Project name (IT): Aree Marine Protette e Pesca Artigianale Gestione integrata attraverso la sensibilizzazione ed educazione ambientale

Project name (EN): Marine Protected Areas and Artisan Fishing Integrated Management through environmental awareness and education

Project acronym: AMPPA

Period: 2014-2020

 Project start date: 2020-11-09

Project end date: 2023-05-08

Project status: ongoing

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 840 000.00

European Union funding: EUR 1 564 000.00

Co-financing sources: ERDF

The AMPPA project aims to create a new management tool for Marine Protected Areas (MPA), in consideration of the crucial role for the protection of the marine environment and for the sustainable development of coastal and marine areas, as the driving forces of the integration between resource protection needs and development needs of coastal communities.

The tool proposed by the project is an integrated management of MPAs that directly involves all operators (public bodies, anglers, citizens, tourists, etc.) also through awareness-raising and environmental education actions.

Expected results:
+224.75 sq km of sites and marine protected areas that develop joint actions for the protection of biodiversity (of which MPA Egadi Islands 53.941 sq km, MPA Ustica Island 15.623 sq km, The North East Marine Protected Area 155.19)