Brussels, 06/09/2006 (Agence Europe) - On 6 September, the European Commission presented the long-term environmental strategy it is proposing to the EU to clean and protect the Mediterranean- a unique ecosystem subjected to constant degradation under the combined effect of pollution and over-development. The major oil slick which occurred during the recent war in Lebanon serves only to underpin the great vulnerability of this region to the environmental pressure and their consequences on the...