Project “Integrated management of the natural resources of small Mediterranean islands (SMILO-MED)”

Location: islands of Porquerolles (France), Sifnos (Greece), Pakleni (Croatia) and Lipari (Italy)

Duration: 3 years (January 2022 – December 2024)

Financial and institutional partners: Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, Conservatoire du littoral, PIM Initiative

Local partners: Public Establishment Karst and Sea, NESOS, Wind of Renewal, Métropole Toulon Provence Méditerranée

Global budget: 535,500€

Project presentation

Around shared governance, the project supports 4 islands in the Mediterranean, in order to set up a local management of green waste in Porquerolles (France), as part of a sustainable waste management on the island; support the preservation of agro-biodiversity and landscapes on the island of Sifnos (Greece); contribute to the emergence of an MPA and education programmes for integrated management of land and sea natural resources on the Pakleni Islands (Croatia); contribute to the preservation of the wind wall lizard in order to initiate a shared resource management approach in Lipari (Italy).

The capitalisation of experiences and the networking of Mediterranean island territories with the entire network of SMILO islands will allow the exchange of good practices and expertise.