CORALLO +Si

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Title:  Corallo Capitalization project for Smaller Islands, Natural Parks and Marine Protected Areas (CORALLO +Si)

Start date: 08 January 2023

End date: 08 October 2023

Coordinator: Prof. Alan Deidun

Corallo +Si intends to capitalize on the results of the CORALLO project and part of the results of the AMPPA project by transferring the acquired technologies to new stakeholders and the creating a permanent cross-border network for the management of the MPA.

The capitalisation activities include:

  • the upgrading and expansion of equipment covering a cross-border area that includes the other islands of the Maltese archipelago, Gozo and Comino, the Marine Protected Area of Capo Milazzo and the other smaller Sicilian islands: Pantelleria, the Pelagie Archipelago and the island of Ustica.
  • the transfer and reuse of equipment for the benefit of the managing bodies of other Marine Protected Areas and natural parks of Malta and Sicily not initially involved in the Corallo project.
  • the creation of a stable community of managing bodies of marine protected areas and natural parks of Malta and Sicily, aggregated around the common theme of the protection and restoration of biodiversity of marine and terrestrial ecosystems, the promotion of services for the same ecosystems and the expansion of Natura 2000 sites present in the transboundary area.
  • the creation of a stable community of managing bodies of marine protected areas and natural parks of Malta and Sicily, aggregated around the common theme of the protection and restoration of biodiversity of marine and terrestrial ecosystems, the promotion of services for the same ecosystems and the expansion of Natura 2000 sites present in the transboundary area.

https://www.um.edu.mt/research/oceanographymalta/projects/corallo-plus-si/