Welcome to the South Asia MCPA Portal!!

Dear Colleagues,

Welcome to the South Asia MCPA Portal!!

Building on from regional consultations and your feedback we have tried to develop a useful and easy-to-use facility that can support information sharing across the region, relevant to the marine and coastal environment.

There are over 400 resources, papers and tools already uploaded into the database, to provide easy access for all users. There is also facility to showcase specific regional projects, share images, contact practitioners, and raise issues or success stories via this blog.

This site needs your support in order to fulfill its potential and be a truly useful resource specific to the South Asia region. So please do share your papers, tools, experiences and current work for the benefit of the wider marine and coastal community.

Thanks to all for their support, and look forward to continued collaborations.

Nic Barnard (ICRAN)

Introduction to South Asia MCPA e-forum

The South Asia Marine and Coastal Protected Area (MCPA) web portal is an interactive platform that has been developed to facilitate regional communication linkages and improve access to information relevant to MCPAs in the South Asia region. The portal has been developed as a resource for five maritime nations of South Asia, namely Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The portal represents an interactive platform for individuals involved with any aspect of MCPA management, research and development to access information, gain access to regional networks, access information on regional and international experts, keep abreast of recent developments, and share findings and experiences.

One of the main objectives of the South Asia MCPA portal is to provide an interactive platform for users in South Asia to exchange information. Individual users can use the website to initiate a discussion with other users on issues relevant to coastal and marine protected areas of South Asia. Further users can use this blog to share information on
• News and events
• Pictures
• Ongoing or upcoming projects
• Documents, reports or any other publications pertaining to MCPA’s of South Asia that is not currently listed in the database