RICAMARE : Summary Recommendations and Conclusions

Land use/cover change and water

A comprehensive set of national presentations and synthesis papers was presented during the workshop.
The conclusions about the main trends and identified knowledge gaps can be read here (Word document).

Global change, biodiversity and conservation

The main conclusions and recommendations of this task were presented during the Casablanca workshop by Pr. MORENO
and can be read here (Powerpoint document).

Integrated assessment of the costs of global change impacts in the Mediterranean

A panel was held at the end of the workshop. The panel summary as well as the seven major conclusions can be read here (Word document).

Development of a concerted data assessment, assimilation and validation for the Mediterranean

Pr. H.J.BOLLE presented the main conclusions and recommendations of this task to the RICAMARE Steering Comittee during its last meeting in Istanbul (June 18 & 19, 2001) (PDF document). These conclusions and recommendations were endorsed by the Steering Committee. It should be noted that the MERAN network concept was approved, but consolidating it is a work in progress.