Conserving Globally Significant Biodiversity along the Chilean Coast

The project will assist the Government of Chile to conserve and sustainable manage marine and coastal biodiversity through the establishment of Multiple Use Marine Coastal Protected Areas (MUMPAs) in critical areas of the Chilean coast . Through this, the government's goal will be to remove barriers for the definition and implementation of an integrated management system for coastal/marine biodiversity and its biological resources. It will do so through the creation of three MUMPAs in three demonstration sites of global importance and by developing tools and mechanisms to facilitate their replication in other parts of the country. It is expected that, by removing barriers , the successful demonstration of win-win approaches for private sector and community benefits linked to strong biodiversity conservation efforts, will permit the replication of these approaches and methodologies in Chile and elsewhere in the region.