Mediterranean Archives - Global Footprint Network

9 March 2021

Slow Food, Global Footprint Network, Low Impact Fishers of Europe (LIFE) and GOB Menorca launch joint project to accelerate the transition to sustainable food systems

funded by Italy, March 9th, 2021 – Foodnected, a new project designed to promote the transition to sustainable and fair food systems in the Mediterranean region, will be launched on March 10 at a virtual event... Read More

3 December 2019

Sustainable Coastal and Maritime Tourism to Tackle Environmental and Development Challenges in the Mediterranean Region

In the framework of the COP 21 of Barcelona Convention (Naples, Italy, 2-5 December 2019), Global Footprint Network co-organizes with Eco-union, IUCN-Med, Plan Bleu, and the French Ministry for Ecological Transition, a side-event on “Sustainable Coastal and Maritime Tourism to... Read More

15 August 2018

New research to support sustainable fishing in the Mediterranean

The Mediterranean consumes 70 per cent more fish than the global average and nearly all (93 per cent) Mediterranean fish stocks are over-fished. Global Footprint Network is collaborating with WWF’s Marine Initiative and other partners to encourage sustainable small-scale fishing... Read More

22 September 2017

Ecotourism project using Ecological Footprint to launch pilot test

Ecotourism is touted as a green option to traditional vacations, but how green is it? And how do we measure that? Global Footprint Network is collaborating with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to answer that question by... Read More

18 February 2017

City Footprints: Data for Action

City-level Footprint assessments can be used to positively reinforce collective public achievements thus far. They can also help design sustainability policies to reach more ambitious goals going forward. Using a top-down approach that allow for shareable standards and useful comparability... Read More