Implementation Period:
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Specific Funding Programme:
Budget:
€8 018 806,25
About the Project:
Blue4All is focused on the analysis of the MPA process comprising all steps needed to successfully conserve and/or restore biodiversity by means of MPAs and other effective conservation measures (OECM). These steps comprise :
- designation (i.e., delineation, eventual enlargement, identification of conservation objectives and status assessment)
- management (i.e., identification and implementation of conservation and/or restoration measures, including adaptation to climate change and enforcement)
- monitoring (i.e., environmental, and ecological status monitoring and auditing).
Blue4All will develop an interactive Blueprint Platform generically applicable to MPAs at the pan-European level but also beyond the EU with the aim to support EU leadership in international efforts to combat marine biodiversity loss.
Partners
- Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences – RBINS
- Fondazione Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici – CMCC
- SUBMARINER Network for Blue Growth EWIV – SUB
- University of Southern Denmark – SDU
- Finnish Environment Institute – SYKE
- University of Antwerp – UA
- University of College Dublin – UCD
- University of Palermo – UNIPA
- University of Tartu – UTARTU
- Flanders Marine Institute – VLIZ
- WWF Adria – Association of the protection of nature and conservation of biological diversity
- Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission – HELCOM
- International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources – IUCN
- WWF Baltic Ecoregion Programme (BEP) – WWF BEP
- Fondazione WWF Mediterranean – WWF MED
- The Environmental Board of Estonia – Keskkonnaamet
- International Council for the Exploration of the Sea – ICES
- Wageningen University – WU
- Mediterranean Sea and Coast Foundation – MEDSEA
- Office Français de la Biodiversité – OFB
- Consorzio di gestione di Torre Guaceto – MPA Torre Guaceto
- Comune di Otranto
- Public Enterprise for Coastal Zone Management of Montenegro – PECZM
- Ministry of Ecology, Spatial Planning and Urbanism of Montenegro – MRT