SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT
Wetlands in the cross border area of Italy and Croatia are vulnerable interconnected environments, hugely contributing to biodiversity. Their protection intertwines scientific-environmental aspects and governance concerns. CREW acknowledges these challenges and tackles the issue of implementing a multilevel governance tool in order to achieve overall effects on coastal wetlands ecosystems and socio-economic related systems by overcoming fragmentations that are often jeopardizing the sustainable development and preservation of these fragile areas. CREW aims at ensuring higher coordination between different level of spatial planning and authorities in charge for wetlands management, whilst limiting conflicts between preservation issues and economic activities. It aims at achieving the following objectives: 1. to set up a cross border Observatory to monitor best practices and data on Italian and Croatian coastal wetlands§; 2. to protect the biodiversity in Italian and Croatian coastal wetlands by the implementation of a coordinated methodology for wetlands management (Wetland Contrac
