LIFE AGREE
The lagoon is located in the Po river delta, Italy, besides a Natura 2000 site is a regional Park and a UNESCO MAB reserve.
The overall objective is the long-term conservation of Natura 2000 habitats and species of a delta coastal lagoon, by means of an integrated management that exploits, instead to contrast, the dynamism of the lagoon and its constant sedimentary deposit.
The project was developed according to the principles of the ICZM (Integrated Coastal Zone Management). The project has an ecosystem approach to the functioning of the lagoon, including the biotic and abiotic components , an holistic point of view considering the effects of coastal dynamics on...
Mollusc culture, the main item of the local economy, is inextricably linked to the good condition of the lagoon, therefore the project will realize a common goal among economy and conservation.
It possible to apply the method to lagoons in which sediment deposition is a threat to conservation, and also part of the method to lagoons with eutrophication threats.
Similar environmental settings are necessary, similar and societal and institutional settings could be desiderable but not strictly necessary.
European Commission co-financing. LIFE13 NAT/IT/000115
Provincia di Ferrara
Ente di Gestione per i Parchi e la Biodiversità - Delta Po
Arma dei Carabinieri - Comando Unità per la Tutela Forestale, Ambientale e Agroalimentare
COSAGO
Regione Emilia-Romagna...
