The Mediterranean protected areas to be discussed in Turkey
3.10.2012
The second of the Marine Protected Areas Forum will be organized by the MedPAN (Network of Managers of Marine Protected Areas in the Mediterranean) held in Antalya in 25-29 November
The future of the Mediterranean marine protected areas will be evaluated at the forum, which is supported by the Strengthening the System of Marine and Coastal Protected Areas of Turkey Project.
Forum Came to Antalya upon Turkey’s Demand
The proposal to hold the second forum, of which the first was held in France in 2008, in Turkey was made by turkey in MedPAN General Assembly in 2010.
The forum is organized in the frame of Mediterranean marine protected areas regional working programme of the parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and Barcelona convention.
The Forum will be held with the participation of the managers of the protected areas, decision makers, scientists and the institutions working in socio-economic areas at Mediterranean scale.
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The organization of the forum will be made by MedPAN, Regional Activity center for Specially Protected Areas (RAC/SPA), General Directorate of Nature Assets Protection and UNDP Turkey.
www.medmpaforum2012.org