IMPACT
Port Impact on Protected Marine Areas: Cooperative Cross-Border Actions
IMPACT tackles the challenge of managing protected marine areas (PMA) near port zones. The objective is to define cross-border sustainable management plans for the effective protection of PMAs in harmony with the development requirements of ports, fundamental elements of Blue Growth. Furthermore, the project will provide indispensable support to the governing bodies responsible for implementing the Marine Strategy Framework Directory: the partners Regione Toscana, ISPRA (Italy) and Ifremer (France) have long been directly involved in this process.
The partnership includes 4 regions, Tuscany, Liguria, Corsica and PACA; the methodology will be trialled in 4 PMAs in the immediate vicinity of the ports of Livorno, La Spezia, Bastia and Tolone.
The project is co-funded in the whole of the European program Maritime Italy-France 2014-2020
The project last 36 months starting from 1 March 2017.