Just launched- The MPA Finance Toolkit

Marine protected areas (MPAs) play an important role in protecting habitat, managing fisheries, supporting marine biodiversity, and providing many related co-benefits to coastal communities. Despite their ecological, social, and economic value, almost two-thirds of MPAs around the world lack sufficient funding for effective management of their areas.

The new MPA Finance Toolkit is a first-stop resource for marine managers and practitioners interested in generating sustainable financing for their MPAs. The online toolkit features six videos, an extensive glossary of potential finance mechanisms (including grant-based, compensation-based, investment-based, and ecosystem value-based mechanisms), and the Blue Nature Alliance’s 3-step methodology for identifying and prioritizing MPA financing opportunities. Managers using this toolkit will come away not only with a broad understanding of this emerging and rapidly growing field, but also with guidance on how to generate high-level roadmaps for potential finance mechanisms for their MPAs.

Explore the MPA Finance Toolkit

The MPA Finance Toolkit was developed by the Reef Resilience Network in partnership with the Blue Nature Alliance, a global partnership to catalyze effective large-scale ocean conservation.

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