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importance. The aim of the series is to promote an interdisciplinary approach
embracing the legal, political and linguistic aspects of international environmen-
tal law and publish innovative ideas of international scholarship in the area with
emphasis on the Mediterranean region.
The Mediterranean Programme for International Environmental Law and Ne-
gotiation (MEPIELAN) is an international programme created and directed by
Professor Evangelos Raftopoulos, which is under the aegis of the Panteion Uni-
versity of Athens and is supported by MAP/UNEP. MEPIELAN seeks to promote
education, research, training, public awareness and information in the fields of
international environmental law, sustainable development and negotiation in re-
lation to the Mediterranean region, thus fostering an integrated approach to en-
vironmental governance regimes in the Mediterranean area. Its website is
www.
mepielan.gr
.