Post by Pilar Marin, MSc
Marine Science BSc, Protected Areas MSc | Marine & Coastal Project Officer at IUCN Med | Working for oceans better protection | Expert on marine protected areas | 20 year+ expertise in ocean conservation policies
π Resuming with the Barcelona Convention at its 50th anniversary in Cairo πͺπ¬ has been so good β not only because so many people continue to demonstrate that the #Mediterranean still deserves our full attention. It has also been a nice moment of reconnecting and sharing heartfelt hugs π©΅π€π with many colleagues from my #advocacy times. Tatjana Hema MaΓΏlis Salivas Tidiani Couma Atila Uras Christos Ioakeimidis (UNEP/MAP QSR Programme Officer) Nathalie Gomez Atef Limem Atef Ouerghi Hany El Shaer Marina Argyrou and all those from the UNEP/MAP-Barcelona Convention Secretariat (you know who you are π)