This week, the Mediterranean tells its story from a feminine perspective, worries about its lagoons, mobilizes for its forests, and explores beneath the sea. In Marseille, the Films Femmes Méditerranée festival celebrates twenty years of creation by women directors from the region. In Venice, the lagoon suffers from the combined effects of overtourism and climate change. In Algeria, one million trees have been planted to restore ecosystems. Finally, in Greece, the scientific mission of the Monaco Explorations analyzes the transformations of marine biodiversity.
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Films Femmes Méditerranée: cinema in the plural feminine
For twenty years, the Films Femmes Méditerranée festival has been weaving a unique network between the two shores from Marseille. The event highlights women directors from the Mediterranean basin, their struggles, and their imaginations, in a cinematic space often dominated by male voices. For its president Marcelle Callier, the Mediterranean is not a border, but a link, a territory of creation and solidarity.
Venice would not survive without its lagoon
Every year, the mayor of Venice celebrates the marriage of the sea. Practiced since the 11th century, this ceremony symbolizes the deep bond between the amphibious city and its lagoon. Today, this bond is threatened: years of overtourism, excessive maritime traffic, and pollution, combined with rising sea levels and climate change, have brought the delicate lagoon to a critical point. The consequences could be devastating for one of the most famous destinations in the world.
Planting a million trees in one day, challenge accepted!
Planting a million trees in one day to combat desertification and deforestation caused by fires. At the heart of this challenge is the commitment of Fouad Maâla, president of the Algérie Verte association. His partnership with the Minister of Agriculture, Yacine Oualid, has made this unprecedented action possible.
Mission Greece: #1 what the forests of algae, plankton, and invasive species already reveal
In Volos, as well as off the islands of Alonissos and Syros, the "Greece" mission of the Monaco Explorations has rolled out a multifaceted scientific protocol to assess the environmental state of the Mediterranean. These three sites were studied fifteen years ago by scientists. The goal is to quantify and map the changes that have occurred over a short period. The first official data with an interim report will be published in three months, but already Xavier Prache, head of the mission, provides an initial assessment of this campaign conducted during the month of October.