1. OVERVIEW OF TRITON PROJECT The Apulian and Western Greece coastlines are facing significant erosion impacts due to natural causes (extended fetches, stormy winds, high waves and strong currents) and man-induced causes (such as urban expansion, touristic development and single-purpose coastal and/or watershed infrastructures).
The Triton (Development of management Tools and diRectives for immediate protection of bIodiversity in coasTal areas affected by sea erOsion and establishment of appropriate eNvironmental control systems) project, funded by the EU Cooperation Programme Interreg V-A GreeceItaly (EL-IT) 2014-2020 and stated on 16/04/2018, has the following objectives:
I M P R OV E K NOWLE DGE
of
public
C R E AT E A NE T WORK
administrations
between public
and stakeholders involved in
administrations, technicians
coastal management;
and research centers;
I M P R OV E COOP E R AT ION
on territorial planning tools between public authorities and experts from Western Greece and Apulia;
I D E N T I F Y COMM ON ME T HODOLOGIE S
between Apulia and Western Greece for monitoring and mapping risk indicators to be included in planning and investment policies for the medium and long term.
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