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Tunisia Sustainable management of Mediterranean coastal areas: EU project report provides recommendations and good practices
September 1, 2016
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The MARE NOSTRUM project, funded by the EU within the framework of the CBC Mediterranean Sea Basin programme, published its final report which identifies good practices for sustainable coastal zone management and offers a set of recommendations to ensure a peaceful coexistence between economic and environmental interests which are competing in Mediterranean coastal areas.
In the report, partners from Israel, Greece, Malta and Spain carried out a comparative analysis of legal frameworks for costal zones management in Mediterranean countries, identifying successful regulatory tools. The report also contains a toolkit of alternative instruments to improve the sustainable management of the Mediterranean coastline.
Among the main recommendations of the MARE NOSTRUM project are the definition of a common method to delineate the coastline, the regular evaluation on change in sea level, the incorporation of Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) principles in constitutions or the extension of the costal setback distance (zone where construction is prohibited) beyond 100 metres.
The final intent of the project is to provide decision-makers with a set of tools to reach a balance between development and protection imperatives.
MARE NOSTRUM gathers 11 research institutes, municipalities, environmental NGOs from Malta, Greece, Israel, Jordan and Spain. The project intends to facilitate the institutional coordination between the various authorities at the national, regional and local levels in order to foster the implementation of the ‘Integrated Coastal Zone Management’ (ICZM) protocol. The project is coordinated by Technion – Israel Institute of Technology – and will eventually lead to a better protection of coastal areas.
The ENPI CBC Mediterranean Sea Basin Programme 2007/2013 is a multilateral cross-border cooperation programme funded by the European Union under the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument. It aims at reinforcing cooperation between the EU and partner countries’ regions located along the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. (EU Neighbourhood Info)
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Mare Nostrum final report
Mare Nostrum: website
ENPI CBCMED – website
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