Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development
ENEA Atlas for development cooperation
Technologies
Ecological quality analysis of aquatic ecosystems
For achieving the objectives:
Goals: 14. Life below water
Sector: Methodologies, Services
Description
ENEA provides technical support and consulting to develop and implement projects for the territorial management according to the principles of sustainable development. In the environmental context, it performs ecological quality analyses of aquatic ecosystems (chiefly running waters and coastal lagoons) and promotes biodiversity conservation and the optimization of Protected Area Management Plans. The Agency also delivers environmental education and training on sustainability and valorization of the territory.
Benefits and Advantages:
- conservation of natural heritage
- sustainable management of territory
ENEA Service:
- improvement of Protected Area Management Plans
- assessment of ecological quality of aquatic ecosystems in relation to anthropic pressures
- conservation of biodiversity in wetlands, under projects on sustainable tourism and/or integrated management of coastal areas
- consulting, technical support and training (stronger capacity building)
- public awareness raising on the importance of territory valorization and biodiversity conservation
ENEA Activities:
Project “Water-DROP – Water Development Resources Opportunity Policies for the water management in semi-arid areas" (2013-2016), Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine.
