Publications
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
- 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 (new)
- Action Plan for the conservation of the coralligenous
- Tools for the elaboration of national inventories of natural sites of interest for the conservation
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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) |
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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) |
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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 (1999) |
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 |
Guidelines for setting up and management of specially protected areas for marine turtles in the Mediterranean (2011) |
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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) (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) |
CDROM elaborated and diffused during the 26th International Symposium on marine turtles (Crete, Greece 2006) |
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Guidelines to improve the involvement of marine rescue centres for marine turtles (2004) |
Sea turtles in the Mediterranean: Distribution, threats and conservation priorities (2010) |
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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 form (SDF) for the national inventories of natural sites of interest for the conservation (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) |
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