Nuovo plan in order to reduce the caused invasive transfer of aquatic species from the marine traffic



a new initiative in order protect the marine ecosystems from the effects invasive aquatic negatives of the species will be started in collaboration from the International Maritime Organization (IMO), from the UNDP, the program of the United Nations for the development, and from the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the plan for the safeguard of the atmosphere to which agencies of the United Nations, multilateral banks for the development participate and national and international not governmental associations. The new program, called GloFouling Partnership, will take care in particular of the aquatic transfer of the species through the biofouling, that is the accumulation of microorganisms, plants, algae or animals on the hulls of the ships.

the plan will be concentrated on the performance of the lines guides of the IMO for the control and the management of the incrustations of the hulls caused from the colonization from marine organisms, that they supply indications on as the phenomenon of the biofouling would have to be controlled and managed in order to reduce the invasive aquatic transfer of species.

the partner of the initiative has explained that the GloFouling plan will be based on the success of the plan GEF-UNDP-IMO GloBallast Partnership that is carried to term this year and is lead in order to place the bases for the performance of Convention BWM (Ballast Toilets Toilets Management) of the IMO for the management of ballast waters, than draft of potentially invasive the aquatic transfer of species in the ballast water of the ships.

IMO, UNDP and GEP has specified that the new plan will have the objective to increase the ability to the Developing countries to reduce the invasive aquatic introduction of species mediated the biofouling.

"the IMO - it has emphasized the director of the Marine Environment division of International the Marine Organization, Stefan Micallef - has led the way of the international effort in order to face the topic of the invasive aquatic transfer of species from the ships. To face the problem of the fouling of the hull of the ship is a crucial step in order protect the marine biodiversity. The treatment of the hulls in order to reduce the contamination from the aquatic organisms offers the additional advantage to reduce the gas emissions to greenhouse effect, since is diminished the resistance chafe them in phase of navigation".

the preliminary plan GloFouling Partnership is approved of last May by the council of the GEF and has had a equipment financial institution of 6,9 million dollars. Currently a phase of detailed preparation is on whose turned out they will be subordinates newly to the GEF for the preliminary final approval to the start of the operating phase.