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Environmental Assessment and Monitoring

Compliance and environmental oversight for marine projects

Comprehensive environmental control for marine projects

Assessment and monitoring of the environmental performance of marine projects throughout their entire lifecycle. Preparation of studies, reports, and environmental procedures to ensure compliance and prevent delays, risks, and penalties.

Specific services

  • Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA), including preliminary studies and analysis of alternatives/sites
  • Marine Strategy Compatibility Reports (ICEM)
  • Impact assessment on Natura 2000 sites
  • Environmental Monitoring Programs (design and execution)
  • Mitigation measures and compensation/restoration actions

Fields of application

  • Ports/maritime works (breakwaters, docks, dredging, reclamation, maintenance)
  • Beach nourishment and sand supply
  • Submarine aggregate extraction
  • Coastal protection works
  • Seawater desalination plants (SWRO)
  • Wastewater treatment plants (WWTP)
  • Energy facilities (sites and discharges)
  • Submarine outfalls
  • Aquaculture
  • Artificial reefs
  • Other projects: maritime signaling, demolition/decommissioning, coastal planning

Areas and techniques

Physical scope
  • Study of maritime climate: wind, waves, tides, currents
  • Monitoring of oceanographic parameters: salinity, temperature, turbidity, chlorophyll, O₂, pH
  • Water quality: nutrients and contaminants
  • Coastal dynamics: wave and current propagation models
  • Transport and dispersion of sediments and pollutants: modeling and monitoring
  • Sediment characterization (DCMD / ITEA)
  • Noise and atmospheric emissions monitoring
Biological scope
  • Bionomic mapping: spatial distribution of benthic communities, habitats, and distinctive formations
  • Characterization of Posidonia oceanica meadows and other marine seagrasses
  • Communities of hard substrates and distinctive vegetative formations
  • Communities of soft substrates: faunal composition and classification
  • Nektonic fauna, macroinvertebrates, and species of special interest
  • Plankton community characterization
  • Ecological status assessment: biological indices (CARLIT, POMI, VCS, AMBI, BOPA, MEDOC, EQR) and statistical analyses
Socioeconomic and cultural scope
  • Characterization of fishing and aquaculture activities
  • Coastal occupation and land use
  • Archaeological heritage