Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development
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Projects
A national marine spatial plan for Vanuatu – including a network of marine protected areas
For achieving the objectives:
Goals: 13. Climate action, 14. Life below water
Recipient country: Vanuatu
Sector: Environmental research
Sector: Environmental research
Period:2019-2021
Status: in progress
Description
Funded by the Italian Ministry of the Environment, Land and Sea, the project is aimed at encouraging the creation of a National Marine Environment Plan with the development of a national network of Marine Protected Areas.
ENEA Activities:
- Start up and management of the Project
- Satellite imagery interpretation for the digital mapping of the marine coastal habitat
- Creation of a Marine Spatial Plan
- Identification of a national network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)