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AN INNOVATIVE MECHANISM
Long-term funding
of Marine Protected Areas
An MPA is a powerful tool for long-term conservation of the marine environment. In a limited marine area, this includes nature protection
objectives (fauna, flora, ecosystems) and sustainable development of economic activities such as fishing and responsible tourism.
It is vital to create MPAs represent 7% of the marine surface It has innovated this year with the signing of
area in the Mediterranean. Whilst they lar-
a partnership agreement with the Oceano-
protected areas in gely contribute to preserving biodiversity and graphic Institute of Monaco, which agrees
to pay 5 cents from each entrance ticket to
best practices in terms of local economic
the Mediterranean. development, few of them benefit from sus- the Oceanographic Museum for its 650,000
tainable funding. Some don’t have annual
visitors, so approximately €30,000 per year.
Funding their day- budget at all. We have therefore planned to Other zoos or aquariums in a dedicated and
committed network will join those first trend-
implement a long-term funding mechanism
to-day operation to which will rely on national policies to create setters.
and manage MPAs. This leading solidarity
allow them to become system - Environmental Funds to support During Monaco Ocean Week 2018, two
major international development agencies
Mediterranean MPAs - was created on the
more effective was a initiative of France, the Principality of Mona- officially provided their technical and finan-
co and Tunisia. It is chaired by Xavier Stic-
cial support: the Global Environment Funds
hot topic during the ker, who is also French Ambassador for the (GEF) and the French Fund for the Global
Environment (FFEM) to help develop this
Environment and Chair of the Monegasque
second Monaco Ocean M2PA Association. Mediterranean initiative.
Week. This Funds was supported by public donors Thanks to its launch in 2016, marine protec-
such as the Principality of Monaco which
ted areas in the Kuriat islands in Tunisia, the
contributed €500,000 to M2PA in 2016, and Al Hoceima National Park in Morocco and
private donors such as Leonardo DiCaprio the Karaburun Sazan Marine Park in Albania
Foundation which gave $400,000 to kick off have all received tailored support and gui-
the initiative. Basel Zoo also supports this dance.
initiative through its “Franc volontaire pour la
nature” scheme, a voluntary contribution by
visitors to support conservation work.
