Report | November 7, 2016

OCEANA MedNet II 30 jewels of the Mediterranean Sea

Since its presentation in February 2011, Oceana MedNet has become well known in many international forums as a comprehensive and diverse proposal for a Marine Protected Area (MPA) network in the Mediterranean. This initiative would strongly promote the preservation of sea resources, as the current MPA network is poorly structured, concentrating on the Northern coast, with large protection gaps mainly in open sea, the Southern coast and the Eastern Mediterranean.

Objective: to protect 10% of the sea and prevent irreversible damage The main objective of Oceana MedNet is to enable the relevant administrations to protect 10% of the Mediterranean Sea under a coherent, representative, and effectively managed MPA network by 2020. This percentage was established by the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) through a number of decisions: COP 7 Decision CDB VII/28 and Decision VII/30; COP 10 Decision X/2.