An Action Plan for the Conservation of Cetaceans in Libya - produced by the Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (RAC/SPA), Libya’s Environment General Authority (EGA) and Marine Biology Research Center (MBRC) - has been recently approved by the Libyan Government. The Plan includes priority actions on Education and awareness, Capacity building, Research and Management and advocates an ecosystem- based approach to preserve the integrity and diversity of marine ecosystems. In order to elaborate this Plan, a mission to Libya was organised in December 2004. A number of researchers and experts from EGA, MBRC and the Al-Fateh University participated in the meetings and provided valuable information. The mission included visits to local fish markets and interviews with local fishermen. A draft Action Plan was submitted in March 2005. A revision of the draft was completed in November 2006, based on which the final document was produced: Bearzi G. 2006. Action Plan for the conservation of cetaceans in Libya. Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (RAC/SPA), Libya’s Environment General Authority and Marine Biology Research Center. 50 pp. A light (1.8 Mb) pdf version of the Plan can be downloaded from the ACCOBAMS web site at the link below: http://www.accobams.org/2006.php/news/show/33 _________________________________ Giovanni Bearzi, Ph.D. bearzi@inwind.it President, Tethys Research Institute Viale G.B Gadio 2, 20121 Milano, Italy tel. +39 0272001947; fax +39 0286995011 http://www.tethys.org/ http://www.tethys.org/giovanni_bearzi.htm _________________________________ Naviga e telefona senza limiti con Tiscali Scopri le promozioni Tiscali adsl: navighi e telefoni senza canone Telecom http://abbonati.tiscali.it/adsl/