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...

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,...

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

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 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...

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

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