AMPG – Aire Marine Protégée du Gandoule

• Conserving biological resources and habitats: protecting resources, restoring ecosystems, improving knowledge of resource and habitat status.
• Fostering effective stakeholder participation in MPA management: strengthening synergy among stakeholders and ensuring functional governance bodies.
• Improving the valorisation of MPA resources: valorising the goods and services the MPA provides for communities and improving living conditions.
• Developing communication around the MPA’s conservation issues.

The Gandoule MPA was created out of concern for sustainable fisheries management among local communities heavily dependent on marine and coastal resources. The idea originated with local communities themselves; GIE NIOWUDANE Gandoule MPA was established to ensure stakeholders’ effective participation in managing and governing the site.