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MPA4Change

@MPA4Change

MPA4Change: enhancing the role of MPAs and restoration as nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation - a continuation of MPA-Enage project.

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Joined November 2018
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🗣️ On 03/12, at #COP24 in Cairo, the #100MPAMedAlliance was presented during a dedicated side event with around 25 participants. The session introduced the Alliance, showcased partners’ activities and contributions and presented the project’s first policy brief. #ClimateChange
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🌊🇹🇳 A collaborative training in Tunis brings new tools, perspectives, and momentum for #ClimateResilience. On 28-29 Oct 2025, #MPA4Change and partners held a #CapacityBuilding training on #ClimateChangeAdaptation for #MPAs 🌊 👉 Read all about it here: bit.ly/4iNv9DL
Photo by Silvia Rayo Luengo - Future Oceans Lab (CIM-UVigo)

ALT Photo by Silvia Rayo Luengo - Future Oceans Lab (CIM-UVigo)

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🚨 Register now! Join the #MPA4Change Online Policy Bootcamp: Marine Protected Areas: facing the climate emergency. 📅 17 Dec | 🕙 10:00–12:30 CET Explore the agenda & register here👉 bit.ly/48vduvN #MPAs #ClimateActionNow #NatureBasedSolutions #100MPAMedAlliance
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🌊🏅The #MPA4Change project has received the WestMED Project Award 2025! A recognition of our work to strengthen #Mediterranean #MPAs through climate adaptation tools, capacity building, and expert support 🌿 Read more: bit.ly/4pIeweZ #ClimateAction #100MPAMedAlliance
Photo by Nicolas Espitalier, B.Link.

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It’s a wrap! 🎉 Today we hosted the #MPA4Change final event: Climate Change Adaptation in Mediterranean Coastal Areas. A milestone, closing 2 years of work across Mediterranean #MPAs and opening a new chapter with the #100MPAMedAlliance. #ClimateActionNow #CapacityBuilding
Panel discussion, MPA4Change Final Event: Climate Change Adaptation in Mediterranean Coastal Areas

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📃📢 MPA4Change launches its 1st Policy Brief, calling to mobilise Mediterranean MPAs for climate resilience. At the centre: the #100MPAMedAlliance, building a resilient network of 100 MPAs by 2030. Read more and access the policy brief 👉 bit.ly/4oTXQkS #MPA4Change
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🪸 #MPA4Change Final Event on 25 Nov in Barcelona! We’ll share 2 years of work on #ClimateAdaptation in Mediterranean #MPAs and present the new 100MPA MedAlliance, all during the Interreg EuroMed NHM Dialogue. More info and agenda👉 bit.ly/4nZXtnu
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🌊 Save the date! Online policy bootcamp 👉 Marine Protected Areas: facing the climate emergency 💡 How can #MPAs boost #ClimateResilience as Nature-based Solutions? ℹ️ Agenda & registrations coming soon: europarc.org/events #MPA4Change #InterregEuroMED #100MPAMedAlliance
Online Policy Bootcamp - Marine Protected Areas: facing the climate emergency.

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🌡️The Mediterranean is warming nearly 3x faster than the global average, but its MPAs are taking action! Last month, MPA experts from 8 countries met in Brijuni National Park (Croatia) for the #MPA4Change Training on Climate Change Adaptation in #MPAs. 🔗bit.ly/3WxQSFx
Training Session, Brijuni National Park, Croatia

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🚀 The #MPA4Change Roster of Experts has been launched in Portonovo, Italy! Its mission: to guide & support Mediterranean #MPAs in tackling the #ClimateCrisis with the MPA4Change toolkits. 🔑part of the #100MPAMedAlliance, supporting 100 MPAs by 2030. 👉bit.ly/4neSrTO
Workshop participants in Portonovo, Ancona, Italy. Photo by Sara Bonanomi, CNR-IRBIM.

ALT Workshop participants in Portonovo, Ancona, Italy. Photo by Sara Bonanomi, CNR-IRBIM.

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🌊 Welcome to the #100MPAMedAlliance!🤝 Carrying on #MPA4Change’s legacy, this new initiative will boost climate resilience in 100 Mediterranean MPAs by 2030. Built on a decade of collaboration, the MedAlliance is the next chapter in marine protection. 🔗 100mpamedalliance.org
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🌊 #ClimateChange is reshaping the Mediterranean marine biodiversity! 🐟The marbled wrasse (Pteragogus trispilus) has been recorded for the 3rd time in Italian waters near Linosa Island. ❗️A sign of tropicalization 🔬By #SZN via #MPA4Change Toolkit 👉bit.ly/4nMCKDR #MPAs
Pteragosus trispilus photographed at Secchitella, Italy. Photo by Alice Mirasole, SZN.

ALT Pteragosus trispilus photographed at Secchitella, Italy. Photo by Alice Mirasole, SZN.

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🔥 How vulnerable is the Cavo Greco Marine Protected Area to climate change? APMarine completed a full assessment 📊to map risks & guide actions for protecting biodiversity and sustainable use in the face of rising seas. 🌡️🌊bit.ly/47NfL76 #ClimateResilience #MPA4Change
Posidonia oceanica in Cavo Greco MPA, Cyprus - Photo by Irini Valanto Papageorgiou

ALT Posidonia oceanica in Cavo Greco MPA, Cyprus - Photo by Irini Valanto Papageorgiou

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🌊#MPA4Change at the #UNOC3! Joining forces with @Gov4Nature Natural Heritage Mission, #MPA4Change advocated in #Nice2025 for the role of #MPAs as nature-based solutions to face #climatechange & presented the #100MPAMedAlliance initiative🌍 #OceanPolicy 📢bit.ly/46ONb4N
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New biological invasion in @Amp_Portofino 🚨 2 species were documented during #MPA4Change training: 🐠 Mediterranean parrotfish (Sparisoma cretense) 🦀 Atlantic blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) Get ready to face the climate emergency! 📢bit.ly/4ku62WF #climatechange #MPAs
Juveniles of Mediterranean parrotfish (Sparisoma cretense) found in Portofino MPA waters – Photo by H. Cizmek.

ALT Juveniles of Mediterranean parrotfish (Sparisoma cretense) found in Portofino MPA waters – Photo by H. Cizmek.

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🌊 New Training on Vulnerability Assessment & Adaptation!🐠 Learn to assess vulnerability, implement participatory approaches & develop adaptation strategies in MPAs! 📍Online + Practical in Brijuni National Park. 📅 Register > 30 June: bit.ly/4kZ9zfH #MPA4Change #MPAs
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🐠🌊Last week @AMP_Portofino hosted a practical training focused on validated monitoring protocols to assess #ClimateChange impacts. 🔔Get ready to face the climate emergency through #MPA4Change Training programme on #climatechangeadaptation in #MPAs! 📣bit.ly/4k5LNyw
Slate to carry out MPA4Change fish visual census protocol - Photo by Sara Bonanomi and Luka Preloznik

ALT Slate to carry out MPA4Change fish visual census protocol - Photo by Sara Bonanomi and Luka Preloznik

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🌍 Co-developing tools for climate action! New #climatechange Vulnerability Assessment tool helps MPA managers track risks & adapt. Tested in 8 Mediterranean MPAs - final version coming soon! 📢bit.ly/4daE9jP #MPA4Change #ClimateAdaptation #VulnerabilityAssessment 🌊
Rabbitfish at Cabo Greko MPA, Cyprus - Photo by Lorenzo Merotto.

ALT Rabbitfish at Cabo Greko MPA, Cyprus - Photo by Lorenzo Merotto.

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🌊 New findings show the Mediterranean red gorgonian has low adaptation capacity to #climatechange🌡️Rising sea temperatures are pushing this species to its limits stressing the need to deploy #climatechangeadaptation strategies in #MPAs #MPA4Change 📢 bit.ly/3XYVOEy
The Mediterranean red gorgonian (Paramuricea clavata) is a habitat forming species that provides shelter to other organisms – Photo by Jordi Chias, CSIC.

ALT The Mediterranean red gorgonian (Paramuricea clavata) is a habitat forming species that provides shelter to other organisms – Photo by Jordi Chias, CSIC.

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🌊 Ready to tackle the climate emergency? 🌍 New #MPA4Change Training Programme on #ClimateChange Adaptation in #MPAs. 🚨 Training in Monitoring protocols is now open - register to Hybrid training until April 4th! 📅 🌐 Get more details & register today: bit.ly/4iJn3vk
Diver installing underwater sensors to track climate change effects at Portofino MPA - Photo by Portofino MPA staff.

ALT Diver installing underwater sensors to track climate change effects at Portofino MPA - Photo by Portofino MPA staff.

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