AASTMT participation in UNEP/MAP For Barcelona Convention workshop

The Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT) participated in the workshop of the United Nations Environment Programme / Mediterranean Action Plan (UNEP/MAP) and Barcelona Convention that was held during 28 – 29 May 2015, in Athens – Greece, on the occasion of the celebration with their 40th Anniversary and entitled “Greening the Blue: forty years together for a sustainable Mediterranean”.
This workshop provided an opportunity to participants to discuss key accomplishments and challenges of the past decades in “greening the blue”, from the perspectives of government, NGOs and Academia representatives, as it discussed the key environmental pressures affecting the marine and coastal environment and their links to the achievement of sustainable development in the Mediterranean basin.