Is a wetland you care about under threat? We can help you stop it.
Mediterranean wetlands face growing threats from large-scale development, infrastructure projects, and climate change. The MAW Red Alert System provides civil society organisations with rapid international support — scientific expertise, network mobilisation, and strategic advocacy — to protect threatened wetlands before it is too late.
LATEST WIN
Urdaibai, Spain — Guggenheim expansion project abandoned
After two years of Red Alert mobilisation, the project was declared incompatible with the Urdaibai UNESCO Biosphere Reserve — a critical stopover for thousands of migratory birds. A victory for citizens, science, and wetlands.
What the Red Alert System offers
You can apply if you are:
Applications are free and take approximately 20 minutes. No experience required.
How the Red Alert System works
Any civil society organisation can trigger the process. MAW evaluates the case, assembles a task force from its network of 30 organisations across 18 countries, and works with you to build a strategy — from first application to live international campaign in as little as 8 weeks.
Red Alerts in action
From Spain to Albania, the Red Alert System has helped protect some of the Mediterranean's most threatened wetlands.
Red Alerts across the Mediterranean
Explore past and active Red Alerts across the Mediterranean Basin.
RED ALERT SYSTEM
Is your wetland under threat?
If you are a civil society organisation in the Mediterranean facing a direct threat to a wetland or river, the Red Alert System is designed for you. Applications are free, open year-round, and take approximately 20 minutes.
Latest Red Alert updates
Follow the progress of active Red Alerts and learn from past cases.
