In the last decades, climate change and the rapid urbanization due to the development of the coastal economy have led to biodiversity loss and the fragmentation of habitat in many coastal zones. The presence of protected areas cannot prevent the progress of land degradation. However, these areas are very important because they provide significant ecosystem services and affect local tourism. With regard to increasing adaptation strategies to human pressures and climate change, the present study proposes a detailed monitoring activity and an ecological restoration plan which could improve the resilience of a protected coastal zone in the Pantano forest of Policoro, located on the Ionian coast (southern Italy). In this area, continuous phenomena of intensive deforestation, hydraulic reclamation actions, and fires have reduced the native species of particular naturalistic value, favouring the advancement of desertification, coastal erosion, and saltwater intrusion. The proposed actions are derived from a preliminary analysis on maps, UAV-images, climate data and from meetings with the local community. The operative process detailed in this article could be applied to other protected areas which are subjected to the same phenomena and problems.

在过去的几十年里，气候变化和沿海经济发展导致的快速城市化导致了许多沿海地区的生物多样性丧失和栖息地的破碎化。保护区的存在不能阻止土地退化的进展。然而，这些地区非常重要，因为它们提供重要的生态系统服务并影响当地旅游业。关于增加对人类压力和气候变化的适应策略，本研究提出了一项详细的监测活动和生态恢复计划，可以提高位于爱奥尼亚海岸（南部意大利）。在这一地区，持续的森林砍伐、水力填海活动、大火减少了具有特殊自然价值的本地物种，有利于沙漠化、海岸侵蚀和海水入侵。提议的行动来自对地​​图、无人机图像、气候数据的初步分析以及与当地社区的会议。本文中详述的操作过程可以应用于遭受相同现象和问题的其他保护区。