Report of the Thirteenth Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Convention for Cooperation in the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Areas of the Atlantic Coast of West, Central and Southern African Region
As part of the implementation of the Integrated Marine and Coastal Zone Management project (GIZMaC), the State of the Marine Environment (SoME) was assessed in Benin.
Ms. Faustine Sinzogan Coovi, GIZMaC Project Coordinator, presents the aim of the project, the multiple actors involved, and the importance of Marine Spatial Planning for Benin.
As part of the implementation of the Integrated Marine and Coastal Zone Management project (GIZMaC), a six month-long study was carried out for the development of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs) in Benin.