Marianne Lang – MedPAN

Two new projects on MPA co-management approaches launched this September

In the framework of the MedPAN thematic Call for Small Projects on MPA co-management approaches, two projects have been selected and are starting their activities this September 2020. The projects have a duration of 12-18 months and are funded by

Extending the Collaborations over the Mediterranean Sea by promoting the excellent model of Gökova MPA into Karaburun-Sazani MPA and Al Hoceima National Park for Sustainable Fisheries Development

Project beneficiary: Albanian Center for Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development (ACEPSD) – Albania Partners: Mediterranean Conservation Society (TURKEY); Association de Gestion Intégrée de Ressources/ Integrated Resource Management Association – AGIR (MOROCCO); Regional Administrate of Protected Areas in Vlore, RAPA Vlore

Co-management of the Kneiss Islands for a sustainable MPA

Project beneficiary: Association de la Continuité des Générations (ACG) – Tunisia Partners: Agence de Protection et d’Aménagement du Littoral – APAL; Direction Générale des Forêts – DGF; Municipalité de Ghraiba MPA: Kneiss Islands Nature Reserve Context: The Kneiss Islands Nature

Three MedPAN small projects on the sustainable management of marine turtles launched in 2020

In the framework of the MedPAN thematic call for small projects on the sustainable management of marine turtles, 3 projects have been selected and are starting their activities. The projects have a duration of 12 to 18 months and are

Conservation of sea turtles and their habitats in the island of Farwa

Project beneficiary: Bado Association – Libya Partners: Environmental General Authority; Libyan Sea Turtle Program; Libyan Society for Artisanal fisherman Friends; Libyan Society of Bird; Municipal Council (Greater Zuwara Municipality); Onan Resort; Zuwara Youth Hostel; Aquaculture complex of Farwa MPA; Committee

AMELIE: InnovAtive Monitoring at marinE and coastaL habItats: fostEring management and conservation of sea turtles at Cephalonia Island, Ionian Sea

Project beneficiary: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki – Greece MPA: Ainos National Park Context: Ainos National Park is located in Western Greece, Ionian Sea, and covers terrestrial, coastal and marine habitats of Cephalonia and Ithaca Islands. The project will focus on

Coordinated monitoring and management of sea turtle nesting activity in the western Mediterranean through MPA

Project beneficiary: Uvic-UCC (Fundació Universitària Balmes) – Spain Partners: Universitat de Barcelona; Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn MPAs: MPA Costes del Maresme (Spain); MPA Delta de l’Ebre (Spain); MPA Costa degli Infreschi e della Masseta (Italy); MPA Santa Maria di Castellabate

The DestiMED project comes to an end after 3 years of implementation

The European project DestiMED ended on October 31 after 3 years of implementation. The DestiMED project brought together 7 Mediterranean partners (Lazio Region, Federparchi, MedPAN, National Agency for Protected Areas in Albania, WWF Adria, WWF Mediterranean and IUCN Med) and

Breakthrough DestiMED assessment methodology applied for the first time to ecotourism packages in France

Thanks to the Interreg-MED-funded project DestiMED, Calanques National Park and Camargue Regional Nature Park have been able to measure and manage the Ecological Footprint of their ecotourism packages. Food has been found to be the highest contributor and primary component

DestiMED final event

The Final Conference of the DestiMED project will take place on 22 and 23 October in Rome. The European project DestiMED was launched at the end of 2016 for a period of 3 years. DestiMED brings together 13 marine and

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