MPA NETWORKS marches on
This article was published first on MEDPAN website and is available here.
Despite the current context, the MPA NETWORKS project is in full swing. This project, which gathers 10 partners and is led by MedPAN, aims at strengthening Marine Protected Area managers networks in the Mediterranean to boost the efficiency of MPAs.
Focusing on 4 topics – MPA management effectiveness, sustainable small scale fisheries, conservation of mobile species and sustainable financing – the project features an array of inter-related activities:
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- Port Cros National Park in France: Pilot action on management effectiveness & small scale fisheries –
- Portofino MPA in Italy: Pilot action on sustainable financing & small scale fisheries –
- Torre del Cerrano MPA (note: link removed/ page inactive) in Italy: Pilot action on small scale fisheries
- Torre Guaceto MPA in Italy: Pilot action on small scale fisheries & mobile species conservation
- Brijuni National Park (link removed/ page inactive) in Croatia: Pilot action on management effectiveness
- Zakynthos National Marine Park in Greece: Pilot action on mobile species conservation
- Strunjan Landscape Park (link removed/ page inactive) in Slovenia: Pilot action on small scale fisheries & conservation of mobile species –
- Karaburun Sazan National Marine Park (link removed/ page inactive) in Albania: Pilot action on small scale fisheries
- Llevant Marine Reserve (link removed/ page inactive) in Spain: Pilot action on sustainable financing – Financing
Other activities of the project are also moving forward such as the establishment of working groups to provide the network with in-depth and permanent expertise on the key themes of the project. See the article dedicated to the working groups.
The setup of a permanent and operational training programme for MPA practitioners as well as the organisation of the Mediterranean MPA Forum, that should take a different form due to the pandemics, are also underway. More on these subjects will be shared soon.
A poster and a presentation presenting the project are available.