Register to the new Training programme on climate change adaptation in Marine Protected Areas. An opportunity for managers and conservation exerpts to learn different tools and protocols in order to to increase the effectiveness and resilience of Marine Protected Areas to climate change. Join us in facing the climate emergency!
On February 24, through an online seminar organized by WWF, members of the MPA4Change project (Interreg Euro-MED) announced the launch of their Training programme on climate change adaptation in Marine Protected Areas.
On March 24, MPA4Change opened its new Training programme on climate change adaptation in Marine Protected Areas, a capacity building opportunity aiming to empower MPA managers to achieve a more effective management and increased resilience of Mediterranean MPAs.
Get ready to face the climate emergency!
Raising sea temperatures originated by climate change can lead to mass mortality of sensitive species like this coral (Cladocora cespitosa) at Brijuni National Park – Photo by Petar Kruzic
The Training programme on climate change adaptation in Marine Protected Areas is intended for MPA managers, external experts and organizations supporting them. It is delivered in English with partial translation of some contents into French and Arabic languages.
The programme is offered in both a Hybrid format, which includes the completion of online modules followed by a practical face-to-face workshop to consolidate the lessons learned for a limited number of participants, and a strictly Online format limited to the revision of online materials.
During the training, participants will learn how to use protocols for assessing the effects of climate change on marine ecosystems, both by specialized personnel and through citizen science initiatives, methodologies for quantifying vulnerability to change, developing adaptation plans, and how to implement participatory processes, among others. These tools are organized into different modules and will be progressively available through the year.
Open now – Monitoring Protocols module
The first module made available is on Monitoring Protocols, a specialised training tailored made for the Mediterranean basin that will provide participants with validated protocols to assess climate change impacts in marine ecosystems.
Registration for the Hybrid training on Monitoring Protocols module is now open until April 4th!
These protocols are intended to assess different ecological parameters and indicators of climate change effects, including changes in sea temperature, mortality of sensitive species like gorgonians, changes in populations dynamics of fish, sea urchins, fan shells etc… They also include a range of methodologies such as interviews to key actors, deployment of sensors and loggers and underwater surveys through SCUBA diving both by specialised personnel and citizen science initiatives.
MPA4Change Monitoring Protocols
For more information and registrations, please visit our dedicated webpage or contact us.
