Location of the RAMSAR Areas in Italy. The wetlands of international importance recognised and included in the list of the Ramsar Convention for Italy are 57 to date,...

The layer represents the distribution of potential new Italian marine/coastal Natura 2000 areas.

Location of natural areas and reserves, differentiated into marine (protected and of international interest) and coastal.

The dataset provided by Panzeri et al. (2023) in the context of spatial fisheries management in the Adriatic Sea comprises: Ensemble Density Map: This dataset visualizes the...

The dataset present predicted number of animals per 100 km2 reported on centroids of a 0.2 x 0.2 degrees grid. ACCOBAMS Survey Initiative, 2018 Data described in report:...

The "EMODnet Digital Bathymetry (DTM)- 2022" is a multilayer bathymetric product for Europe’s sea basins covering: • the Greater North Sea, including the Kattegat and stretches...

The IUCN Species Survival Commission Shark Specialist Group has developed an expert-driven innovative approach to ensure that discrete portions of habitats, critical to shark...

A set of ports location derived published my MIT the attribute stato_prp reports the current planning status: plans are in force if adopted after 1994 the attribute porto_psm...

Polygons that represent the areas covered by specific plans of ports development (PRP Piano Regolatore Portuale) and thus not interested by MSP planning. The legal status of the...

The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM), recognising the need to compile data, monitor fisheries and assess fisheries resources in a georeferenced manner,...

The high resolution fishing effort layer for European trawlers in the period 2014 -2015 was derived from around 150 million AIS positions reports from EU fishing vessels above...

Approximate location of Italian national marine protected areas to be established ('Aree marine di reperimento'). 52 'Aree marine di reperimento' have been identified in...

Distribution of hydrocarbon exploration licence areas at sea. Hydrocarbon exploration, research and production activities in Italy are governed by Law No. 6 of 11 January 1957,...

Areas suitable/unsuitable for exploration and research activities and only for new cultivation activities present in the territorial scope of reference for the SEA and not...

Areas suitable/unsuitable for hydrocarbon cultivation activities present in the territorial scope of reference for the SEA and not falling within the areas of Level I layers...

Distribution of invertebrates target species in Italian marine-coastal areas as described in the 4th National Report under Art. 17 of the Habitats Directive. Data are...

Critical Cetacean habitat refers to those parts of a cetaceans range, either a whole species or a particular population of that species, that are essential for day-to-day...

The EBSAs are special areas in the ocean that serve important purposes, in one way or another, to support the healthy functioning of oceans and the many services that it...

Italian IBAs provided by the Italian National Geoportal (GN). The associated table contains the following information: IBA_CODE, IBA area code; IBA_NAME, name of the IBA area;...

The Pelagos sanctuary is a marine area of 87,500 km² that was created by an agreement between Italy, the Principality of Monaco and France for the protection of the marine...