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Acknowledgements

Workgroup members

This guide is a product of the expert workgroup discussions on climate change impacts and a monitoring
assessment conveyed by IUCN-Med and RAC/SPA. We are grateful to all of them for their advice and
guidance:

Aybars Altiparmak, Turkish Ministry of Forest and Water Affairs, Turkey
Marilena Aplikioti, Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment, Cyprus
Sami Ben Haj, Cabinet Thétis, Tunisia
Jose Carlos García Gómez, University of Sevilla, Spain
José Antonio García Charton, University of Murcia, Spain
Bella S. Galil, National Institute of Oceanography Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research, Israel
Mª del Carmen García Martínez, Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Spain
Giuseppe di Carlo, WWF Mediterranean Programme Office, Italy
Joaquim Garrabou, Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spain
Dan Laffoley, IUCN’s World Commission on Protected Areas
Christophe Lejeusne, Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC, Spain
Piero Lionello, University of Salento, Italy
Melina Marcou, Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment, Cyprus
Paula Moschella, CIESM
Petra Rodic Baranovic, State Institute for Nature Protection, Croatia
Maria Salomidi, Institute of Oceanography, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Greece
Nadia Suda Lanzon, Malta Environment and Planning Authority, Malta
Leonardo Tunesi, ISPRA, Italy
Robert Turk, Institute of the Republic of Slovenia for Nature Conservation, Slovenia
Manuel Vargas, Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Spain
Marcello Vichi, Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Climate Change, Italy

We also thank Diego Kersting (Marine Reserve of Columbretes Islands), Dimitriadis Charalampos
(National Marine Park of Zakynthos), Mark Walton (University of Wales, UK), Boris Weitzmann (Medes
Islands MPA), Elena Diaz-Almela (Life Posidonia Project Andalucia) and Jose Carlos García Gómez
(University of Sevilla) for their contributing materials and discussion. A special acknowledgement is
extended to Dan Laffloley (IUCN-WCPA), Alain Jeudy (IUCN-Med), Jose Antonio Charton (University
of Murcia), Sami Ben Haj (Thétis, Tunisia), Paula Moschella (CIESM) and the Marine Reserves of
Spain for their time and support for this work. Gratitude also to Sonsoles San Roman who helped
pull this guide together in its final phase.

The MPAs of Miramare and Tavolara (Italy), Zakynthos (Greece), Port-Cros and Cap d’Agde
posidonies natura 2000 site (France), Cap de Creus and the MPAs from Eastern Andalucian region
(Spain) with their respective management organizations and agencies, also helped bring this guide
to life by providing local examples of current work, findings and ideas.

The MedPAN Association and WWF-France (leader of the MedPAN North Project) deserve our
special gratitude for their support.