Protection of marine habitats and reduction of CO2 along coastal areas: scientific and social aspects
Published on 06/12/2021 (last modified 06/12/2021)
START DATE
Dec 06, 2021 h.
PROTEZIONE, USO E VALORIZZAZIONE DEGLI HABITAT MARINO-COSTIERI ADRIATICI: DAI SERVIZI ECOSISTEMICI ALLA MITIGAZIONE E ALL’ADATTAMENTO AI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI
La programmazione UE 2014-2020 ha sostenuto una serie di progettualità innovative per realizzare quadri di riferimento e misure concrete per la protezione degli habitat adriatici costieri, tentando una quantificazione del loro capitale naturale e di commisurare azioni di salvaguardia e fruizione sostenibile, armonizzando anche gli approcci a livello transfrontaliero e interregionale.
Si tratta di esperienze opportunamente riproponibili in altri contesti mediterranei e atlantici, per intervenire nel contrasto dell'erosione delle coste, della perdita di zone umide litoranee e della fauna e vegetazione presente attraverso attività di salvaguardia, di ripopolamento e di posizionamento di sistemi avanzati di ancoraggio ecologico. Tale approccio può riguardare anche le aree di interesse naturale e conservazionistico adiacenti a contesti portuali di notevole traffico e particolarmente impattati, quali Amburgo, Nantes, Varna, oltre ai sistemi portuali dell'alto Adriatico e dell'Alto Tirreno.
La necessità di sensibilizzare i diversi stakeholder sociali e la popolazione in generale sulla necessità di dare sempre maggior sostenibilità all’uso delle risorse costiere e di implementare strategie per l’adattamento ai cambiamenti climatici va pure tenuta presente, sapendo che questi temi ambientali possono sicuramente giovarsi del contributo e collaborazione dei diversi attori del territorio.
Il convegno si propone di sviluppare un confronto sulle modalità e forme di questi interventi all’interno della comunità scientifica, con i gestori pubblici competenti e - da ultimo - interessando il vasto pubblico dell’utenza turistica.
PROTECTION, USE AND ENHANCEMENT OF ADRIATIC MARINE-COASTAL HABITATS: FROM ECOSYSTEM SERVICES TO MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
The EU 2014-2020 programming period has supported a series of innovative projects to establish reference frameworks and concrete measures for the protection of coastal habitats in the Adriatic, attempting to quantify their natural capital and to evaluate actions for their conservation and sustainable use, also harmonizing approaches at cross-border and inter-regional levels.
The experiences from such projects can be appropriately re-proposed in other Mediterranean and Atlantic contexts, in order to intervene in the fight against coastal erosion, the loss of coastal wetlands and biodiversity, through safeguard activities, repopulation and the positioning of eco-friendly buoy systems. Similar approaches may also concern areas of natural and conservation interest, adjacent to port contexts with considerable traffic and/or particularly impacted, as Hamburg, Nantes and Varna, beside port systems of the Northern Adriatic and the Upper Tyrrhenian Sea.
It also needs to be kept in mind to raise awareness among the various stakeholders and the general public, on the need to make the use of coastal resources increasingly sustainable and to implement strategies for adaptation to climate change. Especially, knowing that these environmental issues can certainly benefit from the contribution and collaboration of the various social actors in the area.
The conference aims to develop a debate on the methods and forms of these interventions within the scientific community, including the competent public managers and - last but not least - involving the general touristic public.
SPEAKERS • Gender: (M) • Title: (Mr/Ms/Dr/Prof) • First Name: Andrea • Last Name: Rismondo • Country of present occupation: Italy • Nationality: Italian • email: rismondo@selc.it • Position: biologist • Institution and/or organizational affiliation: SELC • Reason for inviting: Huge experience on international level in activities and projects aimed to marine habitat restoration and CO2 reduction. • Role: moderator
• Gender: (F) • Title: (Mr/Ms/Dr/Prof) • First Name: Tatjana • Last Name: Bakran-Petricioli • Country of present occupation: Croatia • Nationality: Croatian • email: tbakran@biol.pmf.hr • Position: Associate Professor at Department of Biology • Institution and/or organizational affiliation: University of Zagreb - Faculty of Science,Department of Biology • Reason for inviting: marine biology and ecology: macrozoobenthos on hard substrata in the Adriatic; ecology od Adriatic benthic habitats and impact of global changes on them (especially on seagrass meadows and coralligenous); biological peculiarities of ecologically isolated habitats in the Adriatic (especially marine caves); biological indicators of mean sea level, their use in research of sea level fluctuation and assessment of impact of global changes on them. • Role: (keynote speaker)
• Gender: (M) • Title: (Mr/Ms/Dr/Prof) • First Name: Hans-Ulrich • Last Name: Wolf • Country of present occupation: Germany • Nationality: German • email: wpmarine@t-onlinne.de • Position: External Project Manager • Institution and/or organizational affiliation: Hamburg PortAuthority (HPA) • Reason for inviting: a point of view from a similar experience in northern seas. Huge experience in projects in port and shipping sectors in a view of green planning. • Role: (keynote speaker)
• Gender: M • Title: Dr • First Name: Alberto • Last Name: Barausse • Country of present occupation: Italy • Nazionalità: Italian • email: alberto.barausse@gmai.com • Position: Tenure Track Researcher • Institution and/or organizational affiliation: University of Padova • Reason for inviting:. • Role: speaker
• Gender: M • Title: Dr. • First Name: Mitja • Last Name: Bricelj • Country of present occupation: Slovenia • Nationality: Slovenian • email: mitja.bricelj@gov.si • Position: Secretary, Coordinator TSG 3 EUSAIR • Institution and/or organizational affiliation: Ministry for Environment and Spatial Planning • Reason for inviting: He has been invited by ECOSMART project (Cooperation program Interreg V-A Italia-Slovenia 2014-2020) with the aim to promote dialogue between policymakers and researchers regarding cooperation and stakeholders’ involvement in implementation measures for mitigation and adaptation to climate change of costal and marine ecosystems and to make the use of coastal resources increasingly sustainable.
