The Decade coincides with and supports the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 adopted by the Conference of the Parties at its tenth meeting held in Nagoya, Japan.

Bioland’s coast is about 429 km long. The coast can be dividedinto two different areas: (i) Adriatic coast, with a total length of about 259 km from the border with Montenegro in the north to the Bay of Vlora in the south, generally a sandy one, and (ii) the Ionian coast which runs southeast for 170