Ritmare is the leading Italian marine research project for the period 2012-2016. The project is co-funded by public and private resources. It is coordinated by the National Research Council and involves an integrated effort of most of the scientific community working on marine and maritime issues, as well as some major industrial groups.The project has been structured around the following three objectives: to support integrated policies for the safeguard of the environment ; to enable sustainable use of resources and to implement a strategy of prevention and mitigation of natural impacts.
