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SUSTAINABLE FINANCING OF MPAs IN THE MEDITERRANEAN: A FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

Agroalimentaries
(IRTA)

LIFE CONHABIT
ANDALUCÍA -
Preservation and Regional authority of 1,592,560 2,654,268 2014-
improvement in priority Andalucia 2019
habits on the Andalusian
coast

Table 17: Details of LIFE projects
(Source: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/project/Projects/ (online consultation March 2015)

As for GEF projects, EU LIFE allocations denote the commitments made over the duration of
the projects. The total value of the each project was divided by the duration to get a proxy of
annual disbursements.

EU funding instruments represent a significant and increasing source of revenues for Marine
Protected Areas. Recipient EU countries allocate these resources to enhancement of the
marine N2000 network. In addition to the EU LIFE programs that promote nature
conservation, there are other financial instruments that may raise additional financial
resources for Marine Protected Areas, such as the European Marine Fisheries Fund.

4.2 Regional trends for national expenditures on Marine Protected
Areas over the period 2012-2014
Based on phone call interviews and the questionnaires, a country profile for each country in
the study area has been produced, presenting both the method and documents used for the
financial assessment of national budgets. The country profile also presents the general
institutional framework that influences the flow of the national public budget for Marine
Protected Areas. Finally, it presents financial data on resource mobilisation from
international cooperation and national public funding over the period 2012-2014.
In order to understand regional trends for funding from national budgets, the sample
countries were separated into two groups: EU and non-EU countries.
The national expenditures from EU countries devoted to Marine Protected Areas amounted
to €120,735,331 during the period studied. France, Spain, Italy and Croatia account for the
largest share of total national expenditures. National expenditures are almost constant over
time (there is a slight increase in 2014 accentuated by the scale of the graph below) .

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