Solutions in Focus

Contents

The Blue Solutions Initiative

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Solutions in Focus

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Coral Reefs

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Solutions 1. Establishment of a financially sustainable model of private MPA management through ecotourism

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2. Community Bank Environment Fund (EF) – Engendering Grassroots Financing for Marine Protected Areas

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3. Improving financial sustainability through conservation based tourism in protected areas in Belize

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4. Colombia Subsystem of Marine Protected Areas (SMPA) 16 5. The Gulf of California Marine Endowment - a public-private partnership to sustainably finance Marine Protected Areas 18 6. Ensuring marine protection through Locally Managed Marine Area at Vamizi island in Mozambique 20 7. Net-Works TM 22 8. Palau’s Protected Areas Network Act 24 9. A conservation model for Costa Rica 26 10. Addressing unsustainable fishing in Fiji through improvements to LMMA management 28 11. A regional sustainable financing architecture for conservation 30

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