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Directorate General for European Union and Foreign Relations Bulletin

On the third day of Antalya COP22, Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate
Change Murat Kurum, Minister of National Education Mahmut Özer released two ca-
retta carettas, whose treatment was completed at the Sea Turtles Research, Rescue
and Rehabilitation Center.

Endangered Species Will Be Protected

In the Declaration, in which was a call for the adoption • With improved and tangible protection and conser-
of strategies, plans and programs for the conservati- vation measures that contribute to the achievement of
on of endangered species of wild fauna and flora and the goal of protecting 30 percent of the global ocean
their habitats, the conservation of biodiversity, and by 2030, make every effort to protect and conserve at
the sustainable use of marine and coastal biological least 30 percent of the Mediterranean Sea by 2030 th-
resources, it was underlined that the following tasks rough well-connected, ecologically representative and
were undertaken: effective Marine and Coastal Protected Areas (MCPA)
and other effective area-based protection measures
• To fully and effectively implement the “Post-2020 (OECM) systems.
Strategic Action Program” as a regional contribution to
the “Global Biodiversity Post-2020” framework to be • Celebrating the “Day of Important Special Protection
adopted, and to promote its alignment with national Areas in the Mediterranean”, which will be held for the
biodiversity regulatory frameworks in 2022 and in parti- first time in 2022, and encouraging the implementation
cular the new/updated National Biodiversity Strategies of the relevant instruments by the parties;
and Action Plans;
• Increasing efforts to protect and conserve endange-
• Taking effective measures in coordination with regio- red or endangered species, taking necessary measu-
nal and international organizations for marine and co- res for effective implementation of action plans for key
astal protected areas in the Mediterranean; species and habitats aimed at restoration.

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