Island, Greece, from 22 to 28 September.
For more information about the programme of the second training, please download this document.

All the pictures of the Samos training session are available here.