Mediterranean Action Plan - SAP
This Strategic Action Programme is based on the preliminary findings of the
regionally prepared transboundary diagnostic analysis that represents a regional synthesis of
actions regarding the protection of the marine environment from land-based activities. The
following Table presents the perceived major problems of the Mediterranean region and their
associated transboundary elements. Seven major problems have been identified from a
review of the results of the work of the Mediterranean Action Plan over the last twenty years,
the work of related programmes and the reviews undertaken in the context of the present
activity. Five main root causes are identified as resulting in the identified problems, although
the relative importance of each cause differs in relation to the individual problems. In addition
two major types of action are proposed to address each of the identified problems and again
the relative importance of each area of action differs according to the nature of the problem. (p. 2)




