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WCS Marine Protected Area Fund

The WCS MPA Fund was launched in September 2016, with a goal of raising $15 million for MPA initiatives in 20 countries and instituting meaningful, lasting protections for critical marine habitats and threatened marine species on a global basis. Through the MPA Fund, WCS expects to create more than one million square kilometers (km 2 ) of new protected areas, and to specifically assist countries meet the United Nations target of protecting ten percent of their coastal and marine waters by 2020.

Activity period 2016–2021
Last CoAct update n/a
Web URL https://sdgs.un.org/partnerships/protecting-1-million-sq-kms-through-15-million-wcs-marine-protected-area-fund
Output effectiveness
0.17
Accountability Index
0.20
Inclusiveness Index
0.31
Num. actors 23
Functions Knowledge production, Knowledge dissemination, Institutional capacity building, Participatory management, Funding, Policy planning
SDGs 1 2 3 5 8 10 12 13 14 16 17
Themes oceans and coastal zones
Policy focus Mainly adaptation
Sectors No clear economic sector
Implementation countries Argentina, Bangladesh, Belize, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Congo (the Democratic Republic of the), Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, Nicaragua, Papua New Guinea, Tanzania, the United Republic of, United States of America (the)
Target Target type
Protect 3.7 million sq kms of of previously unsecured and unprotected ocean Area target
Create more than one million square kilometers (km 2 ) of new protected areas, specifically assist countries meet the United Nations target of protecting ten percent of their coastal and marine waters by 2020 Area target
$15 million Funding target