Chapter The development of "sustainable" surveillance and monitoring activity carried out by the italian Coast guard for the safeguard of the Marine Protected Areas
Author(s)
Altavilla, Santo
Pisconti, Maura
Galeano, Federica
Aquaro, Silvia
Tiralongo, Fabio
Corrente, Giuseppina
Santocchini, Emiliano
Giannelli, Daniele
Caligiore, Aurelio
Language
EnglishAbstract
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.
Keywords
Marine protected areas; Italian Coast Guard; Environmental campaign; Specialized assets; SampliMarine protected areas; Sampling and analysis activities; Environmental surveillanceDOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0030-1.10ISBN
9791221500301, 9791221500301Publisher
Firenze University PressPublisher website
https://www.fupress.com/Publication date and place
Florence, 2022Series
Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques, 1Classification
The environment