Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance

The Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance ( SPAMI ) ( English for Special protection areas of Mediterranean importance ) are special areas of conservation, biodiversity of with their facility Mediterranean is to be preserved. Typical ecosystems , endangered living beings, as well as sites of scientific, aesthetic, cultural and educational importance are to be protected .

The program to establish these protected areas was created within the framework of the Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP) coordinated by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) . Similar plans exist for other demarcated marine areas. Other zones under special protection are marked within the shelters.

List of protected areas

The number of SPAMI protected areas is currently 34 (last expansion February 2016).

Albania

Karaburun-Sazan Marine National Park

Algeria

Banc des Kabyles Marine Reserve (shallow water area off Jijel , tip of an underwater volcano)

Habibas Islands (northwest of Oran )

France

Port-Cros National Park

Réserve naturelle des Bouches de Bonifacio (on the Strait of Bonifacio )

Parc Marin de la Côte Bleue (on the Côte Bleue west of Marseille)

Archipelago des Embiez - Six Fours (near Six-Fours-les-Plages on the Côte d'Azur)

France, Italy and Monaco

Pelagos Whale Sanctuary

Italy

Portofino Marine Reserve

Riserva naturale marina di Miramare (in the Gulf of Trieste )

Area marina protetta Plemmirio (off Sicily east of Syracuse )

Area naturale marina protetta Tavolara - Punta Coda Cavallo (area around the Tavolara archipelago off Sardinia )

Riserva naturale marina Torre Guaceto (in the Adriatic Sea, in front of Apulia)

Area naturale marina protetta Punta Campanella (in front of the Sorrento peninsula )

Area naturale marina protetta Capo Caccia - Isola Piana (off the north-west coast of Sardinia)

Porto Cesareo Marine Protected Area (near Porto Cesareo on the Gulf of Taranto )

Capo Carbonara Marine Protected Area (in the Gulf of Cagliari )

Marine Protected Area of ​​Penisola del Sinis - Isola di Mal di Ventre (Western Sardinia around the Sinis Peninsula and Mal di Ventre )

Morocco

Al Hoceima National Park

Spain

Isla de Alborán

Parque Natural Cabo de Gata - Nijar

Fondos Marinos del Levante Almeriense (sea bed 50 km parallel to the coast in the east of the province of Almería )

Acantilados de Maro-Cerro Gordo (cliffs of Maro-Cerro Gordo, Andalusia between Nerja and Almuñécar )

Cap de Creus

Illes Medes

Mar Menor and Murcia coast

Islas Columbretes

Archipiélago de Cabrera National Park

Tunisia

Galite Islands

Kneiss Islands (in the Gulf of Gabès )

Zembra and Zembretta National Park

Cyprus

Lara-Toxeftra nature reserve (turtle reserve in the west of Cyprus)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ biodiversitya-z.org: AZ Areas of Biodiversity Importance
2. ^ Regional Activity Center for Specially Protected Areas (RAC / SPA): SPAMIs , accessed on August 20, 2017.