Towards coherent management plans for MPAs in

the Channel

INTERREG PANACHE project

Biogeographical seminar for the management of marine Natura 2000 sites Saint-Malo – 6 May 2015 Benjamin Ponge – French MPAs Agency

Biogeographical seminar for the management of marine Natura 2000 sites Saint-Malo – 6 May 2015 Benjamin Ponge – French MPAs Agency

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PANACHE – Protected Area Network

across the Channel Ecosystem

WP3

Consistent management plan

framework in the Channel region

WP2

Coherent approach in the

monitoring of MPAs

WP1

Assess the existing MPA

network and its

ecological coherence

WP4

Awareness of MPAs through

engagement in joint citizen science

programs

WP5

GIS database portal

WORK PACKAGES

Project framework

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Natura 2000

United Kingdom (25) France (77)

(SACs & SPAs)

WP3 - consistent management plans

Inventory: management plans, measures and indicators.

-> Identify best practices of management

-> Define operational tools: glossary, management plan

tutorial

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Glossary: inventory, long term objectives, action plan, monitoring

or assessment.

To supply a French-English single step by step for coherent

management plans between MPAs

• What are the main ecological features at stake? How to

prioritise the objectives in my MPA?

• For the selected features, what kind of long term objectives

could be set?

• What are the main categories of measures?

• How to monitor the level of achievement of the long term

objectives?

• What are the main resources (stakeholders and tools) to

support management plan implementation in the United

Kingdom and France?

Tools for management

Biogeographical seminar for the management of marine Natura 2000 sites Saint-Malo – 6 May 2015 Benjamin Ponge – French MPAs Agency

Towards a Natura 2000 dynamic toolbox

Biogeographical seminar for the management of marine Natura 2000 sites Saint-Malo – 6 May 2015 Benjamin Ponge – French MPAs Agency

Biogeographical seminar for the management of marine Natura 2000 sites Saint-Malo – 6 May 2015 Benjamin Ponge – French MPAs Agency

Prospects for cooperation

Biogeographical seminar for the management of marine Natura 2000 sites Saint-Malo – 6 May 2015 Benjamin Ponge – French MPAs Agency

• INTERREG is good for you!

• Networking ecology and people

• Joint management of cross-border Natura 2000 sites

• Plan concrete management actions jointly on pilot sites

• Including monitoring and assessment

• Take on board relevant organisations.

• Take advantage of this funding to implement advanced tools.

• Setting up common observatories at regional level for birds,

marine mammals, habitats

• Create a network of managers of marine Natura 2000 sites

(or all MPAs)