Protected areas and species: The Mediterranean Basin  <B>Protected areas and species: The Mediterranean Basin</B><P>V. Bou</B><I><P> University of Valencia, Department of Public International Law, Valencia, Spain</I><P> Abstract<P> This paper deals with the study of those international conventions concerning specially protected areas and biological diversity that are applicable in the Mediterranean basin. After an Introduction, those international treaties that are applicable to the Mediterranean Basin, but are not expressly confined to it, are analyzed in section II. Under section III, a special mention is made to the approach on and the evolution of these matters contained in the Mediterranean political and legal tools.<P>