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Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development
ENEA Atlas for development cooperation

Ecological quality analysis of aquatic ecosystems

For achieving the objectives:
goal 14

Description

ENEA provides technical support and consulting to develop and implement projects for the territorial management according to the principles of sustainable development. In the environmental context, it performs ecological quality analyses of aquatic ecosystems (chiefly running waters and coastal lagoons) and promotes biodiversity conservation and the optimization of Protected Area Management Plans. The Agency also delivers environmental education and training on sustainability and valorization of the territory.

Benefits and Advantages:

  • conservation of natural heritage
  • sustainable management of territory

ENEA Service:

  • improvement of Protected Area Management Plans
  • assessment of ecological quality of aquatic ecosystems in relation to anthropic pressures
  • conservation of biodiversity in wetlands, under projects on sustainable tourism and/or integrated management of coastal areas
  • consulting, technical support and training (stronger capacity building)
  • public awareness raising on the importance of territory valorization and biodiversity conservation

Sectors

410 - General Environment Protection
41020 - Biosphere protection

SDGs Target

14.2 Sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, including by strengthening their resilience, and take action for their restoration in order to achieve healthy and productive oceans
Biological diversity in organisms and ecosystems
Environmental impairment of aquatic ecosystems
Studies on water quality and biodiversity
Diversity of ecosystems

Refecences

Department for Sustainability

Contacts

Published: 27/09/2017
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