The Department of Cadastre and Surveying (TKX) announces its participation in the co-funded project "Transboundary Cooperation for the implementation of Marine Spatial Planning" (THAL-HOR 2), making a substantial contribution to Marine Spatial Planning (MSP), which is a key tool of the EU Integrated Maritime Policy to improve the management of human activities in the marine environment.
TKH has prepared a National Hydrographic Database (NHDB), which is continuously enriched with data on activities in the marine environment and data from seabed mapping.
In the framework of THAL-HOR 2, TKH, in cooperation with the Department of Fisheries and Marine Research (DFA), has extended the Digital Terrain Model for the coastal zone to a depth of 250m, while it has provided equipment for hydrographic mapping with the possibility of mapping the seabed up to a depth of 500m, which it has installed on the vessel ALKYON of DFA.
The project started in September 2018 and will be completed within February 2023. It is part of the INTERREG V-A Greece - Cyprus Cooperation Programme 2014-2020, aiming to develop Marine Spatial Plans in the marine waters of the two countries and has a total budget of approximately €2,714,000.
Seven beneficiaries are participating in the project. The main beneficiary is the Deputy Ministry of Maritime Affairs. In Cyprus the beneficiaries are the Cyprus University of Technology and the Oceanographic Centre of the University of Cyprus, while in Greece the beneficiaries are the Ministry of Environment and Energy, the University of the Aegean and the University of Thessaly. The THAL-HOR 2 project is a continuation of a previous project, THAL-HOR, with roughly the same partnership.
The video about the project is available here.
Contents of this article including associated images are owned by PIO
Views & opinions expressed are those of the author and/or PIO
Source
