From 24-26 May 2007, an important international conference on ‘The Protection and Sustainable Development of the Mediterranean-Black Sea Ecosystem’ was held in Venice, at the splendid Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista. The conference was organised by the ICEF (International Court of the Environment Foundation), in collaboration with the Veneto region. For about twenty years, the ICEF has promoted access to justice on environmental matters, at natio