Brussels, 14/02/2012 (Agence Europe) - The 17th meeting of the Parties to the Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP), signatories of the Barcelona Convention on the protection of the region's environment, in Paris on 8-10 February, adopted a statement containing 14 decisions on protecting the marine environment and the shore of the closed Mediterranean Sea, subject to huge human, urban and tourism pressures.
The “Paris statement” proposes that a network of protected marine areas be set up, and...