Aegean Islands

CASE description

The Aegean Islands CASE will focus on the Cyclades Islands complex of Greece. The complex belongs to the Kyklades Prefecture and it is composed of 20 Municipalities and 11 Communes. It includes 39 islands from which 24 are not inhabited. The island area is 2572 km². The total population since the last census is 112,615 citizens. The population density is 43.8 inhabitants/km². The case study will focus on Naxos Island.

ICZM phase

Establishment

Illegal fishing

Main coastal issues

- Fishery

- Transportation

- Tourism

- Sport fishing

Objectives

- Planning options and guidelines

- Training on ICZM

- Conflicts mitigation among stakeholder groups

Transportation

End Products

Contribution to national ICZM strategy and policies for the coastal areas

(with proposal for new institutional arrangements and designing of projects for fund raising)

Tools foreseen to be developed and used

Indicators - Economic assessment - Scenarios - Participatory methods - LEAC

Training needs

LEAC - Participatory methods

CASE Responsible

Alexis Conides, Institute of Marine Biological Resources, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Greece - email: akoni@tee.gr

Elaboration: Stefano Soriani, Fabrizia Buono, Monica Camuffo, Marco Tonino, University Ca’ Foscari of Venice.