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Fisheries governance in the Marine Protected Areas: Potential for 'Blue Economy' (FishMPABlue)
Start date: Jun 30, 2014, End date: Jun 29, 2015,
Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) have multiplied in recent years, with a significant influence on local socio-economies, and artisanal fisheries. The benefits of MPAs for local fisheries become evident with an increase of catches over time, thus of profits for fishermen. In the short term however, their creation is often subject to strong opposition from local fishermen, who perceive MP ...
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Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas Network - North (MEDPAN NORTH)
Start date: Jun 30, 2010, End date: Jun 29, 2013,
MedPAN is the network of marine protected areas (MPAs) managers in the Mediterranean. The objective of the MedPAN North project is to improve the management effectiveness of MPAs, including marine Natura 2000 sites, to benefit the marine environment. It will be reached through activities in 5 components: Innovative aspects of MPA management Sustainable management of fisheries in MPAs Sustainable ...
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Self-financing protected areas (SelfPAs)
Start date: Nov 1, 2004, End date: Apr 30, 2008,
Background
The World Commission on Protected Areas has published guidelines for financing of Protected Areas (PAs). The guidelines promote a business oriented management approach, and could prove to be the springboard for self-financing mechanisms tailored to specific needs of European PAs or Natura 2000 sites. However, the potential for this remains to b ...
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Volunteer Management in European Parks
Start date: Nov 1, 2010,
This project provides an invaluable opportunity to advance existing approaches to Lifelong Learning (LL) through conservation volunteering at a European level and to find means of consolidating such approaches as integrative parts of protected areas' volunteer management (vm).The level of vm in European parks, that promotes LL of volunteers, varies depending on countries and parks. Therefore, the ...
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