El Sallum - Egypt's latest environmental success 27 August 2010
| Article The last nearly pristine area in the Egyptian
Mediterranean, El Sallum, has become the first Marine Protected
Area on the country's Mediterranean coast. The recent
announcement is a direct result of IUCN's involvement, which
included conducting educational campaigns and supporting the
declaration documents. Located in the Gulf of Sallum, on the
western border with Libya, the nature reserve is a biodiversity
hotspot, increasingly under threat from human activity. El
Sallum Marine Protected Area is the 28th nature protectorate in
Egypt but the first on the Mediterranean coast. Marine Protected
Areas are places in the ocean where human activities are
regulated in order to protect, manage, and restore marine
biodiversity and ocean ecosystems. For more information, please
contact: Dr. Ameer Abdulla, IUCN Global Marine Programme,
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