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Information and monitoring systems of the marine biodiversity of the Southwest Alentejo and Costa Vicentina Classified Areas

Short Title 
MARSW
Budget CCMAR 
343500.00k€
Total budget 
1051891.92k€
Funding 
PO SEUR - Programa Operacional Sustentabilidade e Eficiência no Uso de Recursos
Câmara Municipal de Aljezur
Câmara Municipal de Vila de Bispo
Câmara Municipal de Odemira
Fundo Ambiental
Partners 
CCMAR
FFCUL- Fundação Faculdade Ciências Universidade de Lisboa
Universidade de Évora, Laboratório de Ciências do Mar - MARE
Instituto de Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas (ICNF)
Date 
03/2017 to 01/2020

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Information and monitoring systems of the marine biodiversity of the Southwest Alentejo and Costa Vicentina Classified Areas

MARSW project gathers information on spatial distribution and status of habitats and species of the Parque Natural Alentejano e Costa Vicentina (PNSACV). This information is central for the PNSACV management decision making that should ensure efficient conservation of marine biodiversity, including Natura 2000 priority habitats and species. The information on marine habitats and species will be made available through an internet geo-portal (SIMARSW).

A monitoring model for PNSACV, that will consist of the most suitable sampling methods and indicators of protection effects, is also being developed. This model will serve as a basis for long term evaluation of protection effects, both biological and socio-economical, of zones with different protection levels. Further, harmonization of methodological approaches is envisaged between PNSACV and other two marine parks, PN Litoral Norte and PN Arrábida.

The key insights on biodiversity and protection effects of PNSACV provided by MARSW, will allow for assessment of the current protection measures adequacy and their potential re-adjustment. Thus, MARSW project aims at contributing to inform management for a more efficient conservation and sustainable use of marine resources of PNSACV. The project also aims to reach the stakeholders and marine park users with the knowledge gathered, in order to stimulate their interest in benefits that protection can bring to them.

 

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Jorge Manuel dos Santos Gonçalves's picture
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Jorge Manuel dos Santos Gonçalves
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Senior Researcher
Barbara Bastos Horta e Costa's picture
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Barbara Bastos Horta e Costa
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Inês Isabel Sousa
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Adela Belackova
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Nuno Henrique Marques Sales Henriques
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Mafalda Rangel Malheiro Dias de Oliveira
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Frederico Miguel Cunha de Oliveira
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Carlos Manuel Lourenço Afonso
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Luis Bentes
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Pedro Alexandrino Silva Ferreira Martins Monteiro's picture
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Pedro Alexandrino Silva Ferreira Martins Monteiro
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Research Assistant
News
This event brought together about 30 marine conservation researchers to reduce, edit and validate the list of indicators of marine protected areas.
The Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina Natural Park celebrated its 32nd anniversary at the beginning of the month and to celebrate some results were released and the MARSW project website was launched.
Since July, the CCMAR team has returned to work on the MARSW project in the PNSACV. The campaigns were suspended due to the context of the current pandemic, but they came back in force.
In Arrábida and on the Portuguese southwest coast, marine conservation was promoted by these two projects that ended this summer.
This exhibit presents some of the main results obtained in the MARSW project, namely on species with conservation or commercial interest, on habitats considered as priority for conservation or on human activities, such as...
The study is the result of a year of joint work by 67 experts who established a final list of 37 selected indicators, and for the first time governance indicators were selected and prioritised for monitoring these areas in...