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Italy
Length of Mediterranean coast : 7375 km
Carte pays
 
Marine Protected Areas Relevant Legislation :
At the international level :
  • World Heritage Convention (23/06/1978)
  • ACCOBAMS Agreement (10/02/2005)
  • Protocol concerning Specially Protected Areas and Biological Diversity in the Mediterranean (07/09/1999)
  • UNCLOS (13/01/1995)
  • Barcelona Convention (03/02/1979)
  • Convention on Biological Diversity (15/04/1994)
  • Berne Convention (11/02/1982)
  • Ramsar Convention (14/04/1977)
  • CITES Convention (31/12/1979)
  • Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) (01/11/1983)
At the national level :
Protected Areas and National Parks
Law n° 394-9 1 for protected areas, December 6th, 1991 (GURI n° 292, December 13th, 1991)
Law n° 426-98 promoting new interventions in the environmental field, December 9th, 1998 (GURI n° 291, December 14th, 1998)

Marine Protected Areas
Law n° 979-82, sea Protection Act, December 31st, 1982 (GURI n° 16, January 18th, 1983)
Relevant Administrations or Governmental Bodies :
Focal Point for Protected Areas :

Laboratori di Biologia Marina ed Ecologia Animale
Corso Europa, 26
Università di Genova
DIP.TE.RIS,16126 Genova - ITALIA
Tel: 39.010.353.301.6 / 357.888
Fax: 39.010.353.3016
E-mail: sibmzool@unige.it ; biolmar@unige.it

Contact :
Pr. Giulio RELINI
 FP for SPAs.
At the national level :

Ministry of the Environment and Protection of the Territory and the Sea
Via Cristoforo Colombo, n. 44
00147 Rome / Roma
Tel : +39 06 572 21
www.minambiente.it