Project Review: Ecological Sustainable Governance of Mediterranean Protected Areas ECOSUSTAIN

Abstract

The ECOSUSTAIN Project represents a joint transnational action towards the maintenance of biodiversity and natural ecosystems by means of stronger management and networking of protected areas, that is National and Nature Parks, in the Mediterranean region. The overall objective of the Project is to improve the water monitoring process of protected areas through supporting scientific, technical and management knowledge in tackling the problem of incoherent and segregated management of protected areas as self-sustained units, which is believed to hamper the protection and promotion of Mediterranean natural resources, as well as the maintenance of biodiversity and natural ecosystems.