World Heritage property “Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta”
Historic Centre of Ferrara
Cultural Landscape of the Po Delta and Delizie Estensi
The Management Plan of a UNESCO World Heritage property is a key tool for the conservation and enhancement of its Outstanding Universal Value (OUV). It is not a mere bureaucratic document, but a strategic and operational plan that sets out the objectives, actions and procedures needed to ensure that the property retains over time the characteristics that justified its inscription on the World Heritage List.
In short, the Management Plan is a guidance document that supports and steers the decisions and actions of all stakeholders involved, ensuring that every initiative is consistent with the conservation and enhancement objectives defined by UNESCO and is integrated with the existing regulatory framework.
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Governance and Management Plan
MAB
The richness of the area’s natural and environmental heritage is today protected at regional level through the Parco Regionale del Delta del Po, established in 1988 and responsible for managing regional and state protected areas across 20,536 ha of parkland and 34,761 ha of contiguous area. The area’s biodiversity wealth, together with its historical and cultural stratification, also led in 2015 to the designation of the “Po Delta” area (Emilia-Romagna side) as a MAB Biosphere Reserve. The MAB area extends across 15 municipalities between Emilia-Romagna and Veneto and represents Italy’s largest national reserve of wetlands and biodiversity.
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