The implementation of the Patagonian coastal Zone Management Plan has the following objectives:

Create the institutional framework to implement the Management Plan.

Promote management actions evolved from the first phase and included in the document "Patagonian Coastal Zone Management Plan – Diagnosis and Recommendations".

Incorporate the province of Tierra del Fuego in the project Patagonian Coastal Zone Management Plan.

Create a network of coastal protected areas of Patagonia.

Design demonstration pilot projects on fisheries and tourismto show the advantages of using alternative practices with low impact on the resource and higher revenues.


Implementation agencies

This project was aproved by the Global Environmental Facility. The implementation of the Patagonian Coastal Zone Management Plan will be led by the governments of the
provinces of Río Negro, Chubut, Santa Cruz

and Tierra del Fuego. Fundación Patagonia Natural will facilitate the process.

Patagonian research centers and universities will be participants too, to ensure the availability of technical information needed to the management of coastal resources.

Legislators participation is crucial to give the legal framework to the process of integrated planning to the region.


Duration

The Implementation of the Patagonian Coastal Zone Management Plan project will be carried out in a period of five years.