BR Marine Protected Areas Project

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The development objective of the Marine Protected Areas (PAs) Project for Brazil is: (a) to support the expansion of globally significant, representative, and effective marine and coastal PA (MCPA) system in Brazil, and (b) to identify mechanisms for its financial sustainability. The project comprises of four components. The first component, creation and consolidation of marine and coastal PAs will include: (i) establishing new marine PAs (MRPAs) to achieve 5 percent of areas under protection and identifying seasonal or permanent no-take fishing zones in selected MRPA; and (ii) strengthening biodiversity protection in at least 9,300km of selected MCPAs, including capacity-building, training, and communication activities to strengthen management of other marine and coastal PAs. The second component is identification and design of financial mechanisms to support MCPAs of, at least, two potential financing mechanisms for the MCPAs to ensure long term financial sustainability. The third component will support monitoring and evaluation (M and E) activities through: (i) the development and implementation of an integrated M and E system to track key marine and coastal environmental and biodiversity indicators in MCPAs supported by the project as well as of other marine and coastal PAs; and (ii) an assessment of marine biodiversity conservation status and conservation requirements of the MCPA system. The fourth component will strengthen coordination, management, and communication for the carrying out of the project.