Coastal Management: the AMIS project, Algeria.

The AMIS project (Algerian Coast Management through Integration and Sustainability) is implemented by CIRSA (Italian Interdepartmental Centre for Environmental Sciences Research), IMELS (Italian Ministry for Environment, Littoral and Sea) and the APPL (Agence Urbaine chargée de la Protection et de la Promotion du littoral et des zones touristiques de la Wilaya d’Alger). The project aims at supporting national efforts in promoting sustainable use of coastal resources in Algeria and simultaneously contributes to the protection of the environment and sounder development of coastal zones in the Mediterranean by developing an Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) pilot plan for the two municipalities of Réghaïa and Heraoua located in the eastern part of the Wilaya d’Alger, that includes also the Ramsar site of Lac de Réghaïa.