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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/149367| Title: | Protecting mare nostrum : essential to safeguard Malta’s marine and coastal environment |
| Other Titles: | Custodia terrae : a decade of safeguarding Malta’s natural future |
| Authors: | Lauwers, Franck Cassar, Marc’ Andrea Cousin, Christopher Mercieca, Nadine Rizzo, Miraine |
| Keywords: | Mediterranean Sea Marine resources conservation -- Malta Marine ecology -- Malta Coastal zone management -- Malta Malta -- Relations Island ecology -- Malta |
| Issue Date: | 2026 |
| Publisher: | University of Malta and the Environment and Resources Authority |
| Citation: | Lauwers, F., Cassar, M. A., Cousin, C., Mercieca, N., & Rizzo, M. (2026). Protecting mare nostrum : essential to safeguard Malta’s marine and coastal environment. In S. Formosa, V. Cassar, S. Fabri, K. Farrugia, J. Formosa Pace, S. Gauci, & E. Sinagra (Eds.), Custodia terrae: a decade of safeguarding Malta’s natural future (pp. 85-103). Malta: University of Malta and the Environment and Resources Authority. |
| Abstract: | The Mediterranean Sea (Figure 1), Mare Nostrum (“Our Sea” in Latin), as it was called by the Romans (Vella, 1985), is a semi-enclosed basin situated between Africa, Asia, and Europe and is bordered by twenty-one coastal States (UNEP/MAP, 2023a). It is central to Malta’s interests, values, and strategic priorities (Government of Malta, 2024). As a Small Island State within the European Union (EU), strategically located in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea at the crossroads of three continents, Malta has relied on the sea for its survival and development for millennia (Parliamentary Secretariat for Competitiveness and Economic Growth, 2014). |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/149367 |
| ISBN: | 9789918016471 |
| Appears in Collections: | Custodia Terrae : A Decade of Safeguarding Malta’s Natural Future |
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