NaTour4CChange featured at the 3rd United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice, France

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Date(s) - 10 June 2025
18h00 - 19h00

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Bridging Natural Heritage and Sustainable Tourism: Euro-MED Perspectives on Marine and Coastal Policies

As part of the 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC) in Nice, the Sustainable Tourism and Natural Heritage Missions of the Interreg Euro-MED Programme will host a joint side event focusing on marine and coastal policy integration in the Mediterranean region.

Date: Tuesday, 10 June 2025
Time: 18:00 – 19:00
Location: Green Zone – The Big Blue Southern Pavilion for the Mediterranean, Palais des Expositions “The Whale”, Nice
Capacity: 25 seats
Language: English

This session will explore the intersections of natural heritage protection and sustainable tourism development from a policy perspective. Participants will learn how the Interreg Euro-MED Missions are contributing to coastal and marine governance through concrete, project-driven actions.

The first segment of the event will offer a brief overview of the two Missions and their core policy outputs:

• Sustainable Tourism Mission & D4T Project:
  Policy recommendations from the White Paper on Sustainable Tourism Governance in the Euro-MED Area, with a focus on tourism and climate adaptation.

• Natural Heritage Mission & Dialogue4Nature Project:
  Recommendations supporting the implementation of Target 2 of the Global Biodiversity Framework—restoring 30% of degraded ecosystems by 2030—and the Nature Restoration Regulation, with emphasis on Mediterranean marine and coastal areas.

The second part will feature short presentations from six Thematic Projects (TPs) that are actively contributing to these policy recommendations through local and regional actions.

Thematic Projects Featured

Natural Heritage Mission:

• ARTEMIS – Presented by Bax / Plan Bleu

• MIRAMAR – Presented by University of Siena (UNISI)

• GreenList4MPAs – Presented by IUCN MED

• MPA4Change – Presented by Europarc Federation

Sustainable Tourism Mission:

• AQUAMAN – Presented by SMILO / EPLO

• NaTour4CChange – Presented by Plan Bleu

This event will serve as a platform for knowledge exchange and cross-sectoral dialogue, highlighting the Euro-MED community’s contribution to Mediterranean sustainability and global biodiversity targets.