Coastal Contract

Sustainable Development Goals:

 

What is it?

The Oristano Coastal Wetlands Contract is a voluntary act of shared commitment to improve the protection and implement an integrated management of the wetlands of the Gulf of Oristano (Ramsar and Natura 2000 sites).

This legislative instrument is expressly governed by the national legislation in art. 68 bis of the Consolidated Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation (Leg. Decree 152/2006), as well as, at the local level, by the Regional guidelines for the activation of the River Contracts, adopted by the Autonomous Region of Sardinia in June 2019, with the aim of provide information on legal, regulatory and management aspects of the Contract.

Covered areas:

• 6 Ramsar sites in the Gulf of Oristano: Pond of Sale e’ Porcus, Pond of Mistras, Pond of Cabras, Pond of Pauli Maiori, Pond of S’Ena Arrubia, Ponds of Corru S’Ittiri, Marceddì, San Giovanni. 
• 1 Marine Protected Area / 1 Specially Protected Area of ​​Mediterranean Importance: AMP Penisola del Sinis - Island of Mal di Ventre 
• Natura 2000 sites:  
• SIC (Pond of Sale ’e Porcus; Pond of Putzu Idu, Sa Salina Manna and Pauli Marigosa; San Giovanni di Sinis; Pond of Cabras; Pond of Mistras; Pond of Santa Giusta; Pond of Pauli Maiori; Sassu - Cirras; Pond of S'Ena Arrubia and neighboring territories; Pond of Corru S'Ittiri)  
• ZPS (Pond of Sale ‘e Porcus; Island of Mal di Ventre; Pond of Cabras; Pond of Mistras; Pond of Pauli Maiori Pond of S’Ena Arrubia; Corru S’Ittiri, Pond of San Giovanni and Marceddì) 

Signers: 

• Municipality of Arborea, Mayor Manuela Pintus
• Municipality of Arbus, Mayor Andrea Concas;
• Municipality of Cabras, Mayor Andrea Abis; 
• Municipalityof Guspini, Mayor Giuseppe De Fanti; 
• Municipality of Nurachi, Mayor Renzo Ponti
• Municipality of Oristano, Mayor Andrea Lutzu; 
• Municipality of Palmas Arborea, Mayor Emanuele Cadoni;
• Municipality of RiolaSardo, Extraordinary Commissioner Remo Ortu; 
• Municipality of San Vero Milis, Mayor Luigi Tedeschi;
• Municipality of Santa Giusta, Mayor Andrea Casu; 
• Municipality of Terralba, Mayor Sandro Pili;
• Oristano Reclamation Consortium, Extraordinary Commissioner Cristiano Carrus; 
• Province of Oristano, Extraordinary Administrator Massimo Torrente;
• Autonomous Region of Sardinia - Department of Environmental Defense, GianniLampis.

Objective 

The Contract intends to implement a multidisciplinary and concerted policy action that involves all stakeholders towards effective management and sustainable development of the territory.  This will facilitate the alignment between the various plans and programs that create the current fragmented situation in the coastal wetlands area concerned and it will allow a convergence between the various public policies involved. 

The Strategic Axes of the Contract action program are: 

1. Participatory territorial governance and capacity building;
2. Improvement of the ecological status of water systems;
3. Protection of biodiversity and natural heritage;
4. Landscape requalification and enhancement of cultural heritage;
5. Green economy - towards a sustainable and responsible territorial development model;
6. Strengthening resilience by addressing climate change; 
7. Communication and environmental awareness.

Official Documents:  

a) Oristano Coastal Wetlands Contract - Update 2021 [document in IT]
b) Oristano Coastal Wetlands Contract - 1st version 2021 [document in IT]
c) Action Program [document in IT]
d) Preliminary Examination [document in IT]
e) Strategic Document [document in IT]