Study areas
Four locations in the Tyrrhenian Sea with very different levels of protection: from Italy's oldest marine protected area to stretches of sea protected only by the Pelagos Sanctuary.
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La Maddalena
A land and sea national park in the Strait of Bonifacio. Pilot site and project base.
- Proposed stations
- 8
- Diving partner
- Area 11 Diving Center
- Pelagos Sanctuary
- inside
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Giglio e Giannutri
Tuscan Archipelago National Park: one island protected on land, one protected at sea too, a few kilometres apart.
- Proposed stations
- 8
- Diving partner
- International Diving
- Pelagos Sanctuary
- inside
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Argentario
Valuable sea beds with no marine protection zone, facing the Park islands.
- Proposed stations
- 6
- Diving partner
- to be found
- Pelagos Sanctuary
- inside
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Ustica
Italy's first marine protected area: forty years of protection as a benchmark.
- Proposed stations
- 7
- Diving partner
- Ustica Diving
- Pelagos Sanctuary
- outside