A NATIONAL MARINE SPATIAL PLAN FOR VANUATU – INCLUDING A NETWORK OF MARINE PROTECTED AREAS

Climate action - Life below water

For achieving the objectives

Agenda 2030

Funded by the Italian Ministry of the Environment, Land and Sea, the project is aimed at encouraging the creation of a National Marine Environment Plan with the development of a national network of Marine Protected Areas.

 

Recipient country:

Vanuatu

Period:

2019-2021

 

ENEA Activities:

  • Start up and management of the Project
  • Satellite imagery interpretation for the digital mapping of the marine coastal habitat
  • Creation of a Marine Spatial Plan
  • Identification of a national network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)

 

Status: In progress

References

Territorial and Production Systems Sustainability Department

ENEA Technology Datasheet:
Earth Observation Technology (EOT) applied to archaeological heritage and georesources protection