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Malta” Final Integrated Project UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME MEDITERRANEAN ACTION PLAN MAP CAMP PROJECT "MALTA” FINAL INTEGRATED PROJECT DOCUMENT AND SELECTED THEMATIC DOCUMENTS MAP Technical Reports Series No. 138 Volume II UNEP/MAP Athens, 2003 Note: The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this document do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNEP/MAP concerning the legal status of any State, Territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of their frontiers or boundaries. © 2003 United Nations Environment Programme/Mediterranean Action Plan (UNEP/MAP) P.O. Box 18019, Athens, Greece ISBN 92-807-2332-4 This publication may be reproduced in whole or in part and in any form for educational or non-profit purposes without special permission from the copyright holder, provided acknowledgement of the source is made. UNEP/MAP would appreciate receiving a copy of any publication that uses this publication as a source. This publication cannot be used for resale or for any other commercial purpose whatsoever without permission in writing from UNEP/MAP. For bibliographic purposes this volume may be cited as: UNEP/MAP: MAP CAMP Project "Malta”: Final Integrated Project Document and Selected Thematic Documents. MAP Technical Reports Series No. 138, Vol. II, (2 Vols), UNEP/MAP, Athens, 2003. This report was prepared under the co-ordination of the UNEP/MAP Priority Actions Programme, Regional Activity Centre (PAP/RAC). The thematic structure of the MAP Technical Series is as follows: • Curbing Pollution • Safeguarding Natural and Cultural Resources • Managing Coastal Areas • Integrating the Environment and Development This series contains selected reports resulting from the various activities performed within the framework of the components of the Mediterranean Action Plan: Pollution Monitoring and Research Programme (MED POL), Blue Plan (BP), Priority Actions Programme (PAP), Specially Protected Areas (SPA), Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre for the Mediterranean Sea (REMPEC), Environment Remote Sensing Centre (ERS), and Cleaner Production Centre (CP). MAP CAMP PROJECT "MALTA” FINAL INTEGRATED PROJECT DOCUMENT AND SELECTED THEMATIC DOCUMENTS Volume II - i - TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME I Technical Note .................................................................................................................................. ii List of project outputs .......................................................................................................................iii Preface .............................................................................................................................................1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................3 Annexes: • Integrated Coastal Area Management in the Island of Malta, a tool for sustainable use of coastal resources, with particular reference to the Northwest (Activity: Project Co- ordination and Integration) • The CAMP "Malta" Project Presentation Conference – Conference Report (Activity: Project Co-ordination and Integration) • Integrated Project Database and GIS (Activity: Integrated Database Management) • Final Report on the Systemic and Prospective Sustainability Analysis Project, within CAMP “Malta" (Activity: Systemic and Prospective Sustainability Analysis) • Strategic Management Plan - North West Coast of Malta (Activity: Sustainable Coastal Management) • Strategic Environmental Assessment Report of the Draft North West Local Plan – Coastal Policies (Activity: Sustainable Coastal Management) VOLUME II Technical Note ................................................................................................................................ ii List of project outputs .......................................................................................................................iii Preface .............................................................................................................................................1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................3 Annexes: • A Pilot Study for the Evaluation, Designation and Management of a Marine Protected Area: Rdum Majjiesa to Raheb Cave (N.W Coast of Malta) - Final Report (Activity: Marine Conservation Areas) • Integrated Water Management of the North-Western Region of Malta - Executive Summary • Protection of Soil and Rural Landscapes in Northwest Malta (Activity: Soil Erosion and Desertification Control Management) • Final Report of Study of Environmental Health Effects on Tourism (Activity: Tourism and Health) - ii - Technical Note The final activity documents of the individual CAMP activities, prepared by national experts and/or institutions with the assistance and guidance of the respective MAP centre, are normally published as a MAP technical report series. Since the final activity documents of the MAP CAMP Malta Project exceed the usual page numbers (80-200), it was not possible to present all project outputs in one MAP technical report issue. Documents are therefore being published in two volumes. Selection of documents to be published was carried out by PAP/RAC, with the consent of the CAMP National Project Administrator and the MAP Co-ordinating Unit. The first volume contains the Final Integrated Project Document, the report of the Project Presentation Conference, the introduction to the Integrated Project Database and GIS, and the final report on the Systematic and Prospective Sustainability Analysis, presenting altogether an integrated synthesis and overview of project results. The documents Coastal Area Management in the Northwest Coast of Malta (as the second level project area), the Strategic Management Plan, the Strategic Environmental Assessment report and the Integrated Water Resource Management for the Northwest are included as Annexes. Furthermore, a CD-ROM presenting the complete Integrated Project Database and GIS is included. The second volume contains the final thematic outputs of the activities: a) Marine Conservation Areas, b) Soil Erosion and Desertification Control Management, and c) Tourism and Health. All documents are presented in their original form. In order to reduce printing costs, all figures and photos had to be printed in black/white. Finally, some maps or tables, originally presented on extended A4 format had to be reduced to the normal A4 format. - iii - LIST OF PROJECT OUTPUTS 1. A Tool for Sustainable Use of Coastal Resources with Particular reference to the Northwest 2. Final Presentation Conference Report (Malta, November 28-29, 2002) 3. Final Integrated Project Database (CD) 4. Final Report on the Systemic and Prospective Sustainability Analysis Project within CAMP "Malta" 5. Strategic Management Plan - North West Coast of Malta 6. Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment Report of the Draft North West Local Plan Coastal Policies 7. A Pilot Study for the Evaluation, Designation and Management of a Marine Protected Area: Rdum Majjiesa to Raheb Cave (N.W. Coast of Malta) – Final Report 8. Integrated Water Management of the North-Western Region of Malta - Summary Report 9. Integrated Water Management of the North-Western Region of Malta – Part I: Hydroclimatological Factors; Surface Water; Groundwater; Soil Characteristics 10. Integrated Water Management of the North-Western Region of Malta Part II: Water Infrastructure Development; Hydrological Cycle and Water Balance of Catchment Areas; Socio-Economic System of the Catchment Area; Water Demand and Needs Assessment; General Water Resources Development Plan; Water Resources Development and Management of the NW Area 11. Protection of Soil and Rural Landscapes in Northwest Malta 12. A Study of Environmental Health Effects on Tourism 13. Thematic maps were produced by four thematic activities, i.e. sustainable coastal management, marine conservation areas, integrated water resources management and soil erosion/desertification control management. The tourism and health activity concentrated on descriptive rather than spatial analysis. Worth mentioning are the erosion risk map for Northwest Malta and the marine habitats map for the benthos stretching from Rdum Majjiesa and Ras il-Raheb (also along the Northwest coast of Malta). 14. A set of Sustainability Indicators with relevant baseline data for each thematic activity was drawn up. 15. A poster depicting the various interests occurring along the coast was also drawn. This was distributed amongst stakeholders, the public in general as well as in schools. 16. Articles on the CAMP Malta Project as well as individual thematic activities were published in the local papers and journals. Articles on specialised journals and magazines, especially those aimed for school children were also published. Moreover, the public participation exercise included the setting up of an exhibition, with exhibits on the thematic and horizontal activities. - iv - 1 PREFACE The MAP Coastal Area Management Programme (referred to as CAMP or Programme) has been approved by the Sixth Ordinary Meeting of the Contracting Parties, held in Athens in 1989. Its adoption was preceded by four coastal management pilot projects, implemented by PAP/RAC in the 1987-1989 period. CAMP is the MAP programme implementing sustainable coastal management integrating environmental concerns into development planning.
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