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1. Marine and coastal observation: general considerations
a. General issues and challenges to marine and coastal observation
b. The specific characteristics of Plan Bleu’s observation activity
2. International initiatives for sharing environmental information
3. Main stakeholders and tools for marine and coastal observation in the Mediterranean
a. The European Union mechanisms
b. The United Nations mechanism
4. The construction and sharing of environmental information in the Mediterranean within identified structures
a. A typology of observatories and identified observation activities
b. Themes covered by the observation and their representativeness
c. Environmental information sharing practices within the identified observatories and observation programmes
5. Observation networking at Mediterranean and sub-regional levels
6. Conclusion