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RAC/SPA was present with many presentations during the third edition of the International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC
3) co-organized by the Agence des aires marines protégées (French Marine Protected Areas Agency) and the International Union for
Conservation of Nature (IUCN), from 21 to 27 October in Marseilles (France).
This congress, organized every four years, brings together
major maritime stakeholders from around the globe,
beyond national or sectorial boundaries, to assist in the
conservation and sustainable development of the oceans.
This year, more than 700 contributions from 1500 persons
and 87 nations were made, and RAC/SPA supported,
through the MedMPAnet Project, the attendance of 9
Mediterranean participants to IMPAC3 from Albania,
Croatia, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia.
From all these contributions, RAC/SPAwas actively present
during several events:
Tuesday 22 Oct.:
RAC/SPA participated to:
• The workshop entitled ‘Designing and implementing pelagic MPAs’ where a presentation on ‘Highly mobile threatened
marine vertebrates need for large pelagic MPAs to keep a good status of conservation’ was made (presented by Lea DAVID
from EcoOcean Institute).
• The Special Event ‘How regional MPA networks contribute to implementing the CBD Aïchi targets: Sharing Mediterranean
experience with other regional seas initiatives’ where RAC/SPA made a talk on its activities for the conservation of the open
seas, including deep seas, in the Mediterranean, explaining the process for the definition of EBSAs and the project to promote
SPAMIs embracing the open seas. (presented
by Daniel CEBRIAN)
Besides a number of RAC/SPA recent publications
have been made available to the special event
attendees.
Wednesday 23 Oct.:
RAC/SPA participated to the Workshop on
‘Experiences with national MPA networks: Guidelines
and Targets’ with two presentations:
• Towards the development of a national network
of marine protected areas (MPAs) in Lebanon
(presented by Atef LIMAM).
• Towards the development of a national
network of marine protected areas (MPAs) in
Libya: Marine extension of El Kouf National Park
(presented by Yassine Ramzi SGHAIER).
IMPAC3
Participation of RAC/SPA to the International Marine Protected Areas
Congress
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