NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Marine Protected Areas and Sustainable

Human Development
in the Eastern Region of Libya
Environmental General Authority of Libya (EGA) & WWF
Mediterranean Programme Office

Meeting venue:
Al Kebir Hotel
Fatah St., Tripoli, Libya

27 September 2005

AGENDA AND TIMETABLE

9:00 Opening of the Conference (Libyan National Authority)

09:15 Introduction (WWF Mediterranean Programme Office)

09:30 Libya in the Mediterranean context (EGA)

10:00 Findings of the rapid marine and coastal biodiversity assessment of the Eastern
Region of Libya (WWF Mediterranean Programme Office)

11:00 coffee break

11:15 Proposal for the establishment of a network of MPAs and the definition and
implementation of an Integrated Coastal Management Plan in the Eastern
Region of Libya (WWF Mediterranean Programme Office)

12:00 Marine Protected Areas: potentials and challenges (UNEP-MAP SPA /RAC)

13:00 lunch

14:30 Integrated Coastal Area Management: a holistic approach for sustainable

development and natural resource conservation of the coast (UNEP-MAP
PAP/RAC)

15:30 Sustainable Human Development plans in the Eastern Region of Libya

(UNDP/UNOPS)

16:15 METAP (The World Bank/METAP)

16:30 coffee break

16:45 Information and communication in support of conservation (UNEP-MAP
RAC/INFO)

18:00 Side event on Sustainable Tourism (AmbienteItalia)

Projection of two documentaries on tourism development in the Mediterranean
basin: “Concrete coasts” and “Pockets of Paradise” (WWF Mediterranean
Programme Office in collaboration with BBC World)