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Posidonia relevance

One of the peculiarities of Posidonia is its tolerance to climatic fluctuations, which is an excellent indicator of water quality. Since 1992 it has been considered a habitat of priority interest for the EU and is currently regulated by various

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International women’s day

In the 8 institutions that are project partners in the Interreg (Ita-Cro) #SASPAS project, there are many women who have contributed to our #project and to the conservation of #seagrass, who have carried out transplantations of #PosidoniaOceanica, who have monitored

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READ ABOUT SASPAS IN LOCAL CROATIAN NEWSPAPERS NOVI LIST

(10/10/2020) An article about SASPAS project was published in Rijeka (Croatia) local newspapers Novi list with the title: Saving marine lungs is essential for maintaining the biological diversity of the Adriatic Sea. Link to the article: https://www.novilist.hr/more/spasavanje-morskih-pluca-kljucno-je-za-odrzavanje-bioloske-raznolikosti-jadranskog-mora/?fbclid=IwAR0fv2gMRJ9gVtYJYtsPmwH4UAXOXxrxzFR9TgyR2e0q1ZLLEWzwL1z0ECQ.

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About us

The challenge of SASPAS is to preserve and get a better status of conservation of biodiversity of the Adriatic Sea ecosystem in order to decrease its vulnerability.

The overall objective is to improve seagrass preservation and restoration through: laying safe anchorage innovative systems, performing pilot transplantations, carrying out monitoring activities and by defining an integrated management system for seagrasses in Adriatic area.
The main outputs referred to the activities are: a Monitoring system with 2 data collections/monitoring campaigns, the placement of environmentally friendly anchoring systems, pilot transplantations of seagrasses and an Integrated Management System for seagrasses in the Adriatic area, made by a GIS Digital Information Platform and a Marine Seagrass Safeguard Integrated Management Program.

Web GIS

The project have developed a large-scale GIS for the Adriatic that presents a series of map-themes available for managers (public, agencies, parks, various authorities...) to make them able to implement safeguard measures and promote a sustainable use of the coast

Document repository

It is a tool developed to make available the documents and scientific sources used within the project to develop the integrated management system for the protection of marine phanerogams. Moreover are publicly available some of the project deliverables.

Project news

Read the latest news of the SASPAS Interreg ITA- CRO project available on the INTERREG ITA-CRO program website. News about meetings, buoy system, restoration activities but also about monitoring and meetings with stakeholders

YouTube Channel

SASPASS in numbers

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Partners
0,906
€ MLN TOTAL BUDGET AMOUNT
0,000
€ MLN ERDF AMOUNT
0
MOUNTHS 01/2019 - 06/2021

SAFE ANCHORING AND SEAGRASS PROTECTION IN THE ADRIATIC SEA

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SASPAS Interreg Italy - Croatia Partners