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Marine and Coastal Biodiversity Conservation in Anfeh Mina
Proportion of the area of the contribution comprising Key Biodiversity Areas: 76.9%
Funded by The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Programme (SGP) and implemented by IndyAct in partnership with the Marine and Coastal Resources Program, Institute of the Environment at the University of Balamand, the project aimed to provide scientific evidence on marine resources found in Anfeh to inform relevant decision makers and enable the development of an action plan to protect the area’s coastal biodiversity. The scope of the project was to implement a comprehensive baseline assessment for Anfeh-MPA in support to its official declaration. The assessment built on existing knowledge and employed established methodologies that resulted in collecting information on: 1) Juveniles and adults of motile species. 2) Sessile species colonizing rocky and sandy habitats. 3) Water quality parameters indicating the profile of Anfeh’s water column during the study period. 4) Grain size (granulometry) in the study area indicating the prevailing hydrodynamic energy. 5) Possibility of introducing a Citizen-based monitoring systems (CBMS) and propose such a system for the A-MPA. 6) Potential local management of fisheries through the introduction of a catch/effort system FLOUCA-COOP (Fish Landings Operational Utility for Catch Assessment for Cooperatives) to the Anfeh Cooperative of Fishermen (A-CF).
- Hima Anfeh Narrative Report
Potential conservation benefits in saving biodiversity
Potential reduction of species extinction risk resulting from threat abatement actions
The chart below represents the relative disaggregation of the selected contribution's total potential opportunity for reducing global species extinction risk through taking actions to abate different threats to species within its boundaries. The percentages refer to the amount of the total opportunity that could potentially be achieved through abating that particular threat.