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The Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (RAC/SPA) has developed many communication tools (handbooks, leeflets, guidelines...) within it's scope of action:
- Recent Publications
- Technical Reports (new)
- SPA/BD Protocol
- Development of Specially Protected Areas
- Climate change
- Action Plans adopted within the framework of MAP
- Action Plan for the managing of the Monk Seal
- Action Plan for the conservation of marine turtles
- Action Plan for the conservation of cetaceans
- Action Plan for the conservation of marine vegetation
- Action Plan for the conservation of bird species registered in annex II of the SPA/BD Protocol
- Action Plan for the conservation of cartilaginous fishes (Chondrichtyans) in the Mediterranean Sea
- Action Plan concerning species introduction and invasive species
- Action Plan for the conservation of the coralligenous
- Tools for the elaboration of national inventories of natural sites of conservation interest
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Note on the establishment of Marine Protected Areas beyond national jurisdiction or in areas where the limits of national sovereignty or jurisdiction have not yet been defined in the Mediterranean Sea (2012) |
Best practice guidelines for Aquaculture and sustainable management in Mediterranean coastal wetlands (2012)
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Proceedings of the Third Mediterranean Conference on Marine Turtles (2012) |
2012-2017 Work Programme and Implementation Timetable (2012) |
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Mediterranean Seagrass Meadows: Resilience and Contribution to Climate Change Mitigation (2012) |
Protection and conservation of Posidonia oceanica meadows (2012) |
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Guidelines for shark and ray recreational fishing in the Mediterranean (2013) |
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The SPA/BD Protocol (1995) |
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Guidelines for the establishment and management of Mediterranean Marine and Coastal Protected Areas (2006) |
Economic aspects of marine protected areas (MPAs) (2006) |
Specially Protected Areas in the Mediterranean: Assessment and Perspectives (2010) |
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Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance: SPAMIs (2010) |
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Impact of climate change on biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea (2008) |
Sub-regional report on vulnerability and impacts of climate change on marine and coastal biological diversity in the Mediterranean Adriatic countries (2009) |
Sub-regional report on vulnerability and impacts of climate change on marine and coastal biological diversity in the North Mediterranean non-Adriatic countries and Israel (2009) |
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Sub-regional report on vulnerability and impacts of climate change on marine and coastal biological diversity in the Mediterranean Arab Countries (2009) |
Synthesis of National Overviews on Vulnerability and Impacts of Climate Change on Marine and Coastal Biological Diversity in the Mediterranean Region (2009) |
Impact of climate change on marine and coastal biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea: Current state of knowledge (2010) |
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| Action Plan for the managing of the Monk Seal in the Mediterranean |
Action Plan for the conservation of Mediterranean marine turtles (2007) |
Action Plan for the conservation of cetaceans in the Mediterranean Sea (2001) |
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Action Plan for the conservation of marine vegetation in the Mediterranean Sea (2012) |
Action Plan for the conservation of bird species registered in annex II of the SPA/BD protocol in the Mediterranean (2003) |
Action Plan for the conservation of cartilaginous fishes (Chondrichtyans) in the Mediterranean Sea (2003) |
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Action Plan concerning species introduction and invasive species in the Mediterranean Sea (2005) |
Action Plan for the conservation of the coralligenous and other calcareous bio-concretions in the Mediterranean Sea (2008) |
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| Poster on the Action Plan | Poster on the Monk Seal in the Mediterranean | |
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Poster on the Action Plan (2007) |
Poster on the marine turtles in the Mediterranean |
Sea turtles in the Mediterranean: Distribution, threats and conservation priorities (2010) |
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| Training Course On Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation |
Interaction of the marine turtles with fishing in the Mediterranean (1999) |
Turtle Conservation Training Course |
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| Sea Turtle handling Guidebook for fishermen - Teaching book (Spanish) |
Sea Turtle handling Guidebook for fishermen (Arabic, Greek, Spanish, Croatian, Turkish, Slovenian, Italian) (2001) |
Guidelines to design legislation and regulations relative to the conservation and management of marine turtle populations and their habitats
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Proceedings of the First Mediterranean Conference on Marine Turtles (2001) |
Proceedings of the Second Mediterranean Conference on Marine Turtles (2005) |
Guidelines to improve the involvement of marine rescue centres for marine turtles (2004) |
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CDROM elaborated and diffused during the 26th International Symposium on marine turtles (Crete, Greece 2006) |
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Poster on the Action Plan (January 2007) |
Poster on the cetaceans in the Mediterranean | |
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Guidelines for Commercial Cetacean-Watching Activities in the Black Sea, the Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area (November 2004) |
Guidelines for the Development of National Networks of Cetacean Strandings Monitoring (November 2004) |
Guidelines for the Establishment and Management of Marine Protected Areas for Cetaceans (2011) |
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Poster on the Action Plan (2007) |
Guidelines for impact assessment on seagrass meadows (2007) |
leaflet “MedPosidonia” |
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| leaflet “Oases of the Mediterranean – Seagrass Beds” (French, Arabic) | Proceedings of the first Mediterranean symposium on the marine vegetation (Ajaccio, October 3-4, 2000) | Proceedings of the Second Mediterranean symposium on the marine vegetation (Athens, December 13-14, 2003) |
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| Proceedings of the 3rd Mediterranean Symposium on marine vegetation (Marseille, 27-29 March 2007) | Proceedings of the 4th Mediterranean Symposium on marine vegetation (Hammamet, 2-4 December 2010) |
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Guidelines for management plan for coastal and marine important areas to birds and/or marine and coastal Protected Areas (2007) |
Proceedings of the 1st Symposium on the Mediterranean action plan for the conservation of marine and coastal birds (2005) |
Guidelines for the elaboration of National Action plans for the conservation of marine and coastal birds (2003) |
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Poster on the Action Plan (2007) |
Poster on the bird species registred under annex II of the SPA/BD Protocol | |
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| Poster on the Action Plan | Poster I on the of Cartilaginous fishes the Mediterranean sea | Poster II on the of Cartilaginous fishes the Mediterranean sea |
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| Poster on sharks and rays |
Guidelines for reducing the presence of sensitive Chondrichthyan species within by-catch (2006) |
Chondrichthyan fishes of Libya: Proposal for a research programme (2005) |
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Report on the status of mediterranean Chondrichthyan species (2007) |
Proceedings of the International Workshop on mediterranean cartilaginous fish with emphasis on southern and eastern Mediterranean (14-16 October 2005, Ataköy Marina, Istambul - Turkey) |
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Poster on the Action Plan (2007) |
Guide for risk analysis assessing the impacts of the introduction of non-indigenous species (2008) |
Guidelines for controlling the vectors of the introduction into the Mediterranean of non-indigenous species and invasive marine species (2008) |
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Non-native species in the Mediterranean: (2011) |
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Proceedings of the 1st Mediterranean Symposium on the Conservation of the Coralligenous and other calcareous bio-concretions (2009) |
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Standard data-entry form (SDF) for national inventories of natural sites of conservation interest (2002) |
Classification of benthic marine habitat types for the Mediterranean region (2006) |
Handbook for interpreting types of marine habitat for the selection of sites to be included in the national inventories of natural sites of conservation interest (2002) |
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Reference List of Marine Habitat Types for the Selection of Sites to be included in the National Inventories of Natural Sites of Conservation Interest (2006) |
Mediterranean Pelagic Habitat: Oceanographic and Biological Processes, An Overview (2010) |
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