Acronym MPA Engage
Category
Fisheries
Title Engaging Mediterranean key actors in Ecosystem Approach to manage Marine Protected Areas to face Climate change Programme Interreg V
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source European Coordinator NA Coordinator email NA
Coordinator institution
CSIC - Spanish National Research Council (Spain)
Institutions involved
APAWA - Association for Protection of Aquatic Wildlife of Albania (Albania) ,
NA - Consorzio di Gestione dell'Area Marina Protetta del Promontorio di Portofino (Italy) ,
NA - Government of Catalonia (Spain) ,
NA - Liguria Region (Italy) ,
NA - Marine Protected Area of Tavolara Punta Coda Cavallo (Italy) ,
UNIVPM - Polytechnic University of Marche (Italy) ,
SZN - Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn (Italy) ,
UVIGO - University of Vigo (Spain) ,
Start year 2019 End year 2022 Funding (€) € 3,049,783 Website https://keep.eu/projects/23484/Engaging-Mediterranean-key--EN/ Summary The Mediterranean is being and will be heavily impacted by Climate Change (CC). There is a global (CBD), EU (Directive on Birds/Habitats) and Med (UNEP/MAP, MAPII, MSSD; Barcelona Convention) consensus to strengthen Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) as key tools to prevent further biodiversity loss and maintain ecosystem.Although the EU policy, MSP and MSFD, provides the framework to address CC effects, their current implementation is essentially missing. Likewise, most MPAs lack of specific adaptation plans to CC.The overall objective of MPA-ENGAGE is to promote the role of MPAs as nature-based solutions for the implementation of EcAp to CC adaptation: The QUINTUPLE HELIX (MPAs, socio-eco actors, local/regional authorities, scientists and citizens) from 8 countries will cooperate towards adapting the management of 7 Med MPAs to CC impacts. The engagement, for the first time, of citizen scientists (recreational divers) and small-scale fishery actors will be essential.The operational know-how will be capitalized and transmitted (by Trainings, Twinning &Data Sharing) to key coastal actors to develop an extremely robust and resilient strategy for success.Lastly, MPA-ENGAGE will promote a Med Policy Dialogue among an assembly of associates (scientists, MPAs, & Networks/regions). The unambiguous support to MPA-ENGAGE by organisations such as MEDPAN, RAC-SPA, UNEP/MAP, FAO; GFCM, CPMR-ICM, WWF and UfM well demonstrates the compliance with wider EU & Med strategies and policies.
Keywords
Small scale fisheries;
Ecosystem approach;
Fisheries management;
MPA;
Marine Region
74
Northern Adriatic (GSA 17)
49
Gulf of Lions (GSA 7)
50
Sardinia (east) (GSA 11.2)
47
Ligurian and North Tyrrhenian Sea (GSA 9)
61
Eastern Ionian Sea (GSA 20)
45
Southern Adriatic Sea (GSA 18)
6
Marine Region Map
