IUCN SSC-WCPA Marine Mammal Protected Areas Inter-Commission
Overview and description
Description:
The goal of the MMPATF is to facilitate mechanisms to encourage collaboration, sharing information and experience to access and disseminate knowledge and tools for establishing, monitoring, and ...
Group leadership
Dr Giuseppe NOTARBARTOLO DI SCIARA
Mr Erich HOYT
The IMMA initiative is the major activity of the Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force (MMPATF) which was created in 2013 by the International Committee on Marine Mammal Protected Areas (ICMMPA), the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) Marine Vice Chair, and members of the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) to help support a stronger global profile for the role of marine mammals in protected areas, and to provide a stronger voice for the MMPA constituency within IUCN.
MISSION
The goal of the MMPATF is to facilitate mechanisms to encourage collaboration, sharing information and experience, accessing and disseminating knowledge and tools for establishing, monitoring, and managing MMPAs. The MMPATF promotes effective spatial solutions and best practices for marine mammal conservation within MMPAs.
Task Force work
By bringing to the attention of managers, decision-makers and the general public the presence and whereabouts of important marine mammal areas, we are facilitating the consideration of marine mammal habitats in decisions concerning marine spatial planning and the planning of human activities at sea that have or can have a negative impact on marine mammal status.
Annual Report
Learn about MMPA-TF’s work and results in 2023.
2023 MMPA-Task Force Annual Report
Previous reports:
MMPA-Task Force Annual Report 2022
MMPA-Task Force Annual Report 2021
MMPA-Task Force Annual Report 2020
MMPA-Task Force Annual Report 2019
MMPA-Task Force Annual Report 2018
MMPA-Task Force Annual Report 2016-2017