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Stefano Raimondi

  • Biodiversity Journal, 5 (2): 147-150 - MONOGRAPH

    Stefano Raimondi
    Natural values, coastal and marine ecosystems of the Circeo National Park: conservation priorities
    Proceedings of the Seventh Malacological Pontine Meeting, October 5th-6th, 2013 - San Felice Circeo, Italy

    ABSTRACT
    The variety of environments that characterizes the Circeo National Park must also take into account, in addition to the terrestrial natural values that are present, even the importance of marine and coastal stretches that currently do not benefit from a similar regime of protection, preserving instead important elements of wealth for marine biodiversity. This added value is represented in a particular way by the presence of Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile, 1813, habitat of Community interest. The proposal of the Plan of the Park to extend to the sea The Circeo National Park would help to protect and enhance areas for the most part already included in the Natura 2000 network that could be handled in a unified manner by the Park providing for their conservation through various management interventions. Another proposal involves, instead of creating a true marine protected area, encompassing the whole Posidonia meadows present both in the northern section of the coast and in the south, between San Felice and Terracina and, hopefully also the stretch of sea that surrounds the island of Zannone (therefore including the SPAs area regarding the Pontine Archipelago).