Website developed with the support of the Regional Activity Center for Specially Protected Areas

General information

Identity

  • First name Arturo
  • Last name LOPEZ-ORNAT
  • Languages English
  • Function/Role Consultant
  • Organisation Other
  • Marine Protected Areas
    • Akhziv
    • Belek
    • Cabo de Gata Nijar
    • El Estrecho
    • El Kala
    • Habibas Islands
    • Islas Columbretes
    • Kas-Kekova
    • Lastovo
    • Norte de Menorca
    • Patara
    • Rosh Hanikra
    • Ses Negres
    • Telascica
    • Zembra & Zembretta
  • Memberships
    • IUCN WCPA Member

Address

  • Address
    Fuente del Rey 50-1 Madrid
  • Country Spain
  • Phone +(34) 660 408 366
  • Fax +(34) 91 3574661
  • Mobile phone +(34) 660 408 366
  • Website
  • Email

Expertise

1. Marine resource protection

Regulatory development

  • Planning for National Systems of MPAs

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    Types of product :

    • Management tool

    http://www.rac-spa.org

  • Contribution to the development of the Barcelona Convention Protocol on Biodiversity (1995)

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    • Methods or guidelines
  • Consultancies to develop the SPAMI guidelines and evaluation systems

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    • Other

Collaborative Planning and Partnerships

  • Methods and Guidelines for stakeholder participation in MPA planning and management (2006)

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    Types of product :

    • Methods or guidelines
    • Publications

    http://www.rac-spa.org

  • Participation in the formulation and negotiation of the IUCN Mediterranean Programme (1997-2000)

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    Types of product :

    • Other
  • Description of a participatory planning process for Kas-Kekova MPA in Turkey

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    Types of product :

    • Management tool
  • Planning methods and contents for a network of 5 MPAs in Croatia 2010

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    • Methods or guidelines

    http://see Sunce and SINP

Zoning

  • Description of planning process, participation and zoning, for Kas-Kekova MPA in Turkey (WWF)

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    Types of product :

    • Management tool
  • Zoning has been the central part of the 4 MPA management plans I have drafted

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    Types of product :

    • Management tool

2. Marine resource management

Management Plan Development

  • 6 MPAs management plans: Zembra (Tunisia), El Kala (Algeria), Rosh Hanikra (Israel), Kas-Kekova (Turkey) Sian Ka'an (Mexico), Cayos Cohinos (Honduras)

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    Types of product :

    • Management tool
  • Management self-evaluation tool for Cayos Cochinos Marine Reserve (Honduras) in 1999

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    Types of product :

    • Management tool

Management of Fishing

  • Research coordination for a Spiny Lobster (Panulirus argus) fishing regulation, developed with local fishermen (Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Mexico, 1986-88)

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    Types of product :

    • Management tool
    • Other

Management of tourism

  • Consultancies for two sustainable tourism WWF-Turkey projects in Turkey (Belek-1996, and Çirali-1997)

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    Types of product :

    • Other
  • Head consultant for assessment of sustainable tourism opportunities in Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey (2000) WWF-MedPO

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    • Other

3. Research and monitoring

Site Characterization - socioeconomic data

  • Methods and Guidelines for stakeholder participation in MPA planning and management (2006)

    Languages :

    Types of product :

    • Methods or guidelines
    • Publications

    http://www.rac-spa.org

Monitoring

  • Monitoring in MPAs is included in "Guidelines for MPA planning and management in the Mediterranean" (2006)

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    Types of product :

    • Methods or guidelines

    http://www.rac-spa.org

  • Monitoring chapter in the Rosh Hanikra Marine Reserve Management Plan (Israel)

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    Types of product :

    • Management tool

4. Administration and operations

Identification of outside funding sources and fundraising

  • Most of my professional experience deals with funding sources, AID programs, fund-raising in NGOs. As per the Mediterranean, I designed the AZAHAR programme in AECID (1999)

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    • Other

Sustainable Financing

  • "Sustainable Financing for Protected Areas in the Mediterranean" IUCN-2006

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    Types of product :

    • Methods or guidelines
    • Publications

    http://www.iucn.org/mediterranean