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The Alboran Sea in the Mediterranean region is characterized by their multiples and different connections: atmospheric and oceanographic linking Mediterranean and Atlantic regions, geological between the common Betic–Rif belt but separated in two lithospheric plates (Eurasia and Nubia), biological and ecological, and geopolitical where the Alboran Sea is a natural border between Europe and Africa. But it is also a historical region, occupied since ancient times by different civilizations. This chapter provides an introduction of the Alboran Sea with a renewed view, considering not only the contents and proposals expressed by the different authors along with the book’s chapters but also the recommendations and projections that the different national and international organizations foresee to a better future for the Alboran region.
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Báez, J.C., Camiñas, J.A., Vázquez, JT., Malouli Idrissi, M. (2021). Introduction: Thinking the Future from Now. In: Báez, J.C., Vázquez, JT., Camiñas, J.A., Malouli Idrissi, M. (eds) Alboran Sea - Ecosystems and Marine Resources . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65516-7_1
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