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Active projects in the Mediterranean Region

Protecting Biodiversity in Albania through promotion of Natura 2000

Albania is home to a rich natural biodiversity, which has the potential to help in its economic development. WWF aims to work with other non-governmen...

Modified: Feb 2010 - Started: Oct 2009

Enabling Conditions for Barbary Macaque Conservation in the Middle Atlas

Through a partnership effort on this project, WWF, the World Conservation Union (IUCN) National Committee of the Netherlands, AAP (Sanctuary for Exoti...

Modified: Aug 2009 - Started: Sep 2007

Green Belt Programme: Addressing the Root Causes of Desertification

Forests throughout the Mediterranean region have been subject to severe degradation, leading to desertification and loss of habitat for key species. T...

Modified: Apr 2009 - Started: Jul 2000

A Lebanon cedar tree forest (Cedrus libani), Chouf Barouk. Lebanon.

Protecting the cedars of Lebanon

Some of the biggest and oldest cedar trees – the national symbol of Lebanon – are found in the Chouf Mountains southeast of the capital, Beirut. From ...

Modified: Feb 2009 - Started: Mar 2007

Neretva river. Bosnia and Herzogowina.

Restoring Bosnia’s Neretva River

Rising from the base of the Zelengora Mountains, the Neretva River flows through Bosnia and Herzegovina and spills out into the Adriatic Sea on the Cr...

Modified: Feb 2009 - Started: Jan 2007

Cork oak harvesting in Coruche. Ribatejo region, Portugal.

Preserving Mediterranean’s cork

Mediterranean cork oak forests host a rich diversity of wildlife, including Iberian lynx, imperial eagle and Barbary Deer. They are also a vital sourc...

Modified: Feb 2009 - Started: Jul 2004

Illegally built apartments and secondary homes that have spread out from Hvar village, threatening the islands' forests and natural landscapes. Hvar Island, Dalmatia, Croatia.

Protecting the Montenegro-Albania green belt

From western Montenegro to northern Albania lies the Durmitor Massif and Prokletije Mountains, a region shaped by glaciers and cut by deep and narrow ...

Modified: Feb 2009 - Started: Feb 2005