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SUSTAINABLE FINANCING OF MPAs IN THE MEDITERRANEAN: A FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

TABLE OF CONTENT

1 Executive summary ......................................................................... 12

1.1 Budget analysis ......................................................................................................12
1.2 Main conclusions ....................................................................................................12

1.3 Recommendation ...................................................................................................15
1.4 Looking Ahead .......................................................................................................15

2 Introduction ...................................................................................... 16

2.1 Context of the study ...............................................................................................17
2.1.1 International context: the strategic plan for biodiversity 2011-2020 and
the Aichi targets............................................................................................................17
2.1.2 Marine Protected Areas systems in the Mediterranean .......................................18
2.1.3 Financial sustainability of MPAs in the Mediterranean ........................................21

2.2 Objectives of the study ...........................................................................................22
2.3 Approach to the study ............................................................................................23
2.3.1 General approach ...............................................................................................23
2.3.2 Methodology for assessment of the financial situation at site level ......................25
2.3.3 Methodology for assessing resource allocation at the national level ...................32

3 Assessment of MPA financial needs for optimal
management at the site level .......................................................... 39
3.1 Cost for basic management of MPAs in the Mediterranean ....................................40
3.1.1 Budget of MPAs ..................................................................................................40
3.1.2 Resource consumption .......................................................................................45
3.2 Needs for effective management of MPAs and associated costs ............................48
3.2.1 Operating resources needs for effective management ........................................48
3.2.2 Predicting variation in resource needs ................................................................49
3.2.3 Financial needs for effective management ..........................................................51
3.3 Costs of MPA creation ............................................................................................52

4 Resource mobilisation at the national level for Marine
Protected Areas in the Mediterranean region ............................... 55

4.1 Regional trends in international funding for Marine Protected Areas over
the period 2010-2014 ........................................................................................................56
4.1.1 Official Development Assistance .........................................................................58
4.1.2 The Global Environmental Facility.......................................................................60
4.1.3 European financial instruments ...........................................................................63

4.2 Regional trends for national expenditures on Marine Protected Areas over the
period 2012-2014 ..............................................................................................................66