Introduction to Marine Protected Areas

"Introduction to Marine Protected Areas" has been the theme of the training conducted by INCA during 14 – 18 October 2013 at the premises of International Hotel in Vlora. It addressed various issues such as development of Objectives and Management Plans for Marine Protected Areas (MPA), networking of several MPAs, mapping of their actors and interest groups and beneficiaries etc. Training was conducted by trainers from the American Institute of NOAA and WWF Italy, as well as national and international lecturers and experts from Marine Protected Areas.

This training was organized in the framework of the project "Sustainable Economic Activities in Marine Protected Areas (SEA - Med) - Albania", implemented by the Institute for Nature Conservation in Albania (INCA) in collaboration with the WWF office for the Mediterranean World Wild Life (WWF MedPO) and funded by the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund. It is part of a regional initiative which is running in eight marine protected areas of Libya, Tunisia, Turkey, Croatia, Algeria and Albania.