BIOPRESSADRIA 2024-2026 – CORILA – Consorzio per il coordinamento delle ricerche inerenti al sistema lagunare di Venezia – Consortium for coordination of research activities concerning the Venice lagoon system

Cross-border integrated strategy to reduce biodiversity loss due to anthropogenic pressures along adriatic coast.

BIOPRESSADRIA – 2024-2026

Programme or Providing body: Programma di Cooperazione Territoriale Italia-Croazia / Interreg Italy-Croatia
Acronym: BIOPRESSADRIA
Project title : Cross-border integrated strategy to reduce biodiversity loss due to anthropogenic pressures along adriatic coast
Duration: 1/3/2024 – 30/8/2026
Project budget: € 2.369.480,00
CORILA budget: € 317.500
Contact person in CORILA: dabala@corila.it
Keywords: seagrasses, Posidonia Oceanica, Adriatic sea, biodiversity conservation , ecological buoys

Abstract

BIOPRESS intends to set up a cross-border coastal protection strategy to achieve a toolbox of conceptual and practical solutions aimed to reduce impacts of beach and nautical tourism on coastal biodiversity, especially in terms of degradation of marine seagrass meadows which represent a key element of the coastal quality.

The strategy consists on the characterization of the pilots sites (habitats mapping, pressures identification), the definition of monitoring protocols, the development and application to pilot areas of spatial zoning and concrete passive actions (mooring solutions, solutions for consolidations of seagrass banquettes).

The project is strongly based on the identification and the structured engagement, in all phases of the strategy, of stakeholders, public managers, and decision makers with a direct interest on the conservation of coastal habitats.

Overall objectives

Creating a step-by-step program of stakeholders’ engagement and consultation mode, to transform an organized box of data in shared implementable concrete actions
Mitigate impacts from beach and leisure boating tourism on coastal habitats through the development and testing of pilot actions
Strengthening the stakeholders and specific decision makers skills in the field of habitat management and conservation, through specific training

Main results

Cross-border Strategy to mitigate nautical and beach-based and recreational tourism pressures on coastal habitats (toolbox of solution for o reduce the loss of biodiversity and increase ecosystem protection)
Trainings, organized in several sessions, to build and structure skills, competence, and awareness of different categories of stakeholders regarding habitat management, conservation issues, and ecosystem services importance, especially through the discussion on joint solutions (“toolbox”) developed through the pilot project actions.

Partnership

LP-PP1 Municipality of Monfalcone (IT)

PP2 Association for Nature, Environment and Sustainable Development Sunce (HR)

PP3 SELC Cooperative Company Italia (IT)

PP4 CORILA – Consortium for coordination of research activities concerning the Venice lagoon system (IT)

PP5 MANAGEMENT CONSORTIUM OF PORTO CESAREO MARINE PROTECTED AREA (IT)

PP6 Active Kornati National Park Public Institution Hrvatska (HR)

PP7 Active Public Institution for the Management of Protected Natural Areas of Dubrovnik-Neretva County (HR)

PP8 Active Public institution for the management of protected areas in Split – Dalmatia County – SEA AND KARS (HR)

Cross-border integrated strategy to reduce biodiversity loss due to anthropogenic pressures along adriatic coast.