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Prince Albert II Foundation5th Monaco Blue InitiativeTARA, a sailboat for the planet

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NEWSWhen the sea inspires innovation p.03 à 05 GRIMALDI FORUMWater: our priority area p.06Recertification is in the bag p.06 PRINCE ALBERT II FOUNDATION5th Monaco Blue Initiative p.07Tara, a sailboat for the planet p.08Comprehensive Ocean Governance p.09 et 10Monaco against deforestation p.11 et 12 The 2014 winners of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Awards p.13

FOCUS ON...Meeting with the CESTMed and WWF France p.14 à 16

MONACOThe Principality is happy with its APIdays p.17Two SBM hotels certified Green Globe p.19Let’s moove sustainably, let’s be Mobee p.20 Monacology, a 10th year full of surprises! p.21Glances of children under the sea with the CESMM p.21 SHORT NEWS p.23

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Returning from the Solidarity Exhibition in Paris where his company Eaunergie won the “Hope for Innovation for International Solidarity” prize, thus rewarding his SeamOb machine, Mehdi Hadj-Abed welcomes us to the Principality where it all began, necessarily close to the sea, his natural resource of choice.

What is your process connecting water and energy?The SeamOb is a mobile machine that can desalinate seawater using renewable energy to make it completely safe to drink. It enables poor countries to react in an emergency or when facing disaster situations. It uses Reverse Osmosis technology and produces 30 litres of freshwater from seawater containing up to 40 grams of salt per litre. Thanks to a solar panel, it is autonomous in terms of energy. It was selected as an innovative product by the Commissioners of the World Water Forum in March 2012 and by those of the International Agricultural Exhibition in Morocco in May 2012.

Where did you get the idea to create Eaunergie?The real reason for creating this company comes from my childhood: I had to go the source of the drinking water with a wheelbarrow in order to be able to bring it home. So I have been aware of this problem since I was very little. After my studies, I worked in a seawater desalination company and I quickly understood that I did not like their methods: their system was polluting, there was an enormous waste of energy, and ultimately the water was not properly mineralised, which means it was not good. In addition to that, I wanted to design something portable so that it would be more accessible. Four years after having left the company, I had the idea to create my own solar-powered machines to deal with these issues.

How was the Eaunergie adventure born?The story of Eaunergie accelerated thanks to two competitions that I won: at the Next Generation Entrepreneur Forum in March 2006, and then through the Monaco Department of International Cooperation’s publicly funded assistance for international development and cooperation. I was then offered a project to build a clinic in Mauritania providing solutions to water and energy problems. Transforming water takes a lot of energy. In the field, they had neither one nor the other, so it was necessary to intervene to make drinking water for them using clean and easily renewable energy. Machines like the SeamOb or the Seasun were therefore very suited to the situation.

Who are the customers interested in your process?We have three types of customers … Our main one is the Government. We have carried out work on the suspended gardens at the Quai de l’Hirondelle, with the aim of finding a way to irrigate the gardens and create shadow using solar panels. Then we have private companies such as hotels and green tourism companies. Finally, we have the humanitarian ones: We do a lot of work on reconstructions and supporting populations. We have, for example, connected up a refrigerator that works using solar energy in a care center in Africa. Our equipment allows vaccines to be kept cool, but also produces energy that can be used for lighting. Our goal is to really help people.

Can you tell us more about your partnerships, especially the one with the Prince Albert II Foundation?Thanks to the Innovation for Solidarity’s Hope award, the SeamOb project will be displayed for one year in the office of Annick Giradin, Secretary of State for Development and Francophonie. In this way, she presents our concept and allows

a bridge to be built between innovation and investment. As for the Prince Albert II Foundation, it has been our partner since 2007 and has a 10% capital stake. It now supports our projects, especially with regards to communication. It worked with us on the clinic project in Mauritania and on missions in the Moroccan desert. In total, we sell one desalination machine a year. The Foundation works by our side to spread information and perhaps reach new targets.

One of your driving forces is innovation … What is your latest technological discovery?At the moment, I am working on a machine that will allow river water to be treated manually. It is currently being patented. It is designed to be put together where one needs it; in this way, assembly can be local. The aim is to be able to distribute as many as possible. There is nothing electrical inside, even the filters are recyclable and it is portable. It’s called the EaumOb. We have workshops planned in Cairo and Chile to allow machines to be created and above all to create employment.

What are your current projects and what are your ambitions for the future?In terms of projects, we have a lot of contacts in Chile, the Philippines, as well as expert contacts in Saudi Arabia and Morocco. My ambition comes from a new idea: I would like to design EaumOb assembly workshops in Egypt. This would allow the provision of knowledge and solutions. Many jobs would be created, allowing the input of labour, and with these workshops we can, thanks to the communities that have worked with this training, provide water and allow them to grow in an economic sense. Water is a resource that can bring with it agriculture, etc. This would solve a lot of problems. With the SeamOb, we can bring help to populations in extreme distress, on a case-by-case basis. One of my goals would be to move from a development stage to real industrialisation, but this requires additional financial resources ...

Facility in Morocco: pumping in a palm grove using power from the sun

Hope Innovation prize for International Solidarity at the Solidarity Exhibition held in Paris between 12 and 14 June last year.

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Scheduled for the 10 to 12 July, the Solar1 Monte-Carlo Cup launched the Yacht Club de Monaco’s summer water activities, only a few days after the official opening of its new building. For the first competition organised at the Quai Louis II, the Club chose to innovate by welcoming the first race on the open Mediterranean Sea of boats powered by solar energy. 27 teams from international universities took part in this first event, some coming from Brazil and the United States.

These motorboats write a new chapter in maritime history; they were developed by international universities and are piloted by young students. A new sport, destined for a great future, combining skill and endurance and using only solar energy, has seen establishments such as the Carnegie Mellon Solar Racing Team (United States), Delft University of Technology (Netherlands) and UFSC University (Brazil) competing with each other.

Divided into three classes (Class A, V20 and Open Class), races take place over slalom, fleet and dual courses. A fascinating show close to the coast and in front of the port, and one that is easy for the public to follow. “It is a new adventure and sends a strong signal in the field of the environment”, said HSH Prince Albert II, President of the Y.C.M., who provides his support to this event.

PlanetSolar, the giant catamaran (31m – 537 m2 of photovoltaic surface area), whose motors are powered exclusively by solar energy, has to some extent sponsored this first year by acting as jury boat.

Let us recall that departing from Monaco in 2010 and arriving back in the Principality in 2012, Planet Solar completed the first round-the-world journey by boat exclusively using solar energy.

Another highlight of this event, the Solar1 Conference, held in the lounges of the Yacht Club, allowed the public to discover this new technology, which was presented by different experts, including Bart Bouwhuis and Marnix J. Hoekstra (both maritime architects at Vripack), Joris Melkert (Technical Director at TU Delft), Aleski Tukianen of Cambridge University, Vittorio Chiesa of the Milan Polytechnic School, the navigator Gérard d’Aboville (captain of the MS Tûranor PlanetSolar) and Dr Marco Casiraghi, who supports the initiative of Sergei Dobroserdov, President of Solar1, in collaboration with the Yacht Club de Monaco.

The children were also treated to three days of festivities with a race of solar-powered scale-models.

In the evening, the paddocks area came alive with the services of a DJ and the Delftse Studenten Big Band jazz group, while the solar boats were on display in the village - Nuon 6 (Nuon Solar Team from the Netherlands) and CUER (Cambridge University).

In conclusion, Bernard d’Alessandri, Secretary General of the Yacht Club de Monaco said, at the end of the three days: “This technology developed by this new generation of engineers suggests that it will soon be applicable to pleasure boating, including the larger yachts. We find once more the enthusiasm of the last century when Monaco welcomed the first meetings of motorboats and the Principality was one of the finest showcases of nascent power-boating”.

A first in Monaco …27 boats take part in the solar race!

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SeaOrbiterAn ode to 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

When we look at this pioneering vessel, we cannot fail to see the legacy of Jules Verne and the great maritime explorers; It takes us into the oceans’ depths to discover unknown worlds across the still-unexplored 10,000 mountains and 5,000 underwater valleys, into the darkness of the depths to encounter new species and forms of life. And this is the task facing SeaOrbiter! This international ocean station, the construction of which is expected to start in late 2014, drifting in the deep ocean currents in silence to better capture data and capable of 24/7, in-situ underwater observation, is the result of thirty years of research in the fields of maritime and submarine architecture, led by the architect Jacques Rougerie, who is passionate about the underwater world that he dreams one day of inhabiting.

This vertical vessel of 58 metres in height (keel unfolded), 31 of which are underwater, is made of recyclable aluminium and can accommodate 18-22 people on 12 levels, 6 of which are underwater; It signifies the beginning of a new era of underwater exploration. 70% of the 35 million Euros necessary for the vessel’s construction has already been gathered, 1% having been raised through the crowdfunding platform Kiss Kiss Bank Bank for the construction of the eye of the SeaOrbiter.

The first mission, in collaboration with IFREMER, CNRS and the Oceanographic Institute of Monaco, should see the ship exploring the depths of the Mediterranean, its unknown species and lost civilisations. SeaOrbiter should leave the port of Monaco in spring 2016 for a year of exploration before drifting in the Gulf Stream. We wager that Jacques Rougerie’s project will be a veritable spearhead for a “blue society” based on a new socio-economic model that includes, in a responsible and sustainable manner, the ocean as the primary source of innovation and solutions for the planet.

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As part of its ISO 14001 certification, in effect since 2008, the Grimaldi Forum defined the management of its water consumption as a priority area for the current financial year. In five years, our water consumption has reduced by 34%, going from 16,180 m3 in 2009 to 10,663 m3 in 2013.

This reduction is already very significant and results principally from:

- Investment in equipment;- The responsible behaviour of each user;- On-site continuous monitoring of the water system by teams from the Centralised Technical Management Unit (CTM) and from the current provider CRYSTAL / SOGET.

The choice of this priority area was, however, driven by the need to improve our ability to respond in the event of leakage in the network, but also to re-educate internal stakeholders on this key focus of environmental policy at the Grimaldi Forum. To achieve this, new signage was put up in March 2014 near all the water points in the building. This had two objectives:

- Behavioural awareness-raising, via the message, “Let’s save water; help us save water”, in French and in English.

- An internal phone number in order to report a leak to the security control room.

On the occasion of World Water Day, an internal highlight was organised around the showing of Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s magnificent documentary “The Thirst of the World”, released for the first time in 2012 on the occasion of the 6th International World Water Forum. This 1h30m documentary was shot in twenty countries and provides food for thought regarding the use of water resources on a global scale. This exceptional showing was offered to all of the permanent personnel on a giant screen in the Salle des Princes (Hall of Princes). In the preamble, the Environmental Officer recalled the commitments of the GFM on the theme of water, its main results in figures and the ongoing projects at its CTM department.

Alongside these communication campaigns, significant technical development was triggered … To date, the reading of water consumption data (meter readings) has been carried out manually and on a monthly basis by the maintenance teams for the facilities across the water network.

As part of environmental monitoring, the Grimaldi Forum decided to automate, via its CTM system, the monitoring and reading of water, heating energy and cooling energy consumption.

The complete functional study of metering, made up of 54 volumetric meters and 65 energy meters, as well as part of the implementation, was carried out internally.

Currently, the automatic issue of the metering log is in testing and we are planning the internal development of trigger alarms for excessive water consumption. This alert system will help improve our ability to respond in case of leaks in the network.

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“The particularly complimentary certification audit reflects the sincere commitment of the Grimaldi Forum to a respectful approach to the environment...” With these few words of appreciation sent by mail to our General Management, HSH Prince Albert II welcomed the new ISO 14001-2004 recertification of our company, now valid until 2017! During this “final exam”, the DNV auditor’s investigators gave particular priority to the proper functioning of the environmental management system.

The auditor was particularly sensitive to the excellent control of the Centralised Technical Management system for an optimised energy policy, a clear understanding of the environmental issues at the workplace on the part of every employee interviewed, the very significant progress of waste sorting in 2013, the introduction of e-learning to raise awareness internally and the clearly structured and daily ongoing training inside the Security control room.

Precursor … Since 2008!

Recall that the Grimaldi Forum Monaco is one of the first convention and cultural centers in Europe to obtain the ISO 14001:2004 environmental certification. This certification was the culmination of work initiated by all of our teams in order to participate in the green responsibility movement started by the Principality of Monaco at the instigation of its Sovereign Prince, but likewise to respond to international corporate tourism’s increasingly pressing demands in this field. Under the “ACT GREEN” banner, the Grimaldi Forum Monaco aims to consolidate its willingness to act in favour of a cleaner events industry that is more respectful to the environment.

Consequently the Grimaldi Forum Monaco wanted to complement its existing ecological measures, exemplified by the use of seawater as renewable energy for its air conditioning, and so has adopted immediate solutions to reduce its environmental impact: the introduction of waste sorting, the recycling of carpeting and PVC signage sheeting, the use of eco-certified products, reducing electricity consumption by using low-voltage light bulbs, etc..

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5th Monaco Blue InitiativeThe fifth edition of the Monaco Blue Initiative, held in Santiago, Chile, was marked by a sense of urgency to act on ocean conservation, but also the exploration of a set of tools to act.

Presided over by H.S.H Prince Albert II of Monaco, this year’s conference discussed several high impact topics during the intense day-and-a-half event, including aquaculture, governance on the high seas and how to manage Marine Protected Areas so they are financed over time and include local populations.

It was also an opportunity to highlight Chilean experiences in salmon aquaculture, the development of Marine Protected Areas and regulation of the high seas waters.

The conference brought together nearly fifty influential leaders in ocean science and conservation, industry and government from places as far as French Polynesia, Costa Rica and Australia.

For some participants it was a chance to build on recent momentum in ocean conservation, included the Our Ocean conference in June and last week’s release of the 18-month long study by the Global Ocean Commission along with involvement by new state actors in these efforts.

There was also a recognition that degradation of the oceans will not wait for agreements to be signed for its protection.

The ocean is changing rapidly and thinkers need to imagine the challenges that have yet to make themselves apparent. Leaders must also use their positions to communicate the need to explore and study and responsibly use what some call the “blue heart” of the planet.

“There is also a unique opportunity to build a better world,” His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco told participants in his closing remarks at Santiago’s former National Congress building. But, he added, “we can’t expect to fight threats to the ocean if we cannot fight poverty. The sea offers myriad opportunities if we care for it in a more manageable way.”“Think about what comes next,” he said. “When tomorrow comes how are we going to pursue the objectives that brought us here today.”

The Monaco Blue Initiative is a platform co-organized by the Oceanographic Institute, and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Presided over by H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco it works as a platform for exchange between different sectors of activity and stakeholders concerned with the utilization of the ocean.

The aim is to create synergies between stakeholders concerned with the protection of marine ecosystems and socio-economic development by bringing together economic, political, scientific and environmental experts to discuss common issues towards improved ocean protection.

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Tara, a sailboat for the planet

After supporting the Tara Ocean 2009-2012 expeditions and Oceans Polar Circle 2013, the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation is backing Tara for its Mediterranean mission taking place from May to November 2014. The scientific component of this mission concerns the issue of plastic at sea. The impact is being studied and solutions envisaged to reduce such pollution. This expedition also features an awareness component regarding the many issues at stake in relation to the Mediterranean including the promotion of efforts by local and regional associations for the development of Marine Protected Areas. A travelling exhibition and films are also being shared with the public encountered. School classes are welcomed aboard at the various ports of call, and a dozen or so artists are residents on board Tara throughout the duration of the expedition.

Tara and the issue of plastic in the Mediterranean:450 million inhabitants live in the coastal areas of the Mediterranean, spread across 22 countries. Due to its geographical features and climate, the Mediterranean is home to almost 8% of all marine biological diversity, even though it represents only 0.8% of the global ocean surface.

Its megapoles are currently saturated, 30% of the world’s maritime traffic is concentrated in the Mediterranean. Problems related to land pollution are on the increase, placing the marine ecosystem under pressure - essential for the populations and life in general. Among such pollution, the ever-increasing amount of micro-plastic in the sea and its probable incorporation into the food chain, and therefore onto our plates, raises questions. There is an urgent need to move towards concrete solutions such as water purification, waste management, innovation for biodegradable plastic, the promotion of sustainable tourism and the establishment of Marine Protected Areas recommended for decades by the UN Convention on Biological Diversity and the European Union.

A scientific study is being conducted aboard Tara regarding plastic at sea coordinated by the Laboratoire de Villefranche-sur-Mer (Université Pierre et Marie Curie and CNRS) in France and the University of Michigan in the United States.

The accumulation of plastic waste in the natural environment is “one of the most ubiquitous and long-lasting recent changes to the surface of our planet” (Barnes et al, 2009), and one of the greatest environmental concerns of our time. Yet we know too little about what happens to these plastics and their role in the dynamics of the ecosystems to be able to predict their future impact on the Earth’s oceans and on Humanity. With the aim of filling this gap, scientists are carrying out an interdisciplinary mission in order to gain a better understanding of the impact of plastic at the level of the Mediterranean ecosystem. The fragments of plastic will be quantified, together with the size and weight of these fragments. The plastic matter will also be qualified (as well as the organic pollutants related to the plastic) which is found at sea. Still unknown, real microscopic and macroscopic ecosystems (bacteria, protozoans, micro-algae, crustaceans, molluscs etc.) develop on the surface of these fragments of plastic raising questions about the likely entry of these pollutants into the food chain.

The results of this scientific study will encourage the countries and populations bordering the Mediterranean to implement more efficient waste and sanitation management methods. They will also encourage industrial innovation towards new biodegradable plastics for the future. Two scientists are permanently on board in charge of protocols, guided by onshore satellite data. Surface nets are dedicated to this daily study both during the day and night when Tara is at sea. The initial results will be presented at the international conference on plastic organised by the

Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, Tara, Surfrider and the SDSN at the Yacht Club de Monaco on 10th and

11th March 2015.

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Comprehensive Ocean Governance

With the fate of the Earth’s marine environment hanging in the balance and human-induced challenges accelerating, ocean champions from around the globe – including His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco and the former Heads of State, Ministers and business leaders of the Global Ocean Commission – have joined forces in a clarion call for comprehensive and integrated ocean governance.

The urgent appeal was issued during the first-ever United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) in Nairobi, as Prince Albert, an award-winning environmental activist, addressed the myriad challenges facing the oceans – including pollution, overfishing and, increasingly, climate change. An estimated 350 million jobs around the world are linked to the oceans, and as much as 40 per cent of the world’s population lives within 100 kilometers of the shoreline. Nevertheless, human impacts have destroyed an estimated 20 per cent of mangroves and 30 per cent of seagrass beds, and threaten 60 per cent of the world’s coral reefs – a major source of income for some 850 million people. Land-based human activities have also resulted in more than 500 oxygen-poor ‘dead zones’, which cover an estimated 245,000 square kilometers of coastal zones. Greenhouse gas emissions are raising sea-levels and threatening the very existence of some island states. “The Earth’s marine environment provides humanity with a number of important services, ranging from the air we breathe, to food security and storm protection. These in turn underpin lives and livelihoods around the globe,” said Prince Albert. “However, with a population set to rise from seven billion today to nine billion by 2050, threats to the ocean – including pollution from land-based sources, over-fishing and unmanaged coastal development – are likely to intensify. The International community must build on the Future We Want, adopted in Rio in 2012 and seize the opportunity of a Blue Economy.

There cannot be social economic development without resilient and productive oceans,” he added. Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), stressed that stricter adherence by states to the existing regime of regional oceans governance – led for the last 40 years by the UNEP Regional Seas Programme – was critical to reversing the rapidly accelerating degradation of the oceans. The Regional Seas Programme, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, is the world’s only legal framework to address marine issues at the regional level. Its network of 18 regional Conventions and Action Plans aim to engage neighbouring countries in comprehensive and specific actions to protect their shared marine environment.Nearly 150 countries across seven continents participate in the Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans. “Despite their importance as major drivers of economic growth, the world’s oceans are not a bottomless resource,” said Mr. Steiner.

Prince Albert II of Monaco joins the Global Ocean Commission and UNEP in Calling for Comprehensive Ocean Governance.

“There is significant evidence that we are at risk of overstepping the ‘safe operating space’ within which irreversible environmental changes to the world’s oceans remain avoidable.” “It is high time for the international community to adopt a truly ‘oceans-based’ economy, one which adequately values our oceans and the products and services they provide,” he added.

“The UNEP Regional Seas Programme – which for more than four decades has formed the backbone of progressive oceans management – provides the framework through which neighbouring countries can join hands and reverse the staggering damage that humanity has caused.”

Prince Albert and Mr. Steiner were joined by José María Figueres, former president of Costa Rica and Co-Chair of the Global Ocean Commission. The Commission is a group of senior political figures, business leaders and development specialists concerned with the health and management of the oceans with a particular focus on the high seas. The Commission has spent the last 18 months investigating the decline of the global ocean and earlier this week delivered a rescue package of eight proposals to restore and protect its natural capital and services. “If not us, who? If not now, when? The global ocean is our life support system, but we’re pushing it to the point of collapse through neglect and abuse,” said Mr. Figueres. “Our proposals offer an integrated rescue package, and now all of us here at the UNEA must pioneer its delivery. The scientific, economic and moral case for action is clear. This is the beginning of our collective ‘Mission Ocean’.”

One of the main issues addressed by the Commission’s report is that of Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) fishing, which is widely understood to have significant ecological, economic and social impacts. IUU fishing is also linked to human rights and labour violations when illegal vessels facilitate trafficking of people, drugs and weapons.

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Additional facts and figures: Human activities produce around 120 million tonnes of reactive nitrogen each year, two-thirds of which ends up polluting air, water, soil, marine and coastal areas, and adds harmful gases to the atmosphere. An estimated 46,000 pieces of plastic are estimated to be afloat on every square mile of ocean (World Bank). Some 20 million tonnes of phosphorous are mined every year and nearly half of this – 8 times the natural rate of input – enters the world’s oceans. Globally, fish provides about 3 billion people with almost 20 per cent of their intake of animal protein, and 4.3 billion people with about 15 per cent of such protein (FAO). Most of the stocks of the top ten fish species – which account in total for about 30 per cent of world marine capture fisheries production – are fully exploited and, therefore, have no potential for increases in production (FAO). The technically exploitable potential for marine-based renewable energy – excluding offshore wind – ranges from 7 exajoules (EJ) per year to 7,400 EJ per year; the latter figure would exceed current global energy needs. The sustainable management of fertilizers would help reduce the cost of marine pollution by about US$100 billion per year in the European Union alone. The total volume of sea ice in the Arctic Basin is at an historic minimum, and current projections suggest that the Arctic Ocean will be ice-free during the summer months as early as 2025-2030.

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Sub-Saharan Africa is estimated to lose close to US$1 billion annually due to illegal fishing in its waters. West Africa has some of the world’s highest reported rates of IUU fishery activity, with one third to a half of the catch affected. According to the Commission’s new report, IUU fishing can be combatted by stricter adherence to existing oceans governance mechanisms, such as the Port State Measures Agreement of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The agreement requires parties to exert greater control on foreign-flagged vessels, thereby keeping illegally caught fish out of the world’s markets. At UNEA, Mr. Figueres and the Global Ocean Commission called upon the participants to commit to taking action on their proposals such as ratifying the Port State Measures Agreement. Mr. Figueres added that it would only take 14 more countries to ratify this agreement before it would come into force, taking us one curial step closer towards putting an end to illegal fishing globally. In addition, the Commission’s report calls for the ratification and implementation of International Maritime Organization treaties securing the safety of life at sea for workers on industrial fishing vessels, the removal of harmful fishing subsidies, and the reduction of the greenhouse gas emissions, which are causing not only climate change but ocean acidification. Indeed, the data point increasingly to long-term socio-economic consequences if the world’s oceans are not managed for sustainability. According to the new UNEP paper on Regional Oceans Governance, the main challenge is that the current instruments of oceans governance were designed separately and are not complementary. While regional oceans governance is provided for by the Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans, oceans governance at the global level is laid out in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea – sometimes known as the “constitution of the oceans”. According to Regional Oceans Governance, a holistic approach to oceans management – as called for explicitly by the 1994 Rio Summit – is one which is integrated at the national, sub-regional, regional and global levels, and which addresses sectoral and cross-sectoral issues. In this regard, the Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans provide a platform for action to more accurately value the world’s oceans and the ecosystem services they provide, involving a number of sectors. For example, the Regional Sea programme known as the Abidjan Convention – based in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire – has, in a series of recent decisions, moved to consider potential feasibility of “green taxes” on extractive and polluting industries, in light of the importance of natural resources, mining and minerals found within the waters and coastal areas of the States Parties to the Convention.

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The projet

Since 2009, the Rainforest Foundation Norway (RFN) has helped local and aboriginal Pygmy populations living in the Itombwe Nature Reserve to contribute towards the management of the massif.

The goal is to promote the sustainable management of natural resources in the Itombwe massif based on conservation methods which incorporate the rights, traditional practices and development of the local and indigenous communities.

The community management project supported by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation is a continuation of this programme and is the first example of the promotion of synergy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo between the conservation of biodiversity and the traditional practices of the communities dependent on the forest, thus offering a new conservation approach founded on rights.

The implementation of the right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) with a view to the due consideration and respect of the rights of the local communities in a protected area is one of the main objectives.

It will also involve strengthening the capacities of the communities to manage this reserve on their own and to engage in income-generating activities in keeping with the preservation of their ecosystem.

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Background

The Itombwe forest massif is located in the province of South Kivu in the East of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, more precisely the North West of Lake Tanganyika, and extends over the Mwenga, Uvira, Fizi and Walungu territories. With 6,700 km2 of mountain forests over a total surface area of 16,000 km2, the Itombwe forest massif has the most extensive mountain forest area in Africa.

The wealth of fauna and flora, together with the fertile soils, rich in minerals, makes it an exceptional location. In 2006, the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ministry of the Environment adopted a decree (n° 038/CAB/MIN/ECN-EF/2006) in order to convert part of the Itombwe massif into a strict nature reserve which is the most stringent form of conservation provided for by the Congolese law and in which all human activity is prohibited.

The creation of this reserve was carried out without consulting the communities living in the massif, local organisations or even the traditional authorities.

This was the case moreover in the Kahuzi Biega National Park in DRC for example, when such classification resulted in the displacement of the Bantoues local communities and aboriginal Pygmies who depend on the forest resources for their survival.

The populations concerned, once informed by several partners of RFN, expressed their refusal with regard to the enforcement of the ministerial decree.

The risk of seeing this decision being followed by tension and conflict was therefore high.

Rainforest Foundation Norway, WWF and WCS, present in the region for several years, consequently developed a “Joint Framework” designed to define and implement actions reconciling the conservation of the massif’s rich biodiversity and respect for the rights of the various social players present.

For RFN, this context provides a unique potential for the protection of biodiversity with respect for and based on securing the rights of the local populations.

A concerted approach was also motivated by the desire to prevent and resolve any local conflict, which was reflected by initially involving the populations in the redefining of the reserve boundaries.

The FPIC was recognised in various international agreements, including the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of the Indigenous Peoples, signed by the RDC.

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Since 2009, RFN and the other members of the joint framework have thus worked on (re) defining - this time in accordance with FPIC - the outer boundaries of the reserve as well as three types of inner zone: Integral zones (biodiversity hotspots which must be kept in their integrity, in agreement with the population), multi-purpose zones (in which the populations can develop their traditional activities) and intermediary zones reconciling the uses of the two other zones.

All the work was carried out in cooperation with the Congolese Institute for the Conservation of Nature (ICCN), the governmental body in charge of managing protected areas throughout the national territory.

For its part, Rainforest Foundation Norway worked in partnership with Africapacity, a local NGO specialised in the protection of the rights of the local and indigenous communities and sustainable forest management.

Africapacity set up consultations with the local communities and indigenous peoples, as well as community participatory mapping activities. Based on these consultations, mappings and the consultation and coordination work with the other members of the joint framework (WWF, WCS, ICCN), new borders for the Itombwe Nature Reserve were put forward and approved by the communities concerned.

Following this work, in 2013, a process to amend the decree was initiated in order to legalise these new borders, but also to enable the local communities and indigenous peoples to voice their opinion on what should be, as far as they are concerned, the management method for the protected area as well as the modification of the initial regime as an integral reserve.

Based on this new decree, defined in a participatory manner, and with the ongoing involvement of ICCN, always in accordance with FPIC, the active participation of the communities in the management and protection of the protected area will be encouraged.

This participation will materialise though the development and implementation of sustainable income-generating activities in the various zones of the protected area, including the promotion of the traditional practices of the communities, and more specifically of the indigenous peoples, who will contribute towards conservation efforts in the integral zone.

In order to prepare this new project phase, the communities have already organised themselves into local management committees (local associations, traditional authorities and representatives of various clans) who have received training on the rights of the local communities and indigenous peoples, the organisation and management of basic committees, the creation and planning of activities, nature conservation…).

These committees will be able to instigate customary arenas responsible for the community management of the massif, their exact role being to make decisions with the said communities and the other key players of the massif. RFN has also carried out socio-economic studies among the Pygmy populations in order to identify what activities could be developed there and according to which management method.

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The 2014 Winners of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Awards

Since 2008, the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Awards has honoured several international key figures and organisations for their exemplary action in favour of the environment and the protection of the planet, in each of the Foundation’s three priority fields of activity: to limit the effects of climate change, to preserve biodiversity, to manage water resources and to combat desertification. The three 2014 award winners, chosen by HSH Prince Albert II based on the proposal of the Board of Directors and which will be awarded on the occasion of the Foundation’s Seventh Award Ceremony, have been announced today:

The « Climate Change » Award will be presented to Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg (Australia)

An internationally renowned scientist specialising in coral reef biology, Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg’s 25 year career has focused on the impacts of climate change on marine ecosystems. He uses his knowledge to act as a global advocate for action to mitigate these effects. Founder and director of The University of Queensland’s Global Change Institute, he is the Coordinating Lead Author for the ‘Oceans’ chapter for the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, has been awarded the prestigious Eureka Prize for scientific research and is a member of the Australian Academy of Science. The « Biodiversity Award » will honour the work of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species

The IUCN Red List, published for the first time in 1964, is considered as the world’s most comprehensive information source on the global conservation status of plant and animal species. Its mission is to constantly research for solutions to protect the natural heritage and to advice on conservation actions that can be taken, both at a regional and international level, to reduce or prevent extinction.

The IUCN Red List, which is celebrating this year its fiftieth anniversary, is constantly expanding and regroups nowadays over 73,000 species. More than just a set of data, The IUCN Red List is a rich compendium of information on the threats to species, their ecological requirements, their habitats and geographic locations.

After Shanghai in 2010 and London in 2012, the 2014 Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Award Ceremony will be organized abroad for the third time. This year, the ceremony will be held on October 12th  in  the unique and magnificent  setting of Sunnylands in Palm Springs (California).

The « Water Award » will be given to Mr Ma Jun (People’s Republic of China)

A journalist and environmentalist known for having conducted an investigation on water and river pollution in China, in 2009 Ma Jun received one of the most prestigious awards in Asia, the Ramon Magsaysay Award, for his efforts towards raising public awareness of the challenges related to sustainable water resources management. In 2006 he founded the NGO “Institute of public and environmental affairs”. The purpose of this organisation is to highlight corporate behaviour with regard to pollution and the negative environmental impact, whether small or large scale, local or multinational.

The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation’s Seventh Annual Ceremony benefits from the support of La Prairie and Swiss Air.

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Previous recipients of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation

Awards

2008

Alain Hubert, Dr Jane Goodall

Sunita Narain

2009

Prof Edward Osborne Wilson, Mrs Marine Silva

Mr Pan Yue

2010

Prof James Lovelock, Dr Peter Hamilton Raven Prof Malin Falkenmark

2011

Prof Gretchen Daily, Prof Andràs Szollosi-Nagy

Prof David Suzuki

2012

Dr Jean Jouzel, Sir David Attenborough

the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)

2013

the International Council for Science, the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR),

Prof John Antony Allan Dr Jane Lubchenco

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CESTMed and WWF France,two ambassadors for Mediterranean turtles and cetaceans

Last June, the M.A.G. team took to the open sea alongside CESTMed (Center for the Study and Protection of Mediterranean Turtles and Cetaceans) and WWF France, as part of the 10th Monacology Exhibition’s week for educating children about the environment.

Objective: To give freedom back to a loggerhead turtle rescued from drowning in the autumn of 2013. A day made up of pleasant encounters, in an atmosphere of exchange, which has allowed us to better identify the challenges and threats faced by Mediterranean turtles and cetaceans.

For this tiny sea surrounded by land has exceptionally rich biodiversity. Accounting for only 0.7% of the world’s oceans, it is home to over 6% of known marine species. Visited by a quarter of cetacean species in the world, it is ranked number two in the world for the importance of its endemic species.

CESTMed and MC Advisory to the rescue of turtles with their “Tag Your Turtle” project“It is the most beautiful environmental gesture to release an animal into its natural environment”, confided Olivier Arnoult, Secretary General of the Monacology Association. On board the WWF France boat, it is true that emotion is palpable, the time as if suspended, each one aware of sharing a unique and key moment. With logistical support

from WWF France, which re-routed one of its boats for the occasion, a magnificent loggerhead turtle finds its freedom thanks to the teams from CESTMed and MC Advisory, the Monegasque consultancy company specialising in sustainable development. It is an initiative that echoes the “Tag Your Turtle” project for which both bodies wanted to combine their strengths, sharing a common interest in the conservation of biodiversity and scientific research. By fitting Argos tags to turtles able to return to the sea after having been treated in the Grau du Roi rehabilitation center, the intention is to improve knowledge about turtles, their behaviour and the currents they follow, in order to better protect them. Companies and individuals wishing to contribute can support the project by funding the purchasing of tags that will be fitted to the turtles, who shall be given a name on the day of their return to the sea so as to better follow their adventures.

Since its inception in 2003 at the initiative of the Grau du Roi Seaquarium, where it is also housed, the CESTMed was officially recognised (in 2007) as a center for the care of sea turtles on the French Mediterranean coast with its main tasks being to welcome, care for and study injured turtles, the victims of beaching or accidental capture in fishing nets. As a member of the French Mediterranean Marine Turtles Network (RTMMF), CESTMed is authorised to release them out at sea when their condition allows it.

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We had the pleasure of attending the return to freedom of one of its inmates, thanks to the logistical support of WWF France who provided one of their boats for the occasion.Caught in fishing nets in Port-Saint-Louis du Rhône in 2013,

the pretty turtle nevertheless had the good fortune to encounter an aware fisherman who immediately took it to the CESTMed center to be cared for. After six months under the supervision of the care center teams, it is now ready to return to its natural environment five miles from the Monegasque coast. Weighing more than 28 kilograms, and over 20 years old, the fully-restored loggerhead turtle quickly departs, without any hesitation, toward new horizons. Like her, seven other turtles have found their freedom this year, out of the twenty or so inmates the center houses. Because before returning to the open sea, in order that they get used to the wild, the turtles go from the Grau du Roi care center to the totally new and recently inaugurated rehabilitation center located in a semi-natural environment on the Ponant in La Grande Motte canal, thus putting all the odds on their side for a new start.

Eric Maerten, veterinarian at the CESTMed for ten years, notes the positive changes in attitudes following the recent educational awareness campaigns conducted by CESTMed, particularly among fisherman and the general public. At the end of spring, an association of fishermen funded two tags in order to better understand the species and so capture fewer of them. According to a recent study reported by WWF France, 150,000 turtles are accidentally captured every year, with the outcome being fatal for 50,000.

Unfortunately, another major cause of turtle mortality remains the ingestion of plastics and waste that they confuse with their usual food. Alerting people about marine pollution therefore remains paramount, especially when one notes that 290 billion fragments of plastic are drifting in the top 15 cm of water in the Mediterranean! An observation of marine pollution that WWF France also makes, after more than twelve years of studying the Mediterranean and the cetaceans that live in it, by identifying plastic bags, bottles, balloons, beach games, fishing gear, and also polystyrene.

“Better understanding for better protection”, a motto shared by WWF FranceAfter more than twelve years travelling from mission to mission across the Mediterranean Sea, in order to encounter

cetaceans and other marine inhabitants that frequent it, WWF France has allowed us to get to know them better. Since 2000, in fact, and the launch of the Cap Cetaceans programme, the team led by Denis Ody, Head of Oceans and Coasts at WWF France, has already travelled more than 46,000 kilometres, driven by a deep respect for the sea and the life therein. The feeling of devotion on board is palpable, contagious, and causes us to take a fresh look at this sea that saw us born at its feet. Because the findings of these years of expedition are not very encouraging…

Thanks to all kinds of waste, intense maritime traffic, pollution and climate change, the sea is suffering. And as a consequence, whales are suffering too! A photo-identification and biological sampling programme was set up in 2006 in order to be able to determine the level of contamination of PCB’s and DDT derivatives in the three larger species: fin whales, sperm whales and pilot whales. Biopsies are carried out on the open sea, without capture or putting to sleep, by means of a tube placed on a crossbow arrow and shot from 10 to 30 metres distance from the animal into a specific area in its dorsal fin. The skin thus removed is used to determine the sex of the animal, while the fat provides information about contamination and hormone levels.

Unfortunately, all the cetaceans studied are contaminated with the pollutants we throw out to sea, some of which have since become prohibited, but which nevertheless are still present. The impact on their defence systems as well as on their populations is certain, as these compounds are known to be endocrine disruptors. The females, who are three times less contaminated than the males, would seem to fare better in the situation. Unfortunately this is not so and the reality is very sad: when breastfeeding their young, the females discharge pollutants and contaminate their babies.

The other finding, which is equally troubling, is the lack of population growth which portends a high mortality rate of immature whales, in the order of 70% or 77% in the first years. Thanks to all of the missions and great work done, the WWF France database includes more than 350 fin whales out of

a population estimated at about 1,500 individuals in the north-western Mediterranean basin. An incredible chance given to us to know the larger species more intimately and to finally discover how to live together permanently.

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It is clear that getting cetaceans to co-exist with our human activities, in the tiny Mediterranean Sea which carries 25% of the world’s seaborne trade, is very complicated. This is the challenge raised by the Souffleurs d’Ecume (Foam Blowers) association, a member of the Scientific Interest Group for Mediterranean Marine Mammals, which for 14 years has worked in the Pélagos sanctuary in order to minimise collisions between ships and the large cetaceans. One or two mortal collisions between a merchant ship and a large cetacean occur, in fact, every year in the north-western Mediterranean, while 10 to 40 fin whales are victims of such accidents. This is a threat that also hangs over the fragile population of sperm whales.

Souffleurs d’Ecume, rewarded last March by the Salins Foundation, under the aegis of the Fondation de France and in partnership with the Paul Ricard Oceanographic Institute, as part of their first call for project proposals for the protection of Mediterranean cetaceans, won first prize for its REPCET project making it possible to better understand and protect, as well as raising the awareness of the general public about the need to protect whales and other cetaceans in the Mediterranean. The association has, in fact, developed a system for sharing the real-time position of cetaceans relative to ships in order to avoid collisions as far as is possible. Ships so equipped can both easily report and be alerted to the presence of a cetacean in the area thanks to this software, facilitating life on board while at the same time conserving the large marine mammals. An innovation that is strictly in line with the recommendations of the IMO (International Maritime Organisation), Pelagos and Accobams aimed at limiting the risk of collisions, in particular by facilitating the sharing of information between scientists and shipping companies.

REPCETOr how to avoid collisions

Created in 2000, Souffleurs d’Ecume is an approved association having for its main objective the maintenance of a favourable conservation status for Mediterranean cetacean populations. Favouring a scientific and consultative approach, the association develops projects orientated around the interactions between human activities and the ecosystem. Most missions are conducted within the framework of the activities of the Sanctuaire Pelagos (agreement between France, Italy and Monaco), in partnership with the ACCOBAMS Agreement. Souffleurs d’Ecume is a partner organisation of the Foundation for Nature and Humanity and a member of the PACO Marine Cluster.

Souffleurs d’Ecume also coordinates regular training sessions for ship crews to help them avoid collisions.

The principle of the system is based on collaborative participation and is very simple: Every observation of a large cetacean made by bridge personnel from a ship using REPCET is transmitted in real time via satellite to a server on land which centralises the data and disseminates warnings to other equipped ships. The alerts are mapped on board using a dedicated screen. Voluntary contributors such as scientists on sea missions or even whale-watching operators can also take part in the scheme.

At the present time, fifteen REPCET systems are in service, either on board the vessels of shipping companies such as Méridionale and SNCM, as well those of Orange Marine and Gazocean/GDF Suez, or else on land or at the premises of other bodies using the system in order to be able to report the positions of cetaceans to their respective networks, such as Crossmed, for example, the Port-Cros National Park and of course the Souffleurs d’Ecume.

Recently, on the occasion of the movement of the liner Costa Concordia from Giglio to Genoa in late July, the research yacht Kidan, responsible for detecting marine mammals upstream of the convoy, was also equipped with the system.

The REPCET system is a splendid realisation of the awareness initiative undertaken by the Souffleurs de Ecume who continue to work actively with the general public and with the shipping companies to find a lasting understanding that allows these super-predators, ranked among the largest the Earth has ever seen, to continue to survive.

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The Principality is happy with its APIdays

When one asks the question of Jacques Balavoine, apiarist for 40 years, “Why beekeeping?”, he will reply to you that the job came to him in a “natural” way. This is really the word to use regarding the APIdays. These “national days of the bee, sentinel of the environment”, which take place in June throughout France, were created to raise the awareness of the general public about the work of these precious workers that are 100% natural.

In Monaco on 20 June, we found the actors involved in this awareness campaign on the terraces of Fontvieille, at the Espace Léo Ferré. The Principality, in association with the National Union of French Apiarists (UNAF), has since 2011 shared the knowledge of the apiarists with Monaco residents throughout the course of this day. Passionate about their work, and eager to share their knowledge, they are also there to prevent the effects of the disappearance of bees. “They are the main pollinators of our flowers.” Bees are, in fact, the representatives of plant diversity.

But why, then, are they disappearing?Many factors had an impact on the reduction in bee colonies: repeated seasonal migrations, the deterioration of their food resources, parasites and diseases, adverse weather conditions, etc., the worst of them being the use of pesticides. The survival and evolution of more than 80% of our flowering plants could be at stake, which includes many of our food produce such as fruit and vegetables. We could live without bees, but they allow as to have better agriculture, and thus a better standard of living. Added to this, beekeeping has a positive impact on our environment and allows us to preserve biodiversity.

Does beekeeping have a beneficial effect in terms of sustainable development?There are two types of hive: Those known as “domestic”, that are used in the beekeeping profession, and those known as “wild”. Domestic hives have the advantage of being mobile and workable. It is possible, then, to take them to a field after treatment so that the bees pollinate the flowers. In this way, we create an environmental strategy that improves floral resources. This improvement will allow populations of wild bees to grow. This growth will bring better pollination which will, in turn, contribute to the diversity of floral resources, and so on.

What would be the best solution for saving bees?The best solution for the future for our beekeepers remains awareness. “If we raise public awareness of bees, this will allow us to ‘break’ some prejudices”. From this reasoning came the idea of putting hives in an urban environment. Here in Monaco they are installed on the roof terrace of the Museum of Stamps and Money. As a result, the public gradually integrates the presence of the little workers into its daily life. And then the occasional APIdays raise the awareness of a broad public and especially of our children. “It is the best way to protect our future; it is a starting point”. Trough various workshops, such as an exhibition, a demonstration of honey extraction, a small entertaining quiz and the creation of candles, the children learn all about the work of bees and how much we need it. In this way, they will also grow up and share this knowledge. “The best solution is political awareness”. In Europe, this is happening slowly but surely. The subject will be addressed by the European Council. In the Principality of Monaco, the charter of the “Bee, sentinel of the environment” programme was signed in March 2011.

In the meantime, all attention is focused on beekeepers such as Jacques Balavoine, who are worthy representatives of this environmental cause even including their families in it: “I even managed to get my wife and children involved”. An approach as supportive as the work of the bees.

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On 23 April 2014, the Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort and the Monte-Carlo Beach Relais et Châteaux became the first two hotel establishments in the Principality of Monaco to receive the Green Globe certification. Obtaining this certification crowns the “sustainable development” approach that the Monte-Carlo Société des Bains de Mer initiated in 2007 with the drawing up of its first environmental charter. The Group particularly reaffirmed this commitment with the signing of its second environmental charter last December, and by the unfurling of environmental charters for its key establishments according to their specific particularities. In October 2013, the Monte-Carlo Bay established the “Bay Be Green Team”, a dedicated team which organises and monitors its own environmental efforts. The Monte-Carlo Bay drew up its own environmental charter in February 2014 consisting of 37 initiatives such as the introduction of lighting that is 100% more energy efficient, recharging stations for electric vehicles, control of water consumption and waste management. “The Ecology is everyone’s business! Together with all the staff at Monte-Carlo Bay, we must act and contribute to a change in lifestyle and behaviour in order to protect our environment and make it sustainable over time. Because if we do not act quickly and emphatically, the green standards (Green Globe) we have just put in place will soon be forgotten!”, insists Sergio Mangini, the Monte-Carlo Bay’s manager. Since June 2013, the Monte-Carlo Beach Relais et Châteaux has had its own charter, containing 35 environmental management initiatives and certifications, epitomised particularly in the “Beach goes bio!” flagship initiative.

So, with the awarding of the Level 3 “100% organic commercial catering” certification by Ecocert to the gourmet restaurant Elsa, recently awarded with a star, Chef Paolo Sari offers all-organic menus promoting the local production of fruit and vegetables. To date, 90% of the ingredients at the other dining options in the Monte-Carlo Beach resort are produced by organic farming. In the short term, our goal is to make the Monte-Carlo Beach the first hotel to be ecologically-certified, 100% organic in all of its catering options: gourmet dining, room service, mini-bar and hotel bar”, says Danièle Garcelon, Manager of the Monte-Carlo Beach hotel.

Finally, the Monte-Carlo beach opted for a respectful management of its energy, including the purchase from EDF of the equivalent of its electrical consumption as renewable energy. Guests also have access to a non-polluting means of transport thanks to the installation of a station for electrically-assisted bicycles. The requirement criteria of Green Globe, the prestigious international seal, confirm the green and sustainable tourism status of the Monte-Carlo Société des Bains de Mer establishments. Green Globe is an internationally recognised certification programme designed for the travel and luxury tourism industry. It is a “CSR” (Corporate Social Responsibility) ratings system applicable to many types of structures, such as resorts, spas and casinos. The requirements of this certification fall into four categories: the management of sustainable development, the social/economic aspect, cultural heritage and the environment. 321 indicators are used to evaluate the establishment’s efforts in favour of sustainable development. 179 points, 64 of which are mandatory, are necessary to obtain the certification. The different evaluation criteria cover areas as diverse as employee training, sustainable construction, selective waste sorting and the reduction of waste at its source, biodiversity, customer satisfaction as well as the accessibility of the establishment for disabled persons.

The two Monte-Carlo Société des Bains de Mer establishments have both satisfied more than 70% of the criteria. The Green Globe certification being in the spirit of continuous improvement, an action plan will be put in place in order to pursue the goals of the programme. All these actions are part of the Monte-Carlo Société des Bains de Mer sustainable development strategy which, in line with the efforts of the Principality, takes an approach of active responsibility and demonstrates its commitment to sustainable development to its customers and partners.

Two Société des bains de Mer hotels receive Green Globe certification

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The Principality of Monaco has always encouraged ecomobility faced with the new environmental issues. With the Government of the Principality promoting the use of clean vehicles, project Mobee only reinforces this decision. It thus promotes environmentally responsible travel, in order to limit noise and CO2 emissions. On Tuesday 10 June, the inauguration took place of Mobee, the car-sharing service for electric vehicles put into service in the Principality on 1 July last year. In association with the Government of the Principality and Sodetrel (100% subsidiary of EDF), the first “free floating” car sharing network in the world came into being. It was presented in preview at the Ever exhibition held in the Grimaldi Forum in March 2014. This highly innovate concept allows the user to pick up and leave the vehicle where he wishes within the Principality. Unlike with other types of car sharing network, it is not necessary to park at a recharging station or point at the end of each journey. The Mobee fleet of vehicles is equipped with 100% electric, ultra compact vehicles with two seats, allowing fluid and easy urban mobility. The principle is simple: the user subscribes to the Mobee service either on the internet (www.mobee.mc) or by signing up at the offices of the Compagnie des Autobus de Monaco. He gets access to his personal space as well as a badge for driving the vehicles.

Through his personal space, the user has access, among other things, to the geolocation data of available vehicles, so he can proceed directly to the vehicle or else reserve it. In addition, the service will be supplemented this autumn with a smartphone app that will also allow real-time access to the position of available vehicles. In this way you can in all circumstances know which is the vehicle closest to you.

Regarding access to parking in the Principality, Mobee offers its subscribers the possibility (included in the subscription) of having privileged areas with five car park partners: La Visitation, La Colle, Casino, Centre Commercial Fontvieille and Le Larvotto. There is thus no longer any difficulty in finding a parking space. In addition, six other car parks (La Gare, Square Gastaud, Grimaldi Forum, Saint Charles, Saint Laurent and les Carmes) will also be equipped with privileged areas no later than the end of the first quarter of 2015, offering expanded coverage of the Principality. Otherwise, and outside the car parks, you can park for free on a space for two-wheeled or four-wheeled vehicles.

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Finally, the user can leave the territory of the Principality, but he can only return the vehicle (making it again available to subscribers) within the Principality.

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Monacology, a 10th year full of surprises!Ten years already …In ten years the Monacology exhibition has grown in size and has raised the awareness of more than 5,000 children during the educational workshops it offers each year based around sustainable development. Note that since its third year, the exhibition even has its own energy independence!

From 10 to 13 June, Monacology quite naturally took up its residence on Quai Antoine 1st for an enriched and expanded edition. The Monegasque association, which enjoys the support of the Principality of Monaco’s Department for National Education and Department for Youth and Sports, and the support of Stars ‘n’ Bars, has again gathered a wide range of stakeholders around fun and enjoyable workshops.

With more than thirty participants from the voluntary sector, the private sector and institutional partners, this year the exhibition once again offered many activities to schools in the Principality of Monaco, neighbouring towns or even Italy, in order to present their initiatives and the professions related to environmental protection, recycling or food waste.

“Happy Hours”, a highlight of this 2014 editionIn order to be more open to the public and to celebrate its birthday in a friendly atmosphere, Monacology remained open every evening from 5pm to 7pm during “Happy Hour”, when parents and children could discover new public workshops and engage in a friendly exchange with exhibitors. Everyone was thus able to enjoy the warm June evenings with a drink or snack by familiarising themselves with sustainable development. A moment that was also highly appreciated by the exhibitors themselves who had the opportunity to discover and participate in their colleagues’ workshops.

The highlight of this 10th edition was the “Tag Your Turtle” project, which we have mentioned in the “Focus on” section,involving Cestmed and Monaco Advisory as well as the WWF, who diverted one of their ships in order to release back to the sea a loggerhead turtle treated last winter at the Center for the Study and Protection of Mediterranean Turtles. Remember that this project aims to finance Argos tags to be placed on the backs of turtles released following their convalescence period, in order to better understand their movements and behaviour in their natural environment.

For three years, CESMM, the Monaco diving club, has allowed children to play as image hunters over the summer by taking part in a photo competition intended to raise their awareness about conservation of the Monaco seabed. “Glances of children under the sea” invited the young, aged 8-15 years and able to swim, to “go see what happens below” and bring back images of their underwater exploration. A disposable waterproof camera was offered to the children who, under the responsibility of their parents, have until 9 September to photograph the wonders of the Mediterranean seabed.

This competition for children, which takes place in the larger framework of the adult underwater photography competition held for the past eleven years, allows the CESMM to raise the awareness of young and old regarding respect for the environment, the beauty to be discovered on the Mediterranean seabed and the conservation of marine ecosystems, while of course concentrating on the pleasures of diving. The children’s photos were examined by the same jury and was made up of mostly professional underwater divers who also practice underwater photography.

The young winners will join the adult competition next October, as they will receive their prizes at the same time as the adults during the ceremony held at the Monaco Oceanographic Museum. A crowning achievement for these budding diver photographers with their fins, masks and snorkels, who in discovering underwater life, learn to know it and protect it.

“Glances of children under the sea” with the CESMM

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Participation of Monaco in the work of the Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea

A Delegation, composed of Professor Frédéric Briand, Director General of the International Commission for Scientific Exploration of the Mediterranean (CIESM) and Mr. Florian Boto, 3rd Secretary of the Permanent Mission to the United Nations of the Principality of Monaco, took part in the annual meeting on the work of the Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea.

During the meeting, which was held at the UN headquarters in New York from 27 to 30 May 2014, the issue of the contribution of marine resources to global food security was particularly addressed. In his speech, Professor Frédéric Briand, special envoy for the conservation of marine species, stressed that the natural balance of the oceans has never seemed so vulnerable and fragile. The main factors responsible for this deterioration in global marine biodiversity are overfishing, contaminants, climate change, ocean acidification, the spread of invasive species and the destruction of coastal habitats, which have a devastating impact on marine food chains and ultimately on our own food security.

He cited the example of the disappearance of whole sections of global marine wildlife, such as Mediterranean sharks, more than twenty species of which have not been

seen for thirty years, and the growing risk of the world’s oceans turning into gelatinous sea, due to the proliferation of jellyfish. This phenomena, which used to be the exception, has now become recurrent, and has dramatic consequences for fish stocks.

In his conclusion, Professor Briand reminded member states of the importance Monaco places on strengthening the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, particularly with regard to protecting the numerous species of migratory cetaceans in the high seas that are not protected by any binding global regime.

What are the impacts of climate change on cetaceans on the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea?

The Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans in the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area (ACCOBAMS), in partnership with the Oceanographic Museum, held a workshop on 11 June in Monaco on the impact of climate change on Mediterranean and Black Sea cetaceans.

The purpose of ACCOBAMS being to promote and facilitate regional cooperation at all levels, through the implementation of the necessary measures to ensure the conservation of cetaceans, the workshop responded to the demand from the 23 ACCOBAMS signatory countries made in a resolution expressing their desire to reduce the effects of anthropogenic climate change and its consequences for marine biodiversity.

Fifteen experts from two different scientific areas, cetacean conservation and global environmental change in a marine environment, produced some recommendations. In particular, with regard to the recognition of cetaceans as sentinels of the effects of climate change on ecosystems and to the implementation of projects relevant to the long-term conservation of cetaceans.

The RAMOGEPOL exercise off the Island of Elba

Every year the RAMOGE Agreement implements a pollution control simulation exercise as part of its RAMOGEPOL plan. For the record, RAMOGEPOL is an action plan for the fight against accidental marine pollution in the Mediterranean, which covers and area from the mouth of the Rhône river in the west to the Capo d’Anzio lighthouse in the east, encompassing Sardinia and Corsica.

The RAMOGEPOL 2014 exercise will take place on 16 and 17 September close to the Italian island of Elba. The Italian Ministry for the Environment, which is responsible for planning this exercise, has chosen this particularly sensitive zone, where human activity and busy maritime traffic pose significant threats to biodiversity.

This year, the scenario selected for the exercise involves a collision between an oil tanker carrying Arabian crude and a container ship. This major accident will result in a number of people being injured and cause the spillage of several thousand tonnes of oil into the sea to the north of Elba, threatening the Corsican and Sardinian coasts due to the prevailing currents.

In the initial aftermath of the collision, a search and rescue (SAR) phase will be launched to rescue members of the crew injured during the incident. During this phase, the Italian Ministry for the Environment will activate the RAMOGEPOL Plan to seek assistance from neighbouring states in managing this serious event.

The following day, nautical, air and land-based assets from the countries which are signatories to the RAMOGE Agreement, as well as a Spanish aircraft to identify pollution and an oil tanker chartered by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), will be on site. Sea-based and land-based operations to combat oil pollution will then be implemented.

The operations will be carried out in deep-sea, coastal and near-shore zones, using the assets of the various departments of participating states (Italian Coastguard and Ministry of the Environment, the French and Italian Navies, the French Customs Authorities, the Monaco Marine and Airport Police Division, SASEMAR, etc.).

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Written byHervé Zorgniotti - hzorgniotti@grimaldiforum.com

Nadège Massé - nmasse@grimaldiforum.comlemag@grimaldiforum.mc

Several of the Principality’s sustainable development stakeholders contributed to this issue

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Solar 1 / Franck TerlinFondation Prince Albert II

Philippe MondielliJacques Rougerie

F. LatreilleSodetrel

Société des Bains de Mer

Oases for sustainable development

The Monaco Department of International Cooperation has renewed its support for the CARI association as part of its third programme of concerted action to promote the conservation and development of oases in the Maghreb and Sahel regions. In the Maghreb and Sahel regions, oases play a social, economic and cultural role. Today, these ecosystems are under environmental and human pressures which are threatening their existence and calling into question their role in the lives of the large populations that live there. The three-year project supported by the Monaco Department of International Cooperation aims to promote the sustainable development of oases in four countries in the Maghreb region (Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Mauritania), and two in the Sahel region (Niger and Chad). Its goal is to strengthen the ability of oasis-based civil society to carry out concrete activities on the ground as well as to make their case to the national authorities. It will also encourage networking to increase the sharing of experience between associations in different countries.

Seafood recommended by Mr. Goodfish

Autumn is here and with the change of season here come some new species recommended by Mr. Goodfish for sustainable cooking! By giving preference to produce included in the Mr. Goodfish’s lists, you contribute, in fact, to a more sustainable use of marine resources. These lists are published each season according to three criteria: the state of the resource (Mr. Goodfish produce must come from stocks rated in good condition and subject to scientific monitoring), the size (the minimum recommended size is the size at first maturity), and the season (the recommended seasons are those that fall outside the reproduction peaks of the species). Find the complete list, and much more information on the website at www.mrgoodfish.fr.

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