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Shoreline with mountains in the distance.
Karaburun-Sazan Marine National Park.
© Borut Rubinič
Albania Field Project: Sustainable Economic Activities in Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas
Grantee Name: 
Institute of Nature Conservation in Albania
HOTSPOT
Mediterranean Basin
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$236,628
DATES
Jun 2013
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Jan 2017
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Project Overview Overview
CEPF Strategic Direction Strategy
HOTSPOT
Mediterranean Basin
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$236,628
DATES
Jun 2013
-
Jan 2017

Develop a sustainable tourism management plan for the Karaburun-Sazan Marine National Park and surrounding area; increase the local population and visiting tourists' awareness of the benefits of marine protected areas; and promote sustainable tourism and identify potential nature-based tourism initiatives. These activities complement the sustainable economic activities in Mediterranean marine protected areas led by the WWF Mediterranean Programme.

Strategic Direction: 1 Promote civil society involvement in Integrated Coastal Zone Management to minimize the negative effects of coastal development in three priority corridors (Southwest Balkans, Cyrenaican Peninsula, and Mountains, Plateau