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Mediterranean Green Week takes place in Istanbul
In Turkey, representatives of Mediterranean countries are discussing actions that countries need to take to increase climate resilience and water and food security. As Slovenia currently holds the Presidency of the Barcelona Convention for the protection of the Mediterranean, the…
95th meeting of the Bureau of the Barcelona Convention
On April 3 and 4, 2024, the 95th meeting of the Bureau of the Barcelona Convention was held in Ljubljana, which Slovenia hosted as the presiding country. Among the regular biennial meetings of the States Parties to the Barcelona Convention,…
Biodiversity Protection Scenario for the Adriatic and Ionian Seas by 2030
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Spatial Planning, in cooperation with the Municipality of Izola, organized an event in Brussels. The event was organized in the framework of the Facility Points of the EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian…
Interregional cooperation Danube–Black Sea–Mediterranean launched at the initiative of Slovenia
In taking over the Presidency of the Barcelona Convention, Slovenia has also succeeded in implementing an initiative for interregional integration of monitoring of the major ecosystems of the Danube, Black Sea and Mediterranean, with the aim of reducing negative effects…
UNEP/MAP: Barcelona Convention COP23 commits to a green transition in the Mediterranean
Portoroz, 8 December 2023—The 23rd Meeting (COP23) of the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention and its Protocols, which took place on 5-8 December 2023 in Portoroz (Slovenia), adopted important steps to protect ecosystems in the face of the rising…
COP 23: Concrete commitments to protect Mediterranean ecosystems have been adopted
The 23rd meeting of Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean – the Barcelona Convention (Conference of Parties – COP 23), held in Portorož, has successfully concluded. The…
The Meeting of Mediterranean Women
On the third day of the 23rd Meeting of Mediterranean countries (COP 23), a dinner meeting for outstanding women, participants of the international conference, was hosted upon invitation by the Government of the Republic of Slovenia, the Ministry of Natural…
Dr Robert Golob: “This is something that we truly owe to our children, to our common history and to our common future.”
“When it comes to the environment, there are no borders. There is only one environment, and that is the environment of our planet. We must take action and we must act globally. You will be proud of what Slovenia is…