Serviço do Parque Natural da Madeira

Project Overview

The ECO COMPATIBLE LIFE project (LIFE09 INF/PT/00045) was proposed by the Natural Park Service of Madeira (SPNM) – Regional Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources, in partnership with the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds (SPEA) and is co-funded by LIFE + Information and Communication – European Community financial instrument to support the European ecological network – Natura 2000 sites.
With the title “Communicating to the socio-economic sustainability, human benefit and biodviersity in Natura 2000 sites in the Madeira archipelago” and the acronym Eco is compatible with this project which began in October 2010 and ends in September 2014.
The main objective is to promote and enhance the compatibility between the development of soico-economic and cultural activities such as fishing, agriculture, nature tourism, the management of nature reserves, hazardous areas, habitats and species listed in the annexes of the directives which support Natura 2000.
This project is part of the communication and information strategy of the financial instrument of the European Community LIFE + for the European ecological network – Natura 2000 through the transmission and delivery of information to the public as well as better implementation, management and conservation of Natura 2000 sites.

Total budget: 607,792 euros

LIFE contribution: 285,646 euros

Entities involved:
The partners of this project are the Natural Park Service of Madeira (SPNM) and the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds (SPEA).

Objectives:

This project is part of the communicative and information strategy of the financial instrument of the European Community LIFE + for the European ecological network – Natura 2000.
Its aim is the transmission and delivery of information to the public as well as better implementation, management and conservation of Natura 2000 sites.
The archipelago has eleven Natura 2000 sites (Special Areas of Conservation and the four Natura 2000 Special Protection Areas), covering land and sea area and support of important socio-economic activities in the region, nature tourism, farming and fishing.
It is with this perspective that the SPNM proposed to develop various initiatives to promote and enhance the compatibility between the development of cultural and socio-economic activities of fishing, agriculture and nature tourism, the management of natural resources, hazardous area, habitats and species listed in the annexes of the directives that support the Natura 2000 network.
In partnership with SPEA and with the support of several interested parties (stakeholders), specific campaigns are being prepared from an ecological perspective so as to assist and guide the target groups, while ensuring the correct application of the most consistently respectful behaviour during such activities.
A variety of material will be distributed among these target groups through information and awareness activities with the aim of obtaining personal commitment from individuals for the conservation and promotion of local biodiversity in order to improve the economic activity and overall quality of life.
Intending that these actions reflect a behavioral modification in the whole society, the SPNM is aware that it will not be this project, per se, which will achieve the desired behavioral changes for a sustainable future, but considers it to be an important reinforcement in the construction of an informed society and ecologically sustainable future.

Specific objectives:

• Ensuring compatibility and promoting the traditional economic activities and biodiversityin Natura 2000 sites
• Adopt appropriate behaviour for sustainable development
• Increase social involvement in nature conservation

Target Groups

Target groups of this project are:

• Agents involved in nature tourism activities
• Visitors/observers of species and classified areas
• Fishermen and coastal populations
• Farmers and rural populations

Specific campaigns are provided which will assist and guide the target groups, ensuring the most correct and consistent behavior in line with an ecological perspective.
A variety of material will be distributed among these target groups through information and awareness activities with the aim of obtaining personal commitment from individuals for the conservation and promotion of local biodiversity in order to improve the economic activity and overall quality of life.

Contacts

www.lifeecocompativel.com Centro de Informação do Serviço do Parque Natural da Madeira
Caminho da Portada, S. Gonçalo
Telefone: 291795155

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