STRONG SEA LIFE Project Opening Conference

On April 13, 2022, the presentation conference of the STRONG SEA project - Survey and TReatment ON Ghost LIFE, a project funded under the LIFE program, sector priority Nature and Biodiversity, on the funds established in the 2014-2020 programming.
ISPRA is the leader of the project, together with 5 associated partners: Forestry Corps Environmental Supervision, Asinara Park - Asinara Island AMP, AGRIS Sardinia Region, MCM Consorzio Coop Produzione Lavoro and Petra Patrimonia Corsica. The project, which started in December 2021, will last 5 years.

The aim of the project is to protect and improve the conservation status of the Habitats Posidonia oceanica and Coralligenous, included in Directive 92/43 / EEC (Habitat Directive) and in the Natura 2000 network, chosen for their high ecological and environmental value and for their representativeness in the study area.
The project identifies numerous Stakeholders, including operators in the fishing sector, the group most involved in the project, who will be able to collaborate both by promptly reporting lost nets and participating in the recovery of the tools found.
The project will also actively involve divers and boaters, and in particular the Diving center of the area, which in addition to actively participating in the dissemination of actions and results, will benefit from the restoration of the habitat led by the project.

High school, middle and primary school students, already involved in school environmental education projects thanks to the activities carried out in this sense by the fishermen, will be actively involved in the project. The role of fishing operators will allow the direct transfer of activities and knowledge to students and therefore the subsequent involvement of their families.