WetNet: coordinated management and networking of Mediterranean wetlandsnes
Objectives
The Interreg Mediterranean project tackles the question of setting up multi-level governance for wetlands. By defining shared priorities for the conservation of wetlands, the aim of WetNet is to develop a common territorial strategy for their integrated management (see the project’s website [1]).
Drawing inspiration from previous European Union experiences (for example river contracts), WetNet seeks to test and transfer “wetland contracts” by means of highly broad-based participative processes where users, and private and public bodies commit to integrating the conservation of wetlands into their everyday activities.
Actions and methodology
- Develop wetland contracts in seven pilot sites including the Verdier marshes [2];
- Create methodological tools;
- Set up a summer school in Venice for June 2018 to provide participative training for managers of Mediterranean wetlands to improve their governance.
Team
- Project leader: Lisa Ernoul [3]
- Staff involved: Nicolas Beck [4], Damien Cohez [5]
- Date of project: 2017-2019
Partners
Technical partners
- Association des Marais du Verdier [6]
- Veneto Region (Italy)
- Vercelli Province (Italy)
- Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts – ZRC SAZU [7]
- Fédération des Provinces Andelysiens – FAMP
- SEO BirdLife [8]
- Italian Centre for River Restoration – CIRF
- Wetlands International [9]
- SARGA – Government of Aragon (Spain)
- RCDI (Portugal) [10]
- Gozo Development Agency (Malta)
Financial partners