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Wetland Contracts As Sustainable Governance Tools: A Com-Parison Between the Output of the Interreg Project CREW “Co-Ordinated Wetland Management in Italy-Croatia Cross Border Region”
Cantaluppi, M.G.; De Marchi, M.; Pace, M.; Tosi, M.C. Wetland Contracts as Sustainable Governance Tools: A Review of the Output of the Interreg Project CREW “Coordinated Wetland Management in Italy-Croatia Cross Border Region”. Sustainability2023, 15, 6491.
Cantaluppi, M.G.; De Marchi, M.; Pace, M.; Tosi, M.C. Wetland Contracts as Sustainable Governance Tools: A Review of the Output of the Interreg Project CREW “Coordinated Wetland Management in Italy-Croatia Cross Border Region”. Sustainability 2023, 15, 6491.
Cantaluppi, M.G.; De Marchi, M.; Pace, M.; Tosi, M.C. Wetland Contracts as Sustainable Governance Tools: A Review of the Output of the Interreg Project CREW “Coordinated Wetland Management in Italy-Croatia Cross Border Region”. Sustainability2023, 15, 6491.
Cantaluppi, M.G.; De Marchi, M.; Pace, M.; Tosi, M.C. Wetland Contracts as Sustainable Governance Tools: A Review of the Output of the Interreg Project CREW “Coordinated Wetland Management in Italy-Croatia Cross Border Region”. Sustainability 2023, 15, 6491.
Abstract
Wetlands are complex ecosystems, considered among the most productive environments of the world. They contain major biodiversity hotspots, providing the resources upon which countless species of plants and animals depend and they perform important environmental and economic functions. Wetlands reduce flooding events, improve water quality and represent a valuable cultural and natural heritage. It is estimated that 2/3 of Europe wetlands have disappeared since the beginning of the 20th Century, mainly lost through development processes which did not take their functions and values adequately into account. The European Directive (2000/60/EC) re-quires to foster an integrated approach for wetland management through collaborative governance processes. The Wetland Contract is a tool that has been developed and implemented to set the ground for voluntary-based commitments for the sustainable governance of water systems. Among the Mediterranean countries, Italy and Croatia count on a rich variety of coastal wetlands that, together with the plants and animals inhabiting and crossing them, constitute an extremely precious natural heritage. The aim of this paper is to present and discuss, whit a critical approach, the output of the Interreg Project CREW that, between 2018-21, contributed to the drafting of seven new Wetland Contracts.
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