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North-Western Mediterranean Sea PSSA
The layer represents the extent of the Particularly Sensitive Sea Area of the Northern-Western Mediterranean Sea, as designated by the Marine Environment Protection Committee of... -
Protection of the Ligurian Sea bottlenose dolphin - D.G.R. n. 414/2023
The new proposal for the delimitation of the pSCI for the protection of the bottlenose dolphin in the Ligurian Sea, approved with Resolution of the Regional Council n. 414 of... -
Key Biodiversity Areas (Mediterranean and Europe)
Key Biodiversity Area digital boundaries. Version (“March 2024 Version”). Derived from the World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas. Developed by the KBA Partnership (BirdLife... -
Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRAs)
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... -
Marine protected areas to be established
Approximate location of Italian national marine protected areas to be established ('Aree marine di reperimento'). 52 'Aree marine di reperimento' have been identified in... -
Strait of Bonifacio Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA)
Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA) from MAPAMED, the database on Sites of interest for the conservation of marine environment in the Mediterranean Sea. MedPAN,... -
Proposed Natura 2000 sites (Italy)
The layer represents the distribution of the proposed Italian marine/coastal Natura 2000 areas. -
CCH - Cetacean Critical Habitats
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... -
Ecologically or Biologically Significant Areas (EBSAs)
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... -
Important Bird Areas - IBA - Italy - 2019 (GN)
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;... -
Pelagos Sanctuary (SID)
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... -
Biological protection areas - Italy - ZTB (SID)
Biological protection areas (ZTB - Zone di Tutela Biologica) in Italy -
Fisheries Restricted Areas - FRAs
The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) is one of the few RFMOs worldwide entitled to adopt spatial management measures that regulate or restrict human... -
Natura 2000 sites (EMODnet)
The dataset on Natura 2000 sites was created in 2014 by Cogea for the European Marine Observation and Data Network. It is entirely based on spatial data from the European... -
Regional Sea Conventions MPAs
The dataset on Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) established under the framework of the Regional Sea Conventions (RSCs) was created in 2023 by Cogea for the European Marine... -
Ramsar sites - Italy (SID)
Italian coastal Ramsar sites. -
Ramsar sites (GN)
Ramsar sites updated at September 2011. Ramsar sites are areas of the Italian territory that meet the requirements of the international convention on wetlands ,particularly... -
Global Distribution of Seamounts and Knolls - 2011 (UNEP)
This dataset shows the global distribution of seamounts and knolls identified using global bathymetric data at 30 arc-sec resolution. A total of 33,452 seamounts and 138,412... -
Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance (SPAMI)
Official web page of the Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (RAC/SPA), with updated SPAMI's list -
Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas (IMO)
International Maritime Organization (IMO) official web page listing all adopted particularly sensitive sea areas (PSSA).