MPA NETWORKS toolbox – Management efficiency

MedPAN tools

• Surveillance and enforcement of regulations in Mediterranean MPAs. A practical guide (2015).
• Snorkel surveys of the marine environment: Methodological guide (2014)

• Monitoring for managing Mediterranean MPAs. MedPAN Workshop proceedings (2014).

MedPAN North project (2010-2013)

• Guide for quick evaluation of management in Mediterranean MPAs (2013).
• Visitor use observation and monitoring in Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas. A Handbook for Managers (2013).

MedMPAnet project (2010-2015)

• Stakeholder participation toolkit for identification, designation and management of Marine Protected Areas (2013).

WWF Med tools

• Making Marine Protected Areas works. Lessons learned in the Mediterranean (2012).
• Towards 2020. How Mediterranean countries are performing to protect their sea (2019).
• Capacity building strategy to enhance the management of MPAs in the Mediterranean Sea (2012).

PISCO

• The science of Marine Protected Areas. Third edition: Mediterranean Sea (2016).

MMMPA project (2012-2015)

• Monitoring Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas. A set of guidelines to support the development of management plans (2016).

Life Indemares (2009-2014)

• Project website

COCONET project (2012-2016)

• Project website

CUMECS-2 (2014)

• Project website

Climaparks (2010-2013)

• Climate change and management of Protected Areas

Others

• How is your MPA doing? A guidebook of natural and social indicators for evaluating marine protected areas management effectiveness (2004).

• MPA Capacity Assessment Survey Tool – NOAA/GCFI (in english)

• MPA Capacity Assessment Survey Tool – NOAA/GCFI (in spanish)

• MPA Capacity Assessment Survey Tool – NOAA/GCFI (MPA capacity program)

• Score Card to Assess Progress in Achieving Management Effectiveness Goals for Marine Protected Areas (2004).

• MPA MEAT: Marine Protected Area Effectiveness Assessment Tool (2011).

• IMET: Integrated Management Effectiveness Tool

• Rapid Assessment and Prioritization of Protected Area Management (RAPPAM) Methodology (2003).

• Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool (2007).

• Enhancing our Heritage Toolkit. Assessing management effectiveness of natural World Heritage sites (2008).