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THE MEDFUND
EXPANDS ITS ACTION IN
THE MEDITERRANEAN
During the Board of Directors meeting held To date, over €1 million in grants have
in Monaco during Monaco Ocean Week been paid to support Mediterranean
and chaired by Leila Chikhaoui-Mahdaoui, MPAs, representing a total commitment of
Tunisia's Minister for the Environment, The over €4.6 million up to 2027.
MedFund made several commitments ai-
med at improving the effectiveness of the Five new funding agreements were appro-
management of marine protected areas ved at the Council meeting to support the
(MPAs). The latter are recognised as ef- Katic and Platamuni MPAs in Montenegro,
fective tools for protecting marine eco- the Kerkennah MPA in Tunisia, and two
systems and conserving biodiversity while high-protection MPAs, the Telascica MPA
contributing to local development. Howe- in Croatia and the Datça Bozburun MPA
ver, due to a lack of human and financial in Turkey.
resources, many of the MPAs created in
the Mediterranean are not effective and do
not fulfil their objective of preserving ma-
rine environments. The MedFund's efforts
are part of this trajectory.
