Action MS37 New National Strategy To Support AMP’s

Nicolas Maslach and Julien Chalifour went to Biarritz on November 21-25 for the management forum for protected marine zones (AMP), during which the managers shared their experiences before participating in the fourth national colloquium for AMP’s, and the colloquium for protected terrestrial areas. Organized by the French Office for Biodiversity (AFB), the French committee of the IUCN and the minister of ecological transition, the goal of the AMP colloquium was to bring together all those concerned with biodiversity and have them contribute to the development of the next national strategy for protected marine areas, to ensure netter management of their network, and to implement the biodiversity project outlined by the minister. In this context, the AFB asked the participants to bring their expertise and share their expectations in terms of protection of the maritime domain. These interventions shed light on the major expectations the managers have in terms of indispensable human resources to avoid the illusion that these protected zones exist in name only. Yes, the creation of new protected marine zones is a good thing, as long as these regions are effectively and efficiently managed and preserved. Another important request concerned awareness of the land-sea relationship, which should be reinforced in the national strategy. Or at what point does what happens on land impact the marine zones?