In 1998, the Italian Ministry for the Environment set up the Protected natural marine area Cinque Terre to protect the natural environment and to promote socio-economic development compatible with the natural landscape of the area.
1998., talijansko ministarstvo za okoliš je proglasilo zaštitu prirodnog morskog područja Cinque Terre u cilju zaštite prirodnog okoliša i promicanja društveno-ekonomskog razvoj u skladu s prirodnim krajolikom.