Italy has one of the more developed programs in the Mediterranean to protect special coastal and marine areas. This contribute maps existing Italian Marine Protected Areas (MPA). Several of them employ strict zoning to designate the protected zone’s core areas. Ten of the 27 Italian MPAs are also Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance (SPAMI), sites of importance for conserving the Mediterranean’s biodiversity.

Marine Protected Areas in Italy

MAURO, GIOVANNI
2017

Abstract

Italy has one of the more developed programs in the Mediterranean to protect special coastal and marine areas. This contribute maps existing Italian Marine Protected Areas (MPA). Several of them employ strict zoning to designate the protected zone’s core areas. Ten of the 27 Italian MPAs are also Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance (SPAMI), sites of importance for conserving the Mediterranean’s biodiversity.
2017
Giuliano, Petrarulo Savino; Mauro, Giovanni
File in questo prodotto:
Non ci sono file associati a questo prodotto.

I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/11591/442932
Citazioni
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.pmc??? ND
  • Scopus ND
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? ND
social impact