Quality Status Report for the Mediterranean – MED QSR 2017

The first Quality Status Report for the Mediterranean – MED QSR (2017)
In the context of implementing the Ecosystem Approach Roadmap adopted by the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention in 2008, the MAP system had delivered in 2017 the first ever Quality Status Report for the Mediterranean 2017 MED QSR, with support also from the EcAp MED II project. This is the first MAP assessment product based on the Ecosystem Approach and the respective MAP Ecological Objectives and IMAP Indicators; it builds upon existing data and is complemented with inputs from numerous diverse sources where appropriate. It is an important and innovative development for assessing the status of the Mediterranean ecosystem and the achievement of Good Environmental Status (GES).