ABOUT US

Who We Are

The EURO – Mediterranean Lagoon Federation (EuroMedLag) is a non profit organisation aiming at disseminating and promoting the ecological culture. In particular its purpose is to facilitate the cooperation among members of lagoon ecosystem research networks in Europe and in the Mediterranean to promote basic and applied knowledge on lagoons and estuaries through the most suitable means.

What We Do

Activate fora for an affective communication thorough all scientific communities sharing the same interest in European lagoons;
Disseminate ecological culture on lagoon and estuary ecosystems through meetings, conferences, scientific publications and other suitable means;
Provide expertise and offer consultancy in the relations with Euro Mediterranean Institutions;
Cooperate with other international organisations.

BOARD MEMBERS

Meet the members of EuroMedLag board.

Gerald Schernewski

Board Member

Leibniz-Institute for Baltic Sea Research (IOW) Gerald Schernewski is head of the group Coastal Research & Management at IOW, Germany, has a professorship at Klaipeda University, Lithuania and is president of the international NGO EUCC-Coastal and Marine Union, Leiden, The Netherlands. He is author of 100+ publications on lagoon, coastal and marine issues, coordinator of several national projects, has and had coordination tasks in international projects like CHARM, OURCOAST, SPICOSA, AMBER, SUSTAIN, GENESIS and is co-ordinator of the BONUS-project BaltCoast. He serves as an international expert on coastal issues for organisations, like, EU, EEA, UNEP, UNESCO and HELCOM.

Alberto Basset

President of EuroMedLag

Alberto Basset is Full Professor of Ecology at the University of Salento. His research interests are in the field of population and community ecology, focusing on biodiversity organisation and aquatic ecosystem functioning. He is President of the European Ecological Federation and served as President of the Italian Society of Ecology. He is in the board of different scientific societies with various responsibilities. At the European level, his commitment in the biodiversity field includes the participation to the Board of Directors LifeWatch and the co-direction of Geo-Ecosystem component 2. Basset is director and member of the editorial committees of many Scopus/ISI journals in the field of aquatic ecology and conservation.

LATEST NEWS & EVENTS

All news and events on EuroMedLag and its members.

16 May 2016

19 October 2015

Welcome and invitation to the 7th EUROLAG Symposium | 1-4 March 2016 | Murcia (Spain) Coastal lagoons and estuaries are unique systems that offer a large number […]

16 October 2015