Acronym TUNE UP
Category
Fisheries
Title Promoting multilevel governance for tuning up biodiversity protection in marine areas Programme Interreg V
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source European Coordinator NA Coordinator email NA
Coordinator institution
ANATOLIKI - Development Agency of Eastern Thessaloniki's Local Authorities (Greece)
Institutions involved
ALMA - Amvrakikos Gulf - Lefkada Management Agency (Greece) ,
FAMP - Andalusian Federation of Towns and Provinces (Spain) ,
NA - Aquaprogram Srl (Italy) ,
MEDSEA - Mediterranean Sea and Coast Foundation (Italy) ,
MEDWET - Mediterranean Wetlands Initiative (France) ,
MTE - Ministry of Tourism and Environment (Albania) ,
ZRC-SAZU - Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (Slovenia) ,
UNIROMA3 - Roma Tre University (Italy) ,
SEO/BirdLife - Spanish Society of Ornithology (Spain) ,
NA - Tour du Valat Foundation (France) ,
NA - University of Montenegro (Montenegro) ,
Start year 2019 End year 2022 Funding (€) € 3,035,576 Website https://tune-up.interreg-med.eu/ Summary TUNE UP approach aims at overcoming the criticalities originating from the fragmentation in MPAs management, where orientations and objectives for the conservation are both intertwined and overlapping, jeopardizing biodiversity protection. By promoting a multilevel governance tool based on River/Wetland Contracts experience tested by the INTERREG MED WETNET project, TUNE UP aims at assuring higher coordination among stakeholders and decision makers while strengthening the network of Med MPAs and improving marine and coastal biodiversity. TUNE UP intents to limit raising conflicts between different issues: between preservation issues and economic activities (e.g. agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries, marine trade, tourism), but also between natural heritage valorisation and protection of environmental values and functions. In this perspective, the project will build on results of WETNET and exploit the flexibility of the River/Wetland Contract tool further adapting it to MPAs management, assessing its effectiveness through the implementation of MPA Contracts in pilot areas with various characteristics. To achieve this, TUNE UP foresees: 1. Testing (lead by TDV): each partner, except MedWet and Aquaprogram, will run a participatory planning process (in coordination with the MPA Managing Authorities as associated partners), basing on a Joint transnational methodology, where the active engagement of key stakeholders, both at national and local level, will lead to the signature of a MoU. 2. Transferring (lead by UNIROMA3) and Capitalization (lead by MedWet): (i) mainstreaming activities for uptake project results through the incorporation of the tool into regional policy instruments and regulations for MPAs integrated management in the partnership’s territories, (ii) lobbing and advocacy activities for the inclusion of the tool in other Euro-Mediterranean Regions, into their policy instruments.
Keywords
Integrated management;
Fisheries management;
Biodiversity;
Aquaculture management;
MPA;
Marine Region
62
Aegean Sea (GSA 22)
49
Gulf of Lions (GSA 7)
53
Northern Spain (GSA 6)
52
Northern Alboran Sea (GSA 1)
61
Eastern Ionian Sea (GSA 20)
48
South Tyrrhenian Sea (GSA 10)
45
Southern Adriatic Sea (GSA 18)
74
Northern Adriatic (GSA 17)
50
Sardinia (east) (GSA 11.2)
9
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