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3rd Mediterranean Water Forum, 23-24 January 2018
ECOSYSTEMS, Managing and restoring for water services and biodiversity in the Mediterranean
organised in the framework of the 3rd Mediterranean Water Forum, 23-24 January, Cairo
Tuesday 23 January 2018 16h15-18h15
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Introduction Overview of Mediterranean wetlands status (on behalf of MedWet) |
Maroua Oueslati (SEMIDE) |
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Case studies 1. Overview of water services, biodiversity and available techniques for restoration – 2. Lake Manzala Engineered Wetland a Successful Model for the Mediterranean Sea Protection 3. Albufera de Valencia: semi-urban wetland under ecological recovering process in Spain |
1. Jaime L. Fraile - CHS
2. Prof. Ahmed Rashed– Drainage Research Institute (DRI), NWRC
3. Enrique Cifres, EWATER |
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Panel discussion &
Interaction with the Audience |
Omar M. Zayed , PWA Palestine Ali Kchouk , BPEH - Tunisia (Moderator) Fraile Jiménez' |
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Questions to move forward |
Jaime & Maroua |
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Conclusion and closing session |
Jaime & Maroua |
Most wetlands in the Mediterranean basin are at low altitudes and are predominantly coastal with a number of large river deltas (Camargue at Rhone delta in France, the Po delta in Italy, the Ebro delta in Spain, the Nestos delta in Greece, the Evros delta on the border between Greece and Turkey, the Menderes delta in Western Turkey, the Medjerda delta in Tunisia and, the Nile delta in Egypt). These ecosystems provides a wide range of services (fresh water, food, recreactional, flood protection, biodiversity) but are in great danger due to human activities as well as climate change. This session will present different cases of ecosystems restoration or artificial developments as Nature Based Solutions for water resources management in Mediterrenean countries, as well as an inovative moniroting tool (that can support SDG6.6 reporitng) and will feature a round-table on the governance structures to ensure the success of ecosystem management at river basin level.
