Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) have an important role in providing ecosystem services, mitigating the impacts of climate change and increasing ecological and socioeconomic resilience of biodiversity and surrounding coastal communities. Increasing the number of MPAs and developing appropriate management actions within them are essential to maintain the natural resilience of marine habitats against climate change impacts in the Mediterranean.
Piero Lionello receives double honour: Lincei Membership and MedCLIVAR Lifetime Award
Piero Lionello, professor of Atmospheric Physics and Oceanography at the University of Salento and co-coordinator of MedECC, has received two major distinctions within a few