18 May 2022
WILDFOOD Mid-term Conference & Policy Forum, 26-27 May 2022
WILDFOOD is a PRIMA funded project (2020-2023). The overall aim of WildFood is to promote the implementation of joint innovative strategies by involving different actors of the Wild Food Products value-chains in the Mediterranean area, focusing on selected products (mushrooms, truffles, aromatic plants, pine nuts, and acorns) in view of improving their quality and safety controls and sustainability.
09 March 2022
CARE-MEDIFLORA project publication becomes winner of 2022 Diversity Best Paper Award
The CARE-MEDIFLORA project final publication "Common Approach to the Conservation of Threatened Island Vascular Plants: First Results in the Mediterranean Basin." published in the Diversity journal Volume 12 (2020), Issue 4 was announced winner of the 2022 Diversity Best Paper Award.
26 October 2021
GENMEDA General Assembly meeting at Chania, Crete, 27 September 2021
The General Assembly annual meeting of GENMEDA took place at CIHEAM-MAICh, Chania, Crete on 27 September 2021. It was a “hybrid” meeting with 17 persons participating physically and another 21 virtually. This meeting took place in combination with the 3rd Mediterranean Plant Conservation Week (3MPCW), 27 September - 1 October 2021, which was co-organised by the GENMEDA team.
04 March 2021
CARE-MEDIFLORA project case studies in new book of IUCN SSC Conservation Translocation Specialist Group
GENMEDA members from 5 Mediterranean islands share their experiences from the CARE-MEDIFLORA project in situ conservation actions in the new book of the IUCN SSC Conservation Translocation Specialist Group (CTSG): “Global conservation translocation perspectives: 2021. Case studies from around the globe”. See ...
03 February 2021
3dr Mediterranean Plant Conservation Week - SAVE THE NEW DATES!
After postponement of the 3rd Mediterranean Plant Conservation Week (3MPCW) due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the new dates are 27 September to 1 October 2021. The conference will be held at the International Conference Centre of CIHEAM Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania (MAICh), Crete, Greece.
10 August 2020
GENMEDA becomes partner network of RESEDA-Flore
The RESEDA-Flore network (Reseau d’acteurs pour la conservation de la flore méditerranéenne) is an initiative of the GENMEDA member Conservatoire Botanique National Méditerranéen of Porquerolles (CBNMed). Created in 2018, RESEDA-Flore is the very first network working all over the French Mediterranean territory for the conservation of flora.
03 July 2021
CARE-MEDIFLORA capitalisation in Crete with new project for threatened plants
The experience acquired from CARE-MEDIFLORA serves as a foundation for a new 3-year project to protect threatened plants of Crete: “Development of a methodology for the enhancement and protection of populations of endangered plant species in Crete. Pilot implementation in the Prefecture of Chania”.
03 July 2020
After CARE-MEDIFLORA actions in Crete
The Mediterranean Plant Conservation Unit (MPCU) of MAICh has secured funding for the follow-up of the in situ actions for Horstrissea dolinicola Greuter, P. Gerstberger & B. Egli and Androcymbium rechingeri Greuter, two taxa for which in situ actions were implemented in Crete during the CARE-MEDIFLORA project.
22 April 2020
CARE-MEDIFLORA final publication
CARE-MEDIFLORA, "Conservation Actions for Threatened Mediterranean Island Flora: ex situ and in situ joint actions", is a project which was successfully completed by institutions of six Mediterranean islands, all of which are members of GENMEDA, and the Mediterranean Plant Specialist Group (IUCN/SSC).
09 April 2020
1st Announcement – 3rd Mediterranean Plant Conservation Week
POSTPONED to a later date due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Organising Committee will continue to monitor closely this evolving situation and keep you informed about the new dates with due notice.
26 November 2019
Conservatoire Botanique National Méditerranéen de Porquerolles, 40ème anniversaire
Le Conservatoire Botanique National Méditerranéen de Porquerolles a célébré ses 40 ans sur l’île de Porquerolles le 24 septembre 2019!
14 June 2019
GENMEDA & CARE-MEDIFLORA meet in Rome, 30 May 2019
The 3rd GENMEDA meeting supported by CARE-MEDIFLORA took place at the Botanical Garden ‘Sapienza’, Rome. This meeting was joint with CARE-MEDIFLORA which had its final project meeting on the same premises on 29 May.
03 December 2018
The GENMEDA team meet in La Valetta, Malta, 12 November 2018.
The annual meeting of GENMEDA took place in Malta, 12 November 2018, under the support of the ‘CARE-MEDIFLORA’ project. It was within the 2nd Mediterranean Plant Conservation Week which took place place at the University of Malta, Valletta Campus, Malta from 12 to 16 November 2018.
31 August 2018
"I Seminário Brasil × Itália de Pesquisa”, Macaìba, Brasil, 4 September 2018
On 4th September 2018, at the Auditorium Escola Agrícola de Jundiaí - UFRN, in Macaìba, Brazil, the President of the GENMEDA network, Gianluigi Bacchetta, Director of Hortus Botanicus Karalitanus, University of Cagliari, will participate in the "I Seminário Brasil × Itália de Pesquisa” to celebrate the 4th year of collaboration between EAJ-UFRN and CCB-UniCA.
16 April 2018
Appel pour des résumés scientifiques - 2ème Semaine pour la Conservation des Plantes Méditerranéennes
La 2ème Semaine pour la Conservation des Plantes Méditerranéennes (MPCW) aura lieu à La Valette, Malte, le 12-16 Novembre 2018. Le thème de cette année est «La Conservation de la Diversité des Plantes Méditerranéennes : Approches Complémentaires et Nouvelles Perspectives». L’appel pour les résumés scientifiques est ouvert des maintenant et jusqu’au 15 mai 2018.
31 January 2018
EUROGARD VIII et XV Symposium AIMJB
EUROGARD VIII- le 8ème Congrès pour les Jardins Botaniques Européens : «Jardins Botaniques, Peuples et Plantes pour un Monde Durable» et le XV Symposium AIMJB - Asociación Ibero-Macaronésica de Jardines Botánicos auront lieu à Lisbonne, Portugal, du 7-11 mai 2018.
31 January 2018
Le Premier Echange de la Communauté Européenne sur la Diversité des Semences et la Souveraineté à Barcelone, en Espagne
Du 23 au 27 septembre 2017, Global Diversity Foundation (GDF) – la Fondation pour la Diversité Globale a organisé le premier Echange de la Communauté Européenne (ECE) sur la Diversité des Semences et la Souveraineté.
21 September 2018
Réunion du Réseau GENMEDA et du projet CARE-MEDIFLORA à Rome
Une réunion conjointe des membres de GENMEDA et du projet CARE-MEDIFLORA a été organisé à Rome, le 18 mai 2017.