The Next Chapter trailer: "Selvagens Islands MPA: A Catalyser for a Sustainable Blue Economy"

Selvagens Islands is the biggest Marine Protected Area (MPA) of the North Atlantic, with full protection, covering a territory of 2,677 km2, in an area of 12 nautical miles around the Selvagens Islands Nature Reserve.
The reserve has hereby significantly been extended, previously being 94,71 km2. All species in this area are now fully protected against all extractive activities, including but not limited to, fishing and mining.
Organized by the Presidency of the Governo Regional da Madeira, Fórum Oceano, Marinha Portuguesa, IFCN and The Economist Impact's World Ocean Initiative, the "Selvagens Islands MPA: A Catalyser for a Sustainable Blue Economy" conference addressed a huge challenge: financing the necessary resources and infrastructures for assuring an effective protection of Selvagens Islands MPA, while using it as a catalyser for monetising blue economy with sustainable business models that base their competitiveness on a healthy ocean.