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Mediterranean International Day

Mediterranean International Day Sea is celebrated on 8 July, an opportunity to raise awareness of the health of the Mare Nostrum and the dangers that threaten it.

The Mediterranean is a treasure  of the marine biodiversity of the whole Planet because, despite having only an area of ​​about 1% of all oceans, it is the habitat of over 12 thousand marine species, between 4% and 12% of the world's marine biodiversity.

The sea is not an unlimited resource. There also some main species that live in the habitat of Italian water to be protected in order to ensure an high level of marine biodiversity

Read the interview with an Ispra expert (ita)