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Italian Ministry for the Environment and Territory Department for Environmental Research and Development. ADRICOSM PARTNERSHIP ADRIatic sea integrated COastal areaS and river basin Management system. A Type II Initiative launched in Johannesburg
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Italian Ministry for the Environment and Territory Department for Environmental Research and Development • ADRICOSM PARTNERSHIP • ADRIatic sea integrated COastal areaS and river basin Management system A Type II Initiative launched in Johannesburg at the World Summit on Sustainable Development
THE FRAMEWORK • The ADRICOSM Pilot Project was launched in 2001 within the Adriatic Ionian Initiative • At the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg 2002, ADRICOSM was accepted as a Type II Initiative • New projects will start in 2004 to continue the ADRICOSM Development • The ADRICOSM Partnership is coordinated by the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) and involves 35 partners from Italy, France, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, Albania and Bosnia Herzegovina
CATCHMENT AREA AND OVERALL OBJECTIVES • To develop the monitoring and modelling of the Adriatic currents and ecosystem in order to detect and changes and mitigate impacts • To develop an integrated system for planning and management of urban waste waters for a river test site on the Croatian coast line • To integrate the coastal areas predictions with river basin management systems • Requalification of the Delta of the Neretva River • Creation of a monitoring network and consolidate the monitoring and prediction system by involving users
The ADRICOSM Partnership • ADRICOSM Pilot Project • ADRICOSM EXTension to be started in September 2004 • ADRICOSM Pula Bay: apply the ADRICOSM integrated coastal area modelling to Pula Bay to be started in 2004 • ADRICOSM –NERES: apply the ADRICOSM integrated river and coastal area modelling to the Neretva river, to be started in 2005
The success and the future of ADRICOSM Partnership • The success of ADRICOSM Partnership can be measured by many partners where each single partner contributes to the safeguarding of the Adriatic Sea ecosystem • ADRICOSM will continue to involve new partners, financing and territories