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Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) have multiplied in recent years, with a significant influence on local socio-economies, and artisanal fisheries. The benefits of MPAs for local fisheries become evident with an increase of catches over time, thus of profits for fishermen. In the short term however, their creation is often subject to strong opposition from local fishermen, who perceive MP ...

This project provides an invaluable opportunity to advance existing approaches to Lifelong Learning (LL) through conservation volunteering at a European level and to find means of consolidating such approaches as integrative parts of protected areas' volunteer management (vm).The level of vm in European parks, that promotes LL of volunteers, varies depending on countries and parks. Therefore, the ...