WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

EU policies have reaffirmed the importance of protected areas for the conservation of biological diversity. In this context, the “Biodiversity Protection“ thematic aims at strengthening the management and networking capacities of protected areas, to adapt and improve protection measures. The preservation of the biodiversity of protected natural coastal and maritime ecosystems is a key element of the future Mediterranean. The projects found under this thematic are also working to reach a better integration of protected areas in regional development strategies (exchange of information, strategies, and regulations). They should aim at, for example, improving conservation status and water management, fighting against invasive species and monitoring fishing and tourism activities. The Biodiversity Protection community is led by PANACeA project, whose main objective is the creation of synergies and new partnerships among Mediterranean stakeholders. PANACeA also seeks to boost networking and management efforts in Mediterranean Protected areas (MPAs) as a mechanism to enhance nature conservation and protection in the region. This action will be truly formalised through the Mediterranean Biodiversity Protection Platform (BPP), which contains recommendations and data gathered by the whole community. As a result, the whole community drafted and signed a Declaration for an Ecosystem based approach to biodiversity protection and management, that any interested party can adopt.

SUBTHEMS

• Marine Litter

• Marine Protected Areas

• Natural Conservation

• Pollution Assessment

• Coastal/Dune Resilience

KEY TARGET GROUP

• Public Authorities

• Research Structures

• Protected area management bodies and fishermen

• NGO/Civil Society

WHO LEADS COMMUNITY ?

Biodiversity Protection Interreg MED horizontal project (2019-2022) is the continuation of PANACeA Interreg MED horizontal project (2016-2019).

PHAZE 1

BUDGET

PROJECT TOTAL BUDGET:
1 722 153,33 €

PROJECT ERD BUDGET:
1 386 758,00 €

PROJECT IPA BUDGET : 77 072,33 €

DURATION

PANACEA :
from 01/11/2016 to 31/10/2019

PARTNERS

LP : University of Malaga - European Topic Center (ES)
• Conference of peripheral maritime regions of Europe (ES)
• Plan Blue for Mediterranean environment and development (FR)
• UNIMED – Mediterranean Universities Union (IT)
• Regional Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe, Country Office Montenegro (ME)
• MEDCITIES (ES)
• Municipality of Herceg Novi (ME)

PHAZE 2

BUDGET

PROJECT TOTAL BUDGET:
1 796 545,00 €

PROJECT ERD BUDGET:
1 399 563,25 €

PROJECT IPA BUDGET : 127 500,00 €

DURATION

Biodiversity protection :
from 01/11/2019 to 30/06/2022

PARTNERS

LP : University of Malaga - European Topic Center (ES) • Conference of peripheral maritime regions of Europe (FR)
• Plan Blue for Mediterranean environment and development (FR)
• MEDCITIES (ES)
• LATTE CREATIVE S.R.L. (IT)
• Adriatic Ionian Euroregion (HR)
• MARINE INSTITUTE (HR)

WHAT RESULTS HAVE THEY OBTAINED ?

The BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION "community" is influencing regional policy efforts for environmental sustainability. The whole community drafted and signed a Declaration for an Ecosystem based approach to biodiversity protection and management, that any interested party can adopt.

BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION

COMMUNITY

WHAT DIGITAL TOOLS HAVE THAY CREATED?

All tools from this community

MED Biodiversity Protection Knowledge Platform

Description:

The MED Biodiversity Protection Knowledge Platform contains recommendations and data gathered by the Mediterranean biodiversity protection community participating in the Biodiversity Protection Community - all the modular projects approved by the steering committee of the Interreg Med programme 2014-2020 - together with external validated open source information and data.

Functionalities:

Library, providing access to relevant project results, products, and available documentation; The geoportal (or map viewer), which can be used to display biodiversity spatial data, and which consists of two main elements: 1. A map viewer, where geospatial data can be displayed and individual queries can be performed; 2. A Catalogue viewer, allowing the user to navigate and discover available geospatial data, through a search engine and filtering tools.

Project name:

PANACEA

Project type:

HP

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T-MEDNET Platform

Description:

T-MEDNet initiative is devoted to develop an observation network on climate change effects in marine coastal ecosystems by spreading the acquisition of standard monitoring protocols on seawater temperature and biological indicators over large-scale and long-term.

Functionalities:

Maps, graphs, tables, lists, satellite pictures and videos; contributing to track and assess climate change effects on marine coastal ecosystems by providing sound information on: - Past, present and future in temperature conditions - Biological impacts

Project name:

MPA ENGAGE

Project type:

MP

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AMAre WebGIS Geoportal

Description:

The AMAre WebGIS is web-based portal for interactive visualization of the spatial data collected in the Project and organized in a common spatial infrastructure.

Functionalities:

The tool combines intelligent web maps with graphs, charts, tables, and text to unlock, make accessible and re-usable the data relevant for the management of the MPAs in a coordinated manner.

Project name:

Amare

Project type:

MP

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