SOUNDSCAPE project
Programme: INTERREG Italy-Croatia
Project title: Soundscapes in the North Adriatic Sea and their impact on Marine Biological Resources
Acronym: SOUNDSCAPE
Duration: 01/01/2019 – 30/06/2021
EU contribution: € 1.824.134
ISMAR budget: € 605.136
Web site: in work
Summary:
Currently the measurements of the underwater noise and its impact on the marine biological resources is very limited spatially and temporally in the Mediterranean Sea. The main objective of the project is to create a cross-border technical, scientific and institutional cooperation between Italy and Croatia in the Northern Adriatic Sea to face together the challenge of assessing the impact of underwater environmental noise on the marine fauna and in general on the ecosystem on a basin scale. In order to ensure an efficient protection of marine biodiversity and to promote a sustainable use of marine and coastal ecosystems and resources, we will: 1) put together all the experts and stakeholders working on underwater noise and soundscape assessment within the Interreg Italy-Croatia in the Northern Adriatic Sea, which is an area highly impacted by increasing maritime traffic, tourism and resources exploitation; 2) collect the state of the art technologies and methodologies developed up to now (see for example the Life Plus Project BIAS for the Baltic Sea), transfer and adapt them to the specific environmental properties of the Northern Adriatic Sea; 3) establish common management and mitigation policies to strengthen the marine spatial planning and the protection of ecosystems in order to increase environmental benefits and to contribute to the blue growth of the EUSAIR region.
Contact persons in Ismar: fantina.madricardo@ve.ismar.cnr.it
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