The Italian coasts suffer from a growing anthropogenic pressure, whose negative effects are enhanced by climate change. Urban settlements, ports, seaside tourism, natural protected areas, fisheries and industrial plants stress on coastal zones. A huge variety of interests needs an action of confrontation and mediation in order to coexist.
CAMP activities concern three thematic areas:

• Planning of marine and coastal areas;
• Protection, preservation and restoration of coastal and marine habitats;
• Sustainability of socio-economic activities on the coastal zone.

Within these thematic areas, three Regions - Emilia-Romagna, Sardinia and Tuscany – carry out pilot actions targeted to develop strategies and procedures for the rational exploitation of coastal resource and for the protection of the environment.
The overall objective is to identify and test methodologies, tools and practices for coastal sustainable development and to promote the Italian historical and artistic heritage.

A video on the CAMP Italy Project has just been released on Youtube

Click here to view this video in Italian .

Source : http://www.camp-italy.org/