Today, overexploitation of fishing resources is ranked among the most important pressures in the region, along with biodiversity and habitat loss and contamination. Maritime, but also land-based activities (including in particular the industrial sector- along with a progressively more urbanised coastline), are at the origin of a wide spectrum of environmental pressures, ranging from air and water pollution to waste generation. Human activities involve a number of environmental pressures causing high or very high environmental impacts in marine and/or coastal ecosystems. Goods transport (circa 700 million tons of freight and 14 million TEU traffic) represent close to 40% of Mediterranean values. Taken together, fisheries and aquaculture are the second most important activity in terms of GVA and employment. The Western Mediterranean is a traditional and consolidated tourist destination in the region, in particular its northern rim. Western Mediterranean EU Member States share the sea-basin with Morocco and Algeria. Instead, cross-border MSP initiatives have, so far, mainly been created at pan-Mediterranean level through ad hoc projects. However, a specific political framework in the West Mediterranean Sea basin, has yet to be developed for promoting and supporting cross-border and cross-sectorial maritime spatial planning. The Western Mediterranean basin benefits from a number of strengths related to its strategic positioning, among which the fact that it is part of one of the principle maritime corridors in the world and the gateway to Africa for European countries. The European Western Mediterranean Sea basin includes the Mediterranean coastlines belonging to Spain, France and Malta, as well as the portion of Italian coastlines along the Thyrrenian Sea and Strait of Sicily. Role of the regions: Future prospects and recommendations for the MSP directive implementation - SIMWESTMED
MSP-oriented Initial Assessment Report - SIMWESTMED Spatial demands and future trends for maritime sectors and marine conservation - SIMWESTMED Med PAN Marine alien invasive species strategy Med PAN Visitor use observation and monitoring in Mediterranean marine protected areas, a Handbook for managers WestMED Initiative: Towards an Initiative for the sustainable development of the blue economy in the western Mediterranean Territorial Action Plans for Coastal Protection and Management - COASTANCE The system matrix "structure/impact vs habital/species" – COASTANCE Land Sea Interactions in the framework of MSP & ICZM Cross-Border West Mediterranean practices (Selection) Priority Actions Programme Regional Activity Center (PAP/RAC) Maps, Indicators and Factsheets for the Mediterranean sea region
Streamlining management efforts in Protected Areas for an enhanced Protection in the Mediterranean Sea (PANACeA)ĬPMR-IMC Working Group on Transport and Integrated Maritime Policy
Strengthening the scientific basis for building a generic framework to implement EAF in the Mediterranean and Black Seas (EMBASEAS) Joint Action Plan on Med coasts - COASTGAP Scenarios of marine economy for the EU Mediterranean countries - MEDTRENDS Land, coast and marine Ecosystem Accounts - PEGASOĪdaptive Marine Policy (AMP) Toolbox - PERSEUS Indicators to measure sustainable development of coast and sea – PEGASO Implementation of a Spatial Data Infrastructure - PEGASO Sustainable financing of Marine Protected areas in the Mediterranean - MEDPAN SIMWESTMED Cross-Border Pan-Mediterranean practices (Selection)Įvaluation of Spatially Managed Areas: do it yourself - MESMA Med-Iamer West Mediterranean MSP projects
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