Birth of a scientific project to save the Mediterranean coast
The PEGASO project will study specific actions to be applied under the Integral Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) for the protection of the Mediterranean
* Financed by the EC Framework Progamme 7 and directed by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, the project will receive 6,999,004.56 euros in funding during the next four years.
* Researchers will be analysing 11 case studies in the Danube and Nile deltas, the northern coast of the Adriatic Sea, and the islands of the Aegean Sea.
* The project will include the participation of 23 European organisations (universities, research centres, NGOs, small businesses and international organisations).
* For the first time, the research will combine the study of the sea, its coasts and marine ecosystems under one integrated research framework.
