The Mediterranean Fisheries Research, Production and Training Institute, MedPROACT’s project partner from Türkiye, has organized the first meeting of the Local Working Group on Climate Change Adaptation on February 10. This will also be the first occasion to present our project in the pilot area of Kaş–Kekova, a Special Environmental Protected Area (SEPA) located on the southwestern coast of Türkiye in Antalya province.
The event will take place in Demre, starting in the afternoon. Institutional speeches will be held by Serkan ERKAN (Institute Director), Emin BAĞLI (District Governor of Demre) and Tevfik KUMBASAR (District Governor of Kaş).
Dr. Mehmet Ali T. KOÇER, Project Coordinator for the Institute, will introduce MedPROACT to the audience, and the activities that will be organized in the area:
- Awareness campaigns and outreach events for local stakeholders and the public;
- Preparation of a technical report on the analytical characterization of selected invasive alien species (IAS) and non-alien invasive species (NaIS);
- Diagnosis of the impacts of climate change and multiple stressors on biodiversity;
- Training programme focusing on biodiversity protection and ecosystem-based management (EBM) of marine protected areas and coastal ecosystems;
- Establishment of Local Climate Change Adaptation (LoCA) Working Groups to develop participatory adaptation tools;
As part of the audience will be potential members of the Local Climate Change Adaptation Working Group, the last part of the afternoon will be dedicated to presenting its activities.
Fore more information please download the agenda (ENG | TUR) and the save the date card (ENG | TUR)
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