Guidelines for the governance

During the final phase of the IMPACT project, the partners are in charge of defining those guidelines that support the transboundary action plan for the protection of MPAs. It consists of the 3 products of the T1.2 activity, and it will provide useful directions for the protection of MPAs through:

  • their correct reduction according to ecological retention rates and self-persistence indices;
  • optimal monitoring of contaminants;
  • the use of geospatial datasets by WEB-GIS for forecasting and risk mitigation purposes.

The guidelines, that underline the peculiarities of the sites studied, will be formulated in order to remain general and applicable in different geographical contexts. They are based on observation principles and methodologies, numerical modelling and sampling recognised by the scientific community.

The publication of the guidelines, scheduled for late October 2020, will be available for free on the website, and it will be distributed in digital PDF format or, on demand, in paper format.