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GREAT Med Project

Output O3.2

REPORT OF THE REGIONAL

INVOLVEMENT EVENT IN CAGLIARI

Greater awareness for an ecologically safer Mediterranean!

November 2014

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INTRODUCTION

Within the framework of the GREAT Med project, in November 2014 Sapienza University of Rome organised an event dedicated to local stakeholders, to raise their interest into the project from an early stage and explore their potential collaboration. More specifically, this Regional Involvement Event aimed to:

Present the project to local administrations, academics and organisation potentially

interested in the project

Exchange perspectives and experiences on the conservation and management of coastal

areas and the GREAT Med project’s implementation

Create a network of local stakeholders who could benefit the project’s outputs and capable

of providing valuable feedback throughout.

The event was organized in the city of Cagliari (Sardinia), since the Italian study area falls within the Gulf of Cagliari. It was held jointly with the workshop of the ENPI ECOPLANTMED Project (ECOlogical use of native PLANTs for environmental restoration and sustainable development in the MEDiterranean region), within the premises of the Molentargius-Saline Natural Park, which lies inside one of the GREAT Med study sites.

The registered participants to the GREAT Med event were about 80, coming from the University of Cagliari, the Sardinia Region, Marine Protected Areas, and from public and private agencies operating in the field of nature conservation and environmental management.

This report represents a concise overview of the event, and consists of:

The programme;

a description of the talks given by the GREAT Med staff and by invited speakers;

the list of participants

the event’s evaluation by participants as derived from questionnaires that were distributed to the audience during the event itself;

some general conclusions.

Finally we attached to this report the list with the signature of the participants (see Annex I).

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AGENDA

13.30 – 15.00 Registration and Welcome Buffet

15.00 – 16.30

Opening - Carlo Blasi, Sapienza University of Rome

The ENPI CBC MED Programme and its future prospects - Alessandro Pischedda, ENPI CBC MED

Conservation in coastal environments: biodiversity and pollution risk analysis - Carlo Blasi & Franco Gugliermetti, Sapienza University of Rome

Presentation of GREAT Med project - Davide Astiaso Garcia, Sapienza University of Rome

State of the art and first results - Raffaella Frondoni, Emanuela Carli & Maria Silvia Pinna, Sapienza University of Rome

16.30 – 16.45 Coffee Break

16.45 – 18.00

A Model of Integrated Management of Coastal Zone in the MPA Tavolara Punta Coda Cavallo - Augusto Navone, Ministry of the Environment and Protection of Land and Sea & Management Consortium of the Marine Protected Area of Tavolara-Punta Coda Cavallo

Monitoring of habitats and species of Community interest in the Natura 2000 sites within the Gulf of Cagliari - Gianluca Orrù, Dep. of Environmental Protection-Service for Nature Protection, Sardinia Region

Impact of alien flora on species and habitats under Directive 92/43/EC - Some cases in the coastal areas of Sardinia - Gianluca Iiriti, University of Cagliari

Assessing pressures on habitats and species of Community interest in coastal Sardinia - Andrea Soriga, CRITERIA s.r.l.

The MAPMED project: MAnagement of Port areas in the MEDiterranean Sea Basin - Alessandra Carucci, University of Cagliari

18.00 – 18.45 Discussion and conclusion

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OVERVIEW OF TALKS

Carlo Blasi, Project Coordinator, opened the workshop by thanking the Molentargius-Saline Natural Park, which hosted the workshop, and the staff of the ENPI ECOPLANTMED project for their precious help in organising the event.

Alessandro Pischedda was then invited to present his contribution, which gave a general overview of the projects funded by the ENPI CBC Med 2007-2013, and outlined the new programme ENI CBC 2014-2020.

Next, the GREAT Med staff from Sapienza illustrated the context and contents of the project and its state of the art. Carlo Blasi focused on the general issues of conservation of plant species and habitats in coastal areas, with special reference to biodiversity data at the national scale. Franco Gugliermetti showed the procedures and methodologies for assessing pollution, hazard and risk derived from oil and HNS spills, which will be used in the GREAT Med projects and are based on previous experiences in the field. Davide Astiaso Garcia presented the specific objectives, the partnership, the general outputs and the organisation of the project into work packages. Finally, Raffaella Frondoni, Emanuela Carli and Maria Silvia Pinna focused on the state of the art of the WP4 Biodiversity and land use analysis for toolkit elaboration. First, they presented the quantitative indicators that were selected by the partners for assessing plant biodiversity at the species and habitat level. Secondly, they discussed the critical issue of defining and mapping coastal areas, and showed the contribution of an environmental stratification approach for delimiting the study sites. Finally, they presented the sampling strategy adopted for fieldwork, and drew some preliminary considerations on plant biodiversity in the study area derived from the spatial analysis of field data.

Following this first section, invited stakeholders gave their talks on different issues.

Based on his experience in in the Marine Protected Area of Tavolara-Punta Coda Cavallo, Augusto Navone illustrated the preliminary studies realised in 2006 for the Management Plan. The survey protocol was based on the monitoring of the geomorphological dynamics and sedimentary processes along the beach and on the seabed. The output was a spatial classification of the MPA according to different levels of sensitivity to tourism. These studies offered a preliminary set of environmental criteria for decision-making regarding the public concession of marine and coastal areas for recreation. Navone identified a major problem in the governance because of the lack of effective controls: despite several awareness-raising initiatives, rules are often neglected by users.

Gianluca Orrù illustrated the monitoring activity launched in 2013-2014 by the Service for Nature Protection of the Sardinia Region, to assess the extent and distribution of habitats and species of Community importance within the sites of the Natura2000 network along the coast of Southern Sardinia. This work greatly improved the state of knowledge on species and habitats, through their

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description, mapping and the evaluation of their state of conservation. The results represent indeed a reference framework for defining conservation strategies in the coastal and marine areas of the Gulf of Cagliari.

The impacts caused by alien plant species on native flora and vegetation along the Sardinian coasts were the focus of the talk by Gianluca IIriti. He emphasized particularly the threat represented by the spread of Carpobrotus acinaciformis for some coastal plant species listed in the Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC and with high conservation value, such as Centaurea horrida, Anchusa crispa, and Linaria flava subp. sardoa. He also showed how plant species as Acacia saligna can spread on the coastal dunes and on maquis to the detriment of natural plant communities.

On the basis of his experiences with the CRITERIA agency, Andrea Soriga focused his talk on the major causes of biodiversity loss in the 70 SCIs and SPAs of the Natura2000 Network along the Sardinian coast. His analyses confirmed that urbanization and touristic pressure represent the major threats both for marine habitats and coastal ecosystems.

Finally, Alessandra Carucci presented the ENPI project “MAPMED (MAnagement of Port areas in the MEDiterranean Sea Basin), aimed to optimize, validate and transfer tools for the sustainable management of marinas. The project gives particular attention to monitoring (with the use of innovative bio-indicators) and to reduction of marine pollution.

The event scheduled also the contribution of Stefano Deliperi from the Gruppo Giuridico di Intervento, but unfortunately he was unable to attend the meeting. However, his contribution on the archaeological and natural path along the Sella del Diavolo area, which is an example of sustainable recreational use in the coastal area of the Gulf of Cagliari, was sent as a document and made available to the audience.

Invited speakers and GREAT Med staff at the Regional Involvement Event in Cagliari

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LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

NAME ORGANIZATION

Agrifoglio Micaela Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Ambus Andrea Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Arthemalle Lorenzo ANTEA

Astiaso Garcia Davide GREAT Med Team

Blasi Carlo GREAT Med Team

Boi Francesca Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Carli Emanuela GREAT Med Team

Carucci Alessandra Università degli Studi di Cagliari - MAPMED

Casula Paolo Ente Foreste della Sardegna

Cau Roberto Libero professionista

Cogodda Sabina Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Cogoni Alessandro Regione Autonoma della Sardegna

Cogoni Annalena Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Cogoni Claudia GREAT Med Team

Cogoni Donatella Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Corda Sara ANTEA

Cortis Pierluigi Università degli Studi di Cagliari

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Cuena Alba Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Dessi Roberta ANTEA

Dettori Caterina Angela Università degli Studi di Cagliari - CCB

Duràn Mario Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Ena Giacomo Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Fenu Giuseppe Università degli Studi di Roma

Filippino Giorgia Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Fois Mauro Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Frau Maria Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Frigau Nicola Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Frondoni Raffaella GREAT Med Team

Gallo Mario Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Gorini Eleonora Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Gorriz Alberto Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Gugliermetti Franco GREAT Med Team

Iiriti Gianluca Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Lacu Daniela Parco Naturale Regionale "Molentargius -

Saline"

Langella Francesca Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Loi Maria Cecilia Università degli Studi di Cagliari

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Manca Manuela Ente Foreste della Sardegna

Marcelli Marco Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Marignani Michela GREAT Med Team

Marini Milena Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Martis Alessandro Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Mastinu Milena ANTEA

Miggiano Antonella Regione Autonoma della Sardegna

Molè Vittorio Ente Foreste della Sardegna

Monaci Giovanni Regione Autonoma della Sardegna

Mulas Bonaria Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Murru Valentina Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Murru Valeria Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Navone Augusto MATTM

Nebot Anna Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Onnis Lorena Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Orrù Gianluca Regione Autonoma della Sardegna

Paccanoni Leo Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Picciau Rosangela Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Pinna Maria Silvia GREAT Med Team

Piras Giovanni Ente Foreste della Sardegna ST Sassari

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Piras Michele Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Piscedda Antonella Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Pischedda Alessandro ENPI

Porceddu Marco Università degli Studi di Cagliari - CCB

Puddu Carlotta ANTEA

Puddu Selena Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Ruggeri Claudio Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Ruzzeddu Roberta I.FO.L.D. istituto formazione donne

Sau Silvia Università degli Studi di Cagliari - CCB

Scanu Giovanni Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Schirru Alessio ANTEA

Secchi Federico Azienda Privata

Sergi Alessandro ANTEA

Serreli Laura Università degli Studi di Cagliari - CCB

Serri Gianmarco Servit Soc. Coop.

Soriga Andrea CRITERIA

Sulas Nicola Servit Soc. Coop.

Sulis Elena Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Tamburini Elena Università degli Studi di Cagliari- MAPMED

Titocci Jessica Università degli Studi di Cagliari

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Tolu Irene Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Torcivia Andreana Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Trogu Daniele Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Usai Silvia ANTEA

Zanini Laura Università degli Studi di Cagliari

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RESULTS FROM THE EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRES

More than 80 participants attended the meeting. The attendance consisted of a mix of

researchers, decision-makers of public administration, and private sector experts employed mainly

in the environmental and planning fields.

13%

13%

61%

9%4%

STAKEHOLDER PROFILE

Public Administration Private sector University/Research Centre Other No answer

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Twenty-three evaluation forms were collected at the end of the meeting.

The average ratings from the answers to the questions related to the quality and content of the

workshop are given in the tables below.

The event was overall very appreciated (21 out of 23 considered the workshop good) especially for

the organization and clarity of the presentations.

Several participant expressed the wish to join the GREAT Med Network and to be informed on

future activities and events.

Accessibility Room Setup

Comfort room

Recording Procedure

Organization of the

program

Duration and clarity

of the project’s

presentation

Duration of the event

Catering Overall assessment workshop

Very poor

- - - - - - - - -

Poor - - - 1 - 1 - 1 -

Adequate 11 13 14 8 5 - 9 4 1

Good 8 7 6 11 13 17 11 11 21

Excellent 4 3 3 3 5 5 3 7 1

Level of knowledge of the principles and activities related to the Integrated Coastal Zone

Management

Very poor -

Poor 7

Adequate 12

Good 1

Excellent -

No answer 3

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KEY CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

The event was successful in raising the interest of local stakeholders and in providing new insights for the project through their perspectives, demands and experiences.

Most of the invited participants appreciated the project and express their intention to join the GREAT Med network and ensure useful exchange of knowledge. Thanks to their contributions, it was possible to gain an overview of the activities that local administrations and agencies are realising in the coastal areas of Sardinia, especially under the Natura2000 program. The experience of the MAPMED project could be really valuable, as well. MAPMED has many themes in common with GREAT Med (though a different approach), and the two projects could fruitfully exchange their know-how on the scientific and technical aspects, as well as on dissemination activities.

Globally, the ensemble of actions undertaken indicates a good level of environmental awareness and commitment by the local stakeholders, which will benefit GREAT Med by facilitating the exchange of ideas and information and the possibility of fruitful collaborations. On the other hand, knowledge of ongoing projects on biodiversity and integrated management will help to better define the specific context of GREAT Med and properly tailor its toolkit of indicators and guidelines.

GREAT Med staff at the Regional Involvement Event in Cagliari