MEDACTION:
Policies for land use to combat desertification

MEDACTION is a multi-disciplinary research project aiming to:

  • assess the main issues underlying the causes and effects of land degradation
  • develop integrated policy options and mitigation strategies to combat desertification in the Northern Mediterranean region.

MEDACTION will last three years (January 2001 until January 2004) and involves 13 partners from 6 European countries: Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom and the Netherlands.

 Coordinating institute ICIS

Please take a look at our Brochure and explore our website! The Brochure is also available in Greek, Italian, Portuguese or Spanish!

  • MEDACTION is funded by the European Commission,
  • It is part of the EC Fifth Framework Programme,
  • Key Action 2: Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development.
  • Area 2.3.3: Fighting land degradation and desertification

            Location of the four MEDACTION target areas

Medaction builds upon previous work done in, among others, the MEDALUS project.

MEDACTION forms a cluster with : desertl.gif (4961 bytes)
GEORANGE, MEDRAP,
DESERTLINKS.

For more information on the project please contact the MedAction Project Co-ordinator Dolf de Groot.