Financ par / Financed by Regional training on the sustainable financing of Mediterranean MPAs...

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Regional training on the sustainable financing of Mediterranean MPAs

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Formation régionale sur le financement durable des AMP de Méditerranée

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19-21 oct 2015 – Calvi, France

Financement durable des AMP de Méditerranée / Sustainable financing of Mediterranean MPAs - 19-21 octobre 2015 - Calvi, France

Laurent Sourbès

Managing financial sustainability in the National Marine Park of Zakynthos

Management Agency of Zakynthos National Marine Park (Greece)


The National Marine Park of Zakynthos

PROTECTED AREA Marine area : 89 km2 Terrestrial area : 14.2 km2 Peripheral area: 31 km2 Natura 2000: 2 Site of Community interest 1 Site Special Protected Area Priority species : Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta), Monk seal (Monachus monachus), Cory's shearwater (Calonectris diomeda), Eleonora’s falcon (Falco eleonora) Priority habitats : Posidonia beds, Calcareous fens with Cladium mariscusNumber of Loggerhead Sea Turtle nests (average): 1200 Importance nesting activity : It is estimated that Zakynthos hold about 30-40 % of the Greek nests and about 20% of the nesting effort in the Mediterranean.MANAGEMENT AGENCY (established in 2000) Administrative and scientific staff : 13 Wardens: 19 + 23 seasonal wardens Management Board : 1 president, 10 members


ZNMP Institutional roles

CONSERVATIONMANAGEMENTPROMOTIONSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTCOOPERATIONNETWORK

Presidential Decree 906/D/1999 Zakynthos National Marine Park

1650/86 Law for the protection of the environment2742/99 Law on "Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development“3937/2011 Law on “Biodiversity conservation”

Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora Directive 2008/56/EC on Marine StrategyDirective 2009/147/EK on the conservation of wild birdsDirective 2014/89/EK on Maritime spatial planning

Main Objectives: to protect and manage one of the most important loggerhead sea turtle nesting beaches in the Mediterranean while maintaining and developing economic activities in a sustainable way


ZNMP main objectives and activities


• Basic operation Surveillance Public awareness Scientific monitoring General operation of the Management

Agency

• Cost categories Wages (permanent and seasonal staff) External assistance Recurrent operational cost

(maintenance, electricity, water, telecommunications, etc)

Equipment-infrastructures

Financing basic needs of the NMPZ

Financing sources

• National budget

• Programmes – projects

• Donations

• Commercial activities


• Public awareness

• Scientific research and monitoring

• Unforeseen events

• Surveillance

Complementary – supplementary funding

From the theory to practice :-Business plan 2003- Period 2006 - 20010


Monitoring activities :Caretta’s Odyssey

- Study of the population of loggerhead turtles that visit Zakynthos for reproduction, which will result in the undertaking of more effective managerial techniques and policies. - Collection of scientific data on the biology and ethology of the loggerhead sea turtle Caretta carettα across the Mediterranean Sea. GPS Transmitters was placed on both male and female turtles that will then broadcast through a satellite system the valuable scientific data accumulated during their long journey.


Monitoring activities :Caretta’s Odyssey

Budget "Caretta Odyssey " 2007-2013 Transmitters (25) 63.250 €Data collection 41.000 €Website creation and maintenance 7.600 €Different costs 12.800 €Final cost 124.650 € Donations 114.001 €NMPZ own funding ressources 10.649 €Final Income 124.650 €

- The program is supported by sponsors who, through the ‘adoption’ of a sea turtle, cover the expenses of the transmitters and the collection of scientific data. Afterwards, each sponsor is able to trace the ‘wander-odyssey’ of his/her adopted turtle across the Mediterranean basin.


Monitoring activities : Caretta’s Odyssey

Source: Gail Schofield and al, 2012

Source: Gail Schofield and al, 2013

Project output


Public awareness activities• “De Madras á Zakynthos”


Public awareness activities• Corporate Social responsibility (Playmobil)


Public awareness activities

-Special events (festival of Sea Turtle, Festival of wine)- Permanent exhibitions (airport, attic parkr)


Stakeholders involvement Consensus seekingParticipative approach

The sea turtle watching activity :-Agreement- Contract- Endorsement- Regulations


[email protected]

MedPAN Secretariat:Jean-Pierre de Palma - [email protected]

Pierre Vignes – [email protected]

Magali Mabari – [email protected]

MedPAN Secretariat:Jean-Pierre de Palma - [email protected]

Pierre Vignes – [email protected]

Magali Mabari – [email protected]

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