Via Medica 3, Tramonti (SA) CAP 84010, Italy
Tramonti (SA)
Italy
- Environment/Sustainable development
- Heritage
- International/Cultural relations
- Others
ACAR.BIO is engaged in organization and coordination of projects which aim to strengthen the Amalfi Coast candidature as Biosphere Reserve. Its activities focus on the conservation and safeguard of the natural and historic-cultural heritage of the Amalfi Coast, by promoting any kind of sustainable development in the field of the environment, the tourism, the mobility, the energy. It also pays particular attention to the conservation and protection of historic buildings, monuments and marks left by the ancient civilizations. The Amalfi Coast was recognized in 1997 by UNESCO as World Heritage. The mission of our organization is to let the Amalfi Coast become a Biosphere Reserve within the MAB programme lead by UNESCO in order to enhance a sustainable usage of the resource in our area.
ACAR.BIO is also involved in the Starlight Reserves Initiative and in June 2009 has realized an Astronomic Observatory in Coast of Amalfi, officially recognized within the initiatives for UNESCO Starlight. It has organized, on behalf of the Province of Salerno, three events in the schools of the area within the Week of Education on Sustainable Development 2009 promoted by UNESCO (9 – 11 – 13 November 2009).
ACARBIO is cooperating with several international partners (Malta, Lubnan, Greece, Egypt, Jordan, France, Spain) in many projects within different European Programmes such as ENPI, Intelligent Energy, Interreg. You can find more info about it in the curriculum in attached.