Participate in a Global MPA Finance Survey

The Blue Nature Alliance, in partnership with the Conservation Finance Alliance and IUCN WCPA Sustainable Finance Specialist Group, is excited to launch a Global MPA Finance Survey. As countries look to implement their 30x30 ambitions, developing marine protected area (MPA) finance plans can be essential to an MPA's success. However, this process can be challenging and costly due to knowledge and capacity constraints. The objective of this initiative is to expand knowledge and access to tools for MPA financial planning.

Access the survey here.

Your perspective will help us gain insight into the current status and gaps in financing across the global landscape of MPAs. The data collected from this survey will be used to develop an MPA cost model and other tools that will be shared publicly.

Participating MPA sites will receive early access to tools, as well as customized benchmark reports that will allow you to compare your MPA's financial performance to an anonymous group of peers. These insights can empower you and other MPA practitioners to potentially identify cost and revenue opportunities to strengthen the financial sustainability of your MPA.

Who should participate?

The target audience of this initiative includes MPA practitioners, government leaders, NGOs and civil society, conservation trust funds, and others who are involved in the financial planning for MPAs. You can support this effort by also sharing this survey with your MPA network.

Want to learn more?

In partnership with Octo, we will be offering two virtual sessions to highlight why this global analysis of MPA finances is needed, explore the current landscape of marine financing tools and data, and guide webinar participants through the survey. We invite you to join us for one of the following webinars:

•  Option 1: Tuesday, February 11, 8am EST (1pm UTC); Register here

•  Option 2: Thursday, February 13, 8pm EST (1am UTC); Register here

You may also direct questions to our team directly by contacting Christopher Stone (cstone@conservation.org) and Jennifer Liu (jliu@conservation.org). 

Your data is secure.

We prioritize your data privacy. All individual responses will be kept confidential and will not be disclosed or used for any purposes other than those explicitly outlined. Only aggregated data will be utilized and shared for analysis.

Thank you in advance for your contribution to this global effort.