ALBUFEIRA – Program of joint evaluation of the water masses of the Spanish-Portuguese river basins

Abstract/Aim
The objective of the project is to apply common criteria in the monitoring of the river basins of Portuguese and Spanish watersheds, to improve the integration of the environmental objectives of the Water Framework Directive and the Habitats Directive and to raise awareness about cooperation in shared river basins.

Keywords
Rivers; Transboundary waters; Aquatic fauna; Aquatic flora

Partners
Dirección General del Agua del Ministerio de Agricultura y Pesca, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente (Coord.); Portuguese Environment Agency – APA; CEDEX; Instituto Superior de Agronomia, School of Agriculture, University of Lisboa – ISA

Coordinator
MARE-Polytechnic of Leiria: João Neto – jneto@ci.uc.pt

Funding
80.000,00€ (MARE-Polytechnic of Leiria)| Comité Territorial del Área de Cooperación 6 – PLURIRREGIONAL del Programa de Cooperación Interreg V A // Duration 2019-2022

Project Website: https://poctepalbufeira.org/