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...

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...

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...

Italian coastal Ramsar sites.

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...

Official web page of the Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (RAC/SPA), with updated SPAMI's list

Natura 2000 is an ecological network of protected areas, set up to ensure the survival of Europe's most valuable species and habitats. Natura 2000 is based on the 1979 Birds...

FAO global inventory of fisheries measures to protect vulnerable marine ecosystems in areas beyond national jurisdiction. Download of spatial data and factsheets available from...

Important Bird Areas or IBAs are areas that play a key role in safeguarding birds and biodiversity, the identification of which is part of a global project, curated by BirdLife...

Law 11 October 2001, n. 391 - Ratification and execution of the Agreement relating to the creation in the Mediterranean of a sanctuary for marine mammals, made in Rome on 25...

The Common Database on Designated Areas (CDDA) was created in 2014 by Cogea for the European Marine Observation and Data Network. It is entirely based on GIS Data from the...

This dataset contains borders of the HELCOM MPAs (former Baltic Sea Protected Areas (BSPAs). The dataset has been compiled from data submitted by HELCOM Contracting Parties. It...

Marine protected area for Galicia classified with IUCN categories.

Marine protected area for Spanish part of Mediterranean Sea classified with IUCN categories

Marine Protected Areas classified with IUCN categories for the Italian part of the Mediterranean sea.

Marine protected areas for the French part of the Mediterranean Sea classified with IUCN categories.

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...

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...

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...

Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA) from MAPAMED, the database on Sites of interest for the conservation of marine environment in the Mediterranean Sea. MedPAN,...