Chapter The development of "sustainable" surveillance and monitoring activity carried out by the italian Coast guard for the safeguard of the Marine Protected Areas

• Main Author: Altavilla, Santo (auth)
• Other Authors: Pisconti, Maura (auth), Galeano, Federica (auth), Aquaro, Silvia (auth), Tiralongo, Fabio (auth), Corrente, Giuseppina (auth), Santocchini, Emiliano (auth), Giannelli, Daniele (auth), Caligiore, Aurelio (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Florence Firenze University Press 2022
• Series: Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques
• Subjects: The environment; Marine protected areas; Italian Coast Guard; Environmental campaign; Specialized assets; SampliMarine protected areas; Sampling and analysis activities; Environmental surveillance
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Summary

The Italian Coast Guard is responsible of surveillance of the Marine Protected Areas and also fulfills essential maritime environmental police tasks in order to protect the maritime and coastal environment. Over the years, specific environmental maritime police campaigns and joint operations have been carried out with the aim of combining the protection of the maritime environment, the safeguard of coasts and biological resources, which are closely connected with each other, through the use of the assets and ITCG specialized units able to discover, analyze and repress environmental offences.

Physical Description

1 electronic resource (11 p.)

ISBN

979-12-215-0030-1.10
9791221500301

Access

Open Access