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SUSTAINABLE FINANCING OF MPAs IN THE MEDITERRANEAN: A FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

Figure 14: Distribution of long-term investments for MPAs 48
Figure 15: Resource mobilisation from international cooperation over the
period 2010-2014 58
Figure 16: Bilateral ODA trend over 2012-2014 59
Figure 17: GEF Projects and the structure of co-funding 61
Figure 18: Trend for EU countries national expenditures over the period 2012-2014 67
Figure 19: Trend for Non-EU countries national expenditure over the period 2012-2014 67
Figure 20: Share of resource mobilisation in the national budget over the
period 2012-2014 68
Figure 21: Resource mobilisation for EU countries 68
Figure 22: Resource mobilisation for non-EU countries 69
Figure 23: Financing gaps for optimal management in EU countries 76
Figure 24: Financing gaps for the optimal management scenario in non-EU countries 77
Figure 25: Details of resource projection up to 2020 for non-EU countries (in euros) 82
Figure 26: Details of resource projection up to 2020 for EU countries (in euros) 83
Figure 27: Financing gap projection under the ideal scenario for non-EU Mediterranean
countries (in €) 85
Figure 28: Financing gap projection under the ideal scenario for EU Mediterranean
countries (in €) 86

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: Representativeness of the MPA sample .............................................................30
Table 2: Confidence level denoting the level of integrity of the financial data ...................35
Table 3: Average total available funding for sampled MPAs in 2014 ................................40
Table 4: Average annual operating costs per unit surface area for
sampled MPAs in 2014 ......................................................................................40
Table 5: Average annual investments expenditures per unit surface area for sampled
MPAs in 2014 .....................................................................................................41
Table 6: Expressed human resources annual needs for effective management ...............48
Table 7: Expressed non-staff annual needs for effective management ............................49
Table 8: Annual estimated operating resources for effective MPA management ..............50
Table 9: Estimated investments for effective MPA management ......................................51
Table 10: Average financial operating needs for effective management .............................51
Table 11: Funding gaps for effective management.............................................................52
Table 12: Example of costs associated with implementation of creation phase activities ...53
Table 13: Average creation costs for sampled MPAs .........................................................53
Table 14: Projects funded by bilateral Official Development Assistance for the
period 2010-2014 ..............................................................................................59
Table 15: GEF trust fund allocations to Marine Protected Areas in the Mediterranean for
2008-2014 ..........................................................................................................60
Table 16: GEF projects in the Mediterranean over the period 2008-2014 ..........................63
Table 17: Details of LIFE projects ......................................................................................66
Table 18: National MPAs systems composition per size group (in percentage)) ................73
Table 19: Financial needs under the optimal management scenario per country (in €) ......74
Table 20: Financing gaps under the optimal scenario for EU countries (in €, 2014) ..........76
Table 21: Financial gaps under the optimal scenario for non-EU countries (in €, 2014) .....77
Table 22: MPA surface to be created to achieve Aichi Target 11 .......................................79

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