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‘Sistema Afrodite’: an integrated programme for the inventorying and monitoring of the core zones of the Italian marine protected areas
Author(s) -
Greco Silvestro,
di Sciara Giuseppe Notarbartolo,
Tunesi Leonardo
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
aquatic conservation: marine and freshwater ecosystems
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.95
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1099-0755
pISSN - 1052-7613
DOI - 10.1002/aqc.656
Subject(s) - marine protected area , identification (biology) , environmental resource management , geography , environmental protection , environmental science , ecology , biology , habitat
1. The importance of the application of science in designing, monitoring and managing a marine protected area (MPA) is stressed. 2. ‘Sistema Afrodite’, the project to create a uniform knowledge base for the identification of a national system of Italian MPAs and to foster co‐operation among scientists at national level and to set the foundations for a regional/Mediterranean network of MPAs, is described. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.