NATURALISTIC ECOSYSTEMS

In order to make concrete steps to protect the environment, pressure of human activities on marine resources must be reduced; protected areas and identified hotspots have to be preserved; ecological connectivity among blue corridors and habitats shall be enhanced. Indicative actions about the environmental quality can be: promoting blue/green infrastructure; protection and restoration of coastal and marine biodiversity and Natura 2000 sites; supporting feasibility studies for setting up cross-border protected marine areas and other effective area-based conservation measures; Improve governance of the maritime space as well as management and monitoring of marine protected areas for a sustainable and transparent use of marine and maritime resources; Support the creation of transnational natural protected areas and the rehabilitation of degraded habitats.