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FOCUSThe Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation:10 yearsof projects!

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The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation is dedicated to the protection of the envirnonment and the promotion of sustainable development on a global scale.

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10 yearsof projects!

In June 2006, HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco decided to establish his Foundation to address our planet’s

alarming environmental situation. The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation is dedicated to the protection of the environment and the promotion of sustainable development on a global scale. The Foundation supports initiatives of public and private organizations, in the fields of research and studies, technological innovation and socially-aware practices. The Foundation supports projects in three main geographical zones and focuses its efforts focus on three main areas.

3 missions To establish partnerships in order to carry out projects and implement concrete activities in our priority action areas. To raise both the public’s and the authorities’ awareness of the impact of human activities on the natural environment and to encourage more environmentally-friendly behaviour. To promote and encourage outstanding initiatives and innovative solutions by awarding prizes and grants.

3 priority areas The Mediterranean basin, due to the geographic position of the Principality of Monaco. The Polar Regions, as privileged indicators of climate change evolutions. The Least Developed Countries (as defined by the United Nations official list), such as the countries in Sahelian Africa, which are severely impacted by the effects of climate change, the loss of biodiversity and water shortage

3 domainsof action To limit the effects of climate change and promote renewable energies; To safeguard biodiversity; To manage water resources and combat desertification.

To strengthen the impact of and give greater transparency to its work, the Foundation has identified the following priority areas within its three main fields of action:* Biodiversity knowledge* Protecting endangered species* Developing Marine Protected Areas* Studying climate change and its effects* Developing energy efficiency and renewable energies* Ocean acidification * Combating desertification* Integrated management of and access to water resources

Since it was first established, the Foundation has conducted or supported many projects across the globe.

Building on a concrete approach, as close to the field as possible, they have all been through a rigorous selection process, based on the opinion of the Scientificand Technical Committee and in accordance with specific criteria defined by the Board of Directors.

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The Foundation has supported 368 projectssince its creation, representing a totalamount of 37.3 million Euros.

10 years,10 emblematicprojects

Reducing vulnerabilityof coastal communities

in Northwestern Madagascar through the creation of Marine Protected Area/ Wildlife Conservation Society

In 2013, the Madagascan Government officially granted permanent protection status to 27 protected areas. Among them, two Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) managed by the

local communities became the Marine Parks of Soariake, Ankarea and Ankivonjy. The fact that such protection has

been officially recognised is the culmination of the work undertaken in 2013 by WCS with the support of the Prince

Albert II of Monaco Foundation, for the establishment and sound management of these two major MPAs. The project ensures the preservation of marine biodiversity,

as well as sustainable development in the region. Thanks to the Foundation’s support, WCS has implemented an

efficient monitoring system, supported communication and awareness efforts, carried out ecological monitoring of the coral ecosystems’ health and strengthened the sustainable

management of MPA resources.

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Bluefin Tuna (WWF)

On the initiative of its President, H.S.H. Prince Albert II, the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation and the WWF set up a partnership in January 2008 to take action to save the Bluefin tuna from ecological extinction. Initially in 2008, thanks to the association “Monaco Développement Durable” (MC2D), in cooperation with the Prince Albert II Foundation, Monegasque restaurant owners pledged to no longer serve Bluefin tuna, thus creating the first “Bluefin tuna free” state. In 2010, Monaco’s State departments, supported by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, initiated a procedure to add the Bluefin tuna to Appendix I of CITES (Convention on the international trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora). Despite the fact

that this was rejected due to lobbying pressure from certain countries, especially Japan, the media impact helped to strengthen public pressure on States. The quotas were respected and the results soon became evident. For the past year, all maritime stakeholders have agreed that the Bluefin tuna is back. Due to the positive recovery levels of Bluefin tuna stocks, the fishing quotas, against the advice of scientists, were once again increased and are likely to rise by 20 percent in 2015 and 2016, increasing from 12,500 tonnes in 2014 to 23,155 tonnes in 2017. This WWF project, in close conjunction with FPA2, is aimed at continuing efforts to protect the Bluefin tuna by means of monitoring, research and making political leaders aware of the issue. Currently in its third phase, the project has been supported by the Foundation since it was launched.

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3Olhos de Agua(Instituto terra)

Located in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest which is one of the most endangered habitats in the world, the aim of this project is to reforest damaged areas within proximity of water points. Sebastiao Salgado, the project manager, renowned for his photographic work, is also a co-founder of the NGO Terra Instituto. In 2013, the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation supported the first phase of the project which resulted in the protection of 50 water sources on 26 properties. Moreover, 6,500 trees were planted in the region which represents approximately 34.6 hectares. This reforestation increases the water supply by 20 percent and improves its quality. Several sources have since been declared natural reserves by the Brazilian Law. This project, which is already recognised internationally, benefits from the support of the Prince Albert II Foundation for a second phase of the project concerning reforestation around 85 water sources in the Rio Doce Valley, 400km north of Rio de Janeiro. Thanks to the Foundation’s support, this project will leave a positive legacy to future generations, whilst coupling the protection of biodiversity with sustainable agriculture.

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Centre d’Excellence Sociale (TFT)

Based in the Congo Basin rainforests, the aim of this project is the certification of 7 million hectares, by providing training to young social and human science specialists capable of offering support, from a social point of view, to forest companies committed to sustainable management and working towards certification. The training concerns fifteen or so logging companies in the Congo Basin. The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation is the founder and principal financier of the Centre of Excellence. To date, several dozen students from universities in Cameroon, Gabo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Republic of Congo, have undergone an intensive 10-month training period. In the light of the excellent results, the Foundation will be supporting the replication of the project in Asia.

Programme de partage des bénéfices de la biodiversitéau profit des communautés villageoises de la région ruralede Nomayanatt

This project, implemented by the association InterActions & Solidarity, is being conducted in North Kenya, close to the Tanzanian border, in the rural region of Nomayanatt. This region, with a semi-arid climate, is afflicted by drought which has led to repeated famine. Faced with such impoverishment, the inhabitants are being forced to sell their land in order to survive. Reduced availability of water and animal habitat fragmentation generate conflict between the populations on the one hand, and on the other hand, wild animals. The purpose of the programme

which the Foundation supports is to develop a system for the sustainable management of natural resources in the “Oltyiani Conservancy” area, which is designed to protect their natural heritage. It has already implemented a strategy for anti-poaching activities and for reducing conflict between humans and wildlife, in addition to supplying water resources to this area thanks to the rehabilitation and management of a source which is currently drying up. The local populations, who are asking for their natural heritage to be protected, are largely involved in the project. Thanks to the support provided by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation to this project, the local populations will be able to co-habit peacefully and permanently with big game and will pass on this privileged relationship, which is the basis of their culture, to future generations.

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Projet d’électrification par énergies renouvelablesen Asie et Afrique(Fondation Energies pour le Monde)

Despite an energy policy to promote the use of renewable energies, the actions implemented by the Madagascan government for the deployment of affordable green energy are still insufficient. Access to electricity in the rural environment remains extremely low, representing a mere 7% in 2009. This project therefore consists in the electrification, using solar and wind energy, of 8 rural communities in the Anosy and Androy regions. Thanks to the support of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, this project will help to improve the living conditions of approximately 20,000 people and the quality of basic social services, as well as to develop local economic activities.

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Monk Seal Conservationpromoted through participary ecosystem-based management in the Aegean Sea (Tethys Research Institute)

The monk seal is one of the most endangered mammals in the world and its population is estimated at between 300 and 500 individuals in the whole of the Mediterranean Region. The project, conducted by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, aims to create and deploy an Ecosystem Based Management and obtain an MPA in the coastal region around Gyaros Island in order to protect the monk seal. A feasibility study carried out in 2011 resulted in a model being defined which identifies key parameters so that co-existence between humans and monk seals in Greece is successful. Field missions have identified a site in Gyaros Island which houses the largest colony of monk seals and has Natura 2000 status. This status is an opportunity, both for the protection of the monk seal and the benefits reaped by local fishermen from the renewal of fish stocks. The project is also supported by the Blue Marine Foundation and the European Commission as part of the LIFE+ Nature financing mechanism. This is a great success as only 4 LIFE+ Nature projects have been approved by the European Commission in Greece. Support from the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation offers a greater chance for MPA designation which will protect this area for the monk seals and renew fish stocks.

In 2014 TARA welcomed H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco aboard its ship. For the Prince, this was an opportunity to become better acquainted with the schooner, its occupants and the project details. “It was important to try to save one of the last monk seal habitats on the island of Gyaros and other surrounding islands.We are very happy to be a partner in this program, via my Foundation. I think we will not only better protect the monk seal and its habitat, but also the fauna and flora of these extremely fragile ecosystems.We must be able to work with the local population, especially with the fishermen, to show that it’sin their interest too, in the long run, that monk seals and fishermen coexist.”

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Saving the iconic NorthernBald Ibis from extinctionBirdlife international

For the last 4 years, the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation has been involved in the protection of the bald ibis with BirdLife International. The bald ibis is classified as a critically endangered species by IUCN and lives in colonies on semi-arid rocky slopes and coastal cliffs. The project is located in the Sous Massa Park in the south of Agadir in Morocco, the largest colony of bald ibises in the world. Since the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation became involved, the bald ibis population has virtually doubled. This project has also developed ecotourism in the Agadir region and is therefore a shining example of a success story in biodiversity protection which has had a positive impact on the local populations and the economic development of a region until now extremely isolated. H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco accompanied by Bertrand Piccard, a member of the Foundation’s Scientific and Technical Committee, visited the local stakeholders in March 2014 in order to talk to the technical staff and forest rangers.

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Providing critical support to establish Cambodia’s first Marine Protected Area (MPA) / Fauna et Flora international

Cambodian waters are a refuge for an abundance of diverse underwater life including coral reefs, seagrasses and vast areas of mangrove. Fauna and Flora International and its partners on site are working with the Fisheries Administration (FiA) under the Ministry of Agriculture of the Royal Government of Cambodia in order to create the first Marine Fisheries Management Area (MFMA) in Cambodia for the waters of the Koh Rong Archipelago. In 2014 the project management welcomed H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco who held discussions with ecologists working to protect the area, and to make it the first marine fisheries management area in Cambodia. When this designation is obtained, it will improve the daily lives of the local communities who make a living from fishing, preserve marine life and guarantee the sustainable and responsible development of the area.

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Oceans North Campaign:Protecting Life in the Arctic (PEW)

The Foundation has already lent support to a PEW project in the

Lancaster Sound and the acquisition of three MPAs. With a view to continuing

its efforts for the preservation of the Canadian Arctic Seas, PEW has

launched a new project to create the first network of Arctic marine protected areas (MPAs) in Canada and Greenland (Northwest Passage) which will protect

the main marine ecosystems identified and used by the Inuit communities.

The Northwest Passage houses over 50 Inuit communities developing there as this is also the habitat of many marine

mammals such as the Beluga Whale and the Polar Bear. Support from the

Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation will enable this habitat to be protected in ways identified by the Inuit people.

They depend on fish, birds and marine mammals which populate this ecosystem

in the Northwest Passage.

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Once again, this year the EVER Monaco conference was a real success, with both quality speakers and high-level personalities

in attendance. Nearly 35 exhibitors were gathered inside and on the forecourt of the Grimaldi Forum, as well as on the Ride and Drive, the space dedicated to testing low and very low emission vehicles. The three days of the exhibition were punctuated by scientific conferences and round tables, as well as by several colourful demonstrations, such as the “Cagnes For EVER” Riviera Electric Challenge, which on April 6th brought together more than 30 electric cars in an energy saving competition between Cagnes sur Mer and Monaco, along an 85 km route in the hinterland of Nice. A crowd gathered on this sunny day to welcome the arrival of the cars on the Grimaldi Forum square. Another highlight was the Metha Europe competition of the Ecole des Mines, a network of six engineering schools that is committed to helping and supporting enterprise creation under the theme of “sustainable cities,” and which rewarded three students for innovative projects. However, EVER Monaco was also a space for the presentation and testing of many electric two-wheeled vehicles, from bicycles to motorbikes. In fact, it was the occasion for the unveiling of the Racinger City Tour, a future French championship for electric motorcycles, whose 10 races will be held from 2017 from the city center.

The Highlight Remains the Arrival of the Electrique Paris-Monaco Kia Operation

Motor sport has also been widely discussed with the Formula E Venturi Monaco team, which not only showcased its single-seater car, but also images of the VBB-3, a 12-meter long electric vehicle that will attempt to break a speed record next September on an American salt lake. For thrill-seekers, the Swiss company Sygmalion presented one of the curiosities of the exhibition with its Grey P12, a bicycle capable of accelerating from 0 to 100 km/h in less than seven seconds! This high-performance bike is currently being tested by police services in Monaco, New York and

Abu Dhabi. That said, the highlight of EVER Monaco 2016 remained the arrival of the Kia Electrique Paris-Monaco Kia Operation, which showcased a 100% electric Kia Soul EV which, symbolically, left the Embassy of the Principality of Monaco in Paris on April 5th and arrived at the Grimaldi Forum in late morning, driven by S.E.M. Serge Telle, Minister of State of the Principality of Monaco, who had travelled 1,200 km on French roads and participated in several promotion events for electric cars and the expansion of the electric refill terminals along the French transport network.

Students from the ISAT, the Institut Supérieur de l’Automobile et des Transports, had their opportunity to present their senior year project, namely a racing car made ecological through its electrical systems. This project was born 2 and a half years ago through a student initiative, being funded by a series of promotions to finally participate in the ecological rally. This was thus a long-term experiment to which students brought a annual improvements and innovations to reach their ultimate goal: making it accessible to as many people as possible by marketing it. Currently, this project is approved for driving on the open read, but it will only be able to succeed with the involvement of partners willing to invest. With a traditional electric recharging system, this car can go up to 100 km, in the city. For longer trips, there is a generator and battery system which allows the engine to take over. The students have taken advantage of breakthroughs made by previous classes to improve this project even further, including in some innovative ways led by the 2nd years. With the work done by their peers of previous years in mind, they focused their work on the assembly phase by adapting the electrical components and improving their security, all while giving the design a brand new turn. There is thus in this school a synergy between the students of different years which is consistent with their great achievement, which fits perfectly in the current trends on the research and development of ecological cars. We wish them a nice drive on the eco-circuit!

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As a part of its environmental management, the Grimaldi Forum regularly offers sensitization visits to its employees around themes related to its priority ISO 14001 certification area, namely water resource management.

Last April 7th, a small group was able to attend a first visit of the wastewater treatment plant located in the “Le Triton” building in the Fontevieille neighbourhood. The UTER is a very special plant, given its location in the heart of an urban area; it treats all of the wastewater of the Principality as well as part of the neighbouring towns such as La Turbie, Beausoleil and Cap d’Ail. With an installation that is 11 times more compact than a classic decanter, the plant, spread over 7,500 m² across 9 floors, offers a yield that is well-above those of a normal station. Its average daily flow is between 15,000 and 20,000 m3/day, with its processing capacity sized for 100,000 Population Equivalents (PE). The collected wastewater is subjected to a physico-chemical and carbon physico-chemical treatment before its discharge into the sea, once washed. Since its renovation in 2008, the plant has further improved its performance, since a third more bacteria are now captured through new installations: the discharged water is now more than 90% pure!

The UTER works to ensure a comfortable living environment next to a well-preserved Mediterranean sea. For the future, its leaders have expressed their wish to reuse the discharged water to water gardens and thus save in water resources.

>>> A more complete coverage of the issue will be published in the next MAG! >>>

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Waste water treatment is separated in two distinct sites:• An underground waste water pre-treatment plant (UPTER), which ensures the physical pre-treatment of the water: screening, grit removal, and oil removal. Its hydraulic capacity allows for the management of all of the collected wastewater and occasional flows due to runoff from major rain episodes, which occur on a quarterly basis. • A processing plant (UTER) located in the Le Triton building and extending over 500m² across 9 floors, 4 of which are below ground, and which ensures the primary and secondary treatment of water. It was designed according to a specific set of performance requirements, namely compactness and the absence of pollution (noise and odors).

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Tuesday, March 1stHôtel Métropole Monte-Carlo has become involved in the “Monaco Against Deforestation” project alongside the PrinceAlbert II of Monaco Foundation.

The establishment, which was already active with the NAMASTE association, has naturally chosen to continue its activities in Nepal by announcing its decision to join the forest management and conservation project ongoing in that country.

Although Nepal’s forests are vast and enjoy a great ecological diversity, the forest sector’s contribution to the national economy is extremely low. Commercial opportunities have traditionally been limited, which has hurt investments in the management and long-term conservation of forests. These should be an asset for Nepalese communities and local businesses, and should allow for the creation of sustainable jobs. However, this potential remains largely untapped. In order to develop forestry in a sustainable manner and reform governmental strategies on sustainable development, the “Developing the PEFC National Forestry Certification System in Nepal” project consists in creating a national forestry certification system in accordance with international PEFC requirements.

This would be the first national certification of its kind in Nepal. Through this project, the PEFC hopes to advance forestry certification in Nepal by formulating solutions to address the following issues:

1 – Reduce costs by developing local expertise and by reducing dependence on international experts.

2- Extending certification to new geographic areas and new markets, beyond non-timber forestry products. 3 – Implement a model allowing for the scaling up of the group certification4 – Allowing stakeholders to take hold of the urgent question of sustainable forest management and initiate a dialogue on the subject.

A new type of forest management will be established by bringing together various actors involved in forestry at the community, region and country levels. This standard will be adapted to Nepal’s specific conditions, and will ensure the development of the technical capacities necessary for the functioning of the long-term certification system. Representatives of agencies, institutions, associations and the government will participate in working meetings in order to take the interests of a maximum amount of stakeholders into account.

A national governing body (NGB) will also be established to steer the process of defining standards and administer the certification system in the long term. The NGB will represent Nepal at the PEFC Council. It is likely that Green Foundation Nepal, an organization firmly rooted in the country, will come to assume this role. Its direction will represent the major actors and stakeholders (including local communities and regional members). A pilot test of certification standards will be implemented in several regions before the final implementation is conducted in partnership with the chosen villages and community user groups. In this way, the project will ensure the involvement of villages and sensitize the surrounding communities to the importance of certification. After the pilot trials are successful and the national certification system has been implemented, Nepal will become a fertile breeding ground for the growth of sustainable forestry management and forest certification. The Foundation will support the main implementation activities of the project, from helping to set design and program standards to the pilot trials and the preparations for implementation.

2100:Developing the PEFC National Forestry Certification Systemin Nepal

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The Intergovernmental Group on Climate Change (IPCC), the 43rd working session of which concluded on April 13th, 2016 in Nairobi, has approved the establishment of three Special Reports (1), one of which will be focused on interactions between the climate, ocean and cryosphere.

On the initiative of HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco, his Foundation approached the IPCC during its 41st session in February 2015, asking it to produce a Special Report on the Ocean. For more than a year, the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation and the Government of Monaco have continued their efforts to stress the importance of this initiative and the issues at stake. This work was conducted in partnership with the “Ocean and Climate Platform” which brought together, prior to COP 21 in Paris, close to 70 international players from the scientific community, civil society and the business world. “Ocean’s Call for Climate”, a petition launched by the Platform, received over 30,000 signatures to urge signatory countries of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to place the ocean at the heart of the climate agenda.

The strong mobilisation of States for ocean/climate issues was confirmed at COP 21 by the signing of the Declaration “Because the Ocean” by 22 countries. This Declaration, initiated by Monaco and Chile, and signed personally by HSH the Sovereign Prince, called on the IPCC to

produce a Special Report on the Ocean in the light of the alarming consequences of global warming and increased greenhouse gas emissions on oceans. Acidification and rising sea levels are some of the effects which already are having a major impact on the lives, economy and security of thousands of people worldwide.

The inclusion in this report of issues relating to the melting of the cryosphere – the frozen parts of the Earth including the Poles – another major concern for the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, will provide extremely useful input for responding to the questions raised by rising sea levels, the latest studies of which show that they could be much higher than anticipated. The decision of the IPCC to produce a Special Report on the Ocean and the cryosphere is an extremely powerful signal, encouraging the international community to continue its efforts, not only as regards the sound governance and protection of the oceans, but also to fully integrate them into national and international climate policies.

This decision, obtained thanks to the sustained efforts of the Principality, marks a major milestone for Planet Ocean.

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“Impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways”, report requested by the UNFCCC in the Paris Agreement.

“Climate Change, Desertification, Land Use Changesand Food Security”

“Climate Change, Oceans and Cryosphere”

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« L’objectifpour les constructeurs

de yachts : l’utilisation de bois issude forêts gérées durablement »

A beautiful awareness campaignAt the beginning of 2016 the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation organised a public awareness campaign concerning the conservation of the seahorse, as well as a crowdfunding operation with the aim of introducing specimens of this endangered and protected species into the Larvotto Marine Reserve.

The awareness campaign, which took the shape of a drawing competition and photo competition was a real success. Many budding artists and photographers, professionals and non professionals alike, took part in the competitions proposed by the Foundation. In total 77 entries have brought this project alive, including 37 photographs on the topics “the seahorse in its natural environment” and “Larvotto in all its facets”; 26 children and 14 classes for the topic “the seahorse and its environment”.

The crowdfunding operation to fund the project to increase the seahorse population in the Larvotto Sea Reserve has also met with great success. 133 contributors have joined the Foundation and thanks to their donations will make the implementation of this project to protect this emblematic species of the Mediterranean possible.

The Foundation would like to thank the 133 contributors who have offered their support and extends its congratulations to the winners of the various competitions it organised.

Congratulations to Elia and Tara Eastwood Theme : « Larvotto in all its facets»

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Congratulations to Remy DubasTheme : « seahorse in its natural environment »

Congratulations to the young Francesco Tobin and the CE2 class at Notre Dame du Sacré Cœur School for their drawings

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Les Thermes MarinsMonte-Carlo has committed

On 18th April, the Thermes Marins, represented by Mrs Christine Zoliec, Director, and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, represented by H.E. Mr Bernard Fautrier formalised the pledge undertaken by the restaurant L’Hirondelle in the presence of Mr Dimitri de Andolenko, the Group’s Purchasing Officer and the new Chef Jean-Claude Brugel.Attaching great importance to product quality and sustainability, Jean Claude Brugel will perpetuate the work carried out by his predecessor Jacky Oberti. The signing of the partnership with Mr Goodfish is in line with the continuity of these efforts. With the aim of offering an alternative to consumers by prompting them to discover non-endangered seafood products, Mr Goodfish finds its true meaning in the innovative and conscious cuisine offered by the restaurant L’Hirondelle.

After the Vistamar at the Hotel Hermitage, a new establishment within the Monte Carlo Société des Bains de Mer, Les Thermes Marin Monte-Carlo has committed alongside the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation to promoting the responsible consumption of seafood products in its restaurant L’Hirondelle, now a partner of the Mr Goodfish programme.

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Under the brazilian sun

The 7th edition of the Monaco Blue Initiative - 3&4 April 2016

Launched in 2010, on the initiative of HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco and jointly organised by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation and the Oceanographic Institute Albert I Prince of Monaco Foundation, the Monaco Blue Initiative is a forum for discussion which aims to foster the preservation and knowledge of the oceans and their sustainable management by creating synergy between the various players involved in the protection of the marine ecosystems and economic and social development.

More than 60 prominent figures, experts, scientists, NGOs, political and economic decision-makers, as well as players from the private sector met on 4th April in order to highlight and develop the key issues of ocean management and to formulate solutions together. The focal point was sustainable aquaculture as announced by the title of this edition: “Sustainable aquaculture at the Heart of a Blue Economy”.An update on the main news concerning the ocean, in particular the negotiations on biodiversity beyond areas under national jurisdictions (Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdictions) was also given at the end of the day.

« Sustainable aquacultureat the Heart of aBlue Economy »

The discussions showed that aquaculture can be a driving force for conservation and support biodiversity, when integrated into marine protected areas. It can play an important social role and help to reduce inequality and discrimination by supporting the emancipation of underprivileged categories (retraining of fishermen, livelihood of coastal population, jobs for women…). It can also help to sequester the carbon released into the atmosphere thanks to cultivated seaweed, and combat ocean acidification with integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA), which furthermore traps and recycles nitrogen-containing pollutants.

To be successful, aquaculture needs to cohabit intelligently with other uses of the ocean space, fishing and tourism, but also with emerging sectors such as renewable energies. Drawing from detailed knowledge of the ocean and its functioning (water and tidal productivity) and based on consultation between users, marine spatial planning will optimise the distribution of activities and help to define projects for marine territories correctly.

Optimised relations between aquaculture, agriculture, farming and fishing with a view to a circular economy, enhancing the value of by-products through high added value sectors, will provide fantastic opportunities. Decision-makers, public authorities and research will have an important role. Consumers, more demanding in terms of quality and traceability, will also be drivers of this development. Aquaculture over the next few decades should therefore be at the heart of a new economic model, in which production activities are no longer in conflict with the environment, but preserve it. A different way of thinking needs to be adopted in order to tie together issues concerning food security, the climate and biodiversity.

In Brazil and elsewhere excesses need to be offset and a much broader vision adopted. This activity should not simply cover the increasing protein requirements of a growing population and limit its negative effects on the environment, but also make a positive net contribution to the environment at local and global levels; all these issues were discussed in Sao Paulo.

Under the presidency of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco, the 7th edition was held in the prestigious setting of the Palacio Dos Bandeirantes, the Palace of the Governor of Sao Paulo.

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The initiative Beyond Plastic Med was launched on 10th March 2015 during an international conference in Monaco. During this conference, the speakers endeavoured to go beyond the observations concerning plastic pollution in order to identify genuine solutions and courses of action. Every year, more than 8 million tonnes of plastics are dumped at sea. This plastic is a serious danger, not only for marine biodiversity, but also for human health; we are at the end of the food chain. It is urgent to take action in order to limit such pollution and protect our oceans!

Today, the goal of the Beyond Plastic Med Task Force is therefore to support innovative civic initiatives for a healthy Mediterranean, whilst continuing to work with the private sector, NGOs and the scientific community.

A year of action to unify and combat plastic in the Mediterranean.

Marine pollution from plastics is currently one of the most serious environmental problems that affect the ocean. In the

Mediterranean, the level of plastic pollution is among the highest on the globe. The increase in micro-plastics at sea and their probable incorporation into the food chain, and therefore our food intake, also poses a public health concern. It is urgent to move towards concrete solutions such as water sanitation, waste management, the use of biodegradable plastic and innovation to develop the creation and use of alternative products. The solutions are many but impetus is needed in order to implement them.

In order to meet the challenge of a Mediterranean with no plastic, the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, Tara Expeditions, Surfrider Foundation Europe and the Mava Foundation have joined forces to give life to the initiative Beyond Plastic Med (BeMed). Its mission is to disseminate information about the Mediterranean’s state of health, to support innovative and civic initiatives, and to influence political, legislative and regulatory decisions aimed at curbing plastic pollution.

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Launched at the international conference “Plastic in the Mediterranean: beyond the observations, what are the solutions?” which took place in Monaco on 10th and 11th March 2015, BeMed is now led by a wider group as IUCN was keen to become involved alongside the founder members.

Raising public awarenessIn partnership with BeMed, a film “Le Plastique Vagabond“, shot partially during the Tara Mediterranean expedition, offers an initial voyage into the world of plastic at sea. To raise public awareness, it calls for action by means of an art competition. Cleaning up the beach and creating works based on recycled plastic feature on the programme!

Triggering local impetusto address a regional issue is one of the

key focuses of Beyond plastic Med

In order to reach this initial concrete objective, BeMed is launching a call for micro initiatives on 8th June 2016 aimed at all Mediterranean countries. The projects to be given support will be selected for their innovative aspect, whether this be of a technological or institutional nature or related to public education efforts. The 8th June is also World Oceans Day, for which the UN has chosen the fight against plastic at sea as this year’s theme.

In the long term, BeMed will develop a network of local associations which will take action in the field to combat plastic pollution by adapting to the local socio-economic conditions.

Engaging the private sector and ensuring scientific monitoringBy promoting dialogue with the private sector BeMed would like to help to find innovative solutions, based on a circular economy approach, to act on the entire life cycle of plastics from the conception and production stages to the distribution, use and recycling phases, with the aim of taking action as early as possible in order to reduce the flow of plastics in the Mediterranean. To mobilise the private sector, IUCN and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation brought together various companies and NGOs in Monaco in November 2015. Following the extremely promising outcome of this first edition, a second meeting is planned on 9th and 10th May 2016 to continue the joint efforts to find solutions for reducing the production and use of plastics at an early stage.

The scientific community is also being asked to join the BeMed initiative. The state of research will complete the solutions agenda, in particular the results of the Tara Mediterranean scientific programme which currently groups together 17 research institutions from several countries in the Mediterranean region.

A Few Dates:PLASTIC ART” competition starting on 10th March, an international competition. Creation of artwork from plastic collected on a beach or recycled. For further information: www.facebook.com/plasticvagabond/

2nd IUCN-FPA2 meeting “Close the Plastic Tap9th and 10th May 2016

Launch of call for micro-initiatives 8th June 2016 -> log onto the website BeMed

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To mark its tenth anniversary on 30th June 2016, the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, highly committed to the preservation of biodiversity, is presenting the campaign “Delete?” in partnership with the artist Thierry Bisch and the Opera Gallery.

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Thierry Bisch on the following three points:* Presentation of the campaign: how were the species presented selected (IUCN Red List), presentation of the various components of the campaign (screenings in the city, exhibition/sale of some works in the Opera Gallery, goodies, stamps…) * The goals of this campaign in a few words* Reasons for joining forces with the Foundation for this project and Monaco for the launch of this awareness campaign

« I selected the species I was going to represent based on the IUCN Red List (the largest and most exhaustive database on the subject) but also by personal inclination towards certain emblematic animals. While many animals are known by everyone, I was also keen to showcase more modest species generally unfamiliar to the public. This list was submitted to the Foundation’s team who broadly endorsed it, knowing that it could be amended along the way.

The aim of the work, which I have called “ Delete?”, is to raise urban awareness of the tremendous decline in just a few decades of a large number of terrestrial animal species.I have been painting animals for a long time and thanks to internet and books have collected a lot of information on my subjects: morphology, origin, distribution areas, diet, sub-species etc. My ongoing research has brought to light over the past few years a striking and recurring fact appearing on every page of various specialised websites: my subjects were in the process of disappearing, threatened with extinction.

In 2008 I visited IUCN headquarters in Switzerland to suggest that I let my artist brushes promote this cause, in my view paramount, as the mass extinction currently underway concerns all of us, hominids are de facto endangered as terrestrial mammals.

I was welcomed with kindness and genuine interest – the involvement of an artist is not commonplace in the scientific world. The extensive work of the IUCN members in setting up and updating the Red List’s huge database left them little time and resources to support my “general public” awareness project. Consequently I had to find people committed to wildlife conservation downstream in order for the “Delete?” project to materialise.

Individuals working closely with the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation suggested that I submit the project to its Director, Mr Bernard Fautrier. Seeing the various programmes efficiently supported by the Foundation, in particular the Polar Bear and the Siberian Tiger, convinced me of the total commitment of this organisation to which I felt so close. We therefore began working together in September 2015.

Opera Gallery, my incumbent gallery in Monaco, also came on board in support of the “Delete?” project and the Foundation as a dual partnership. Didier Viltart, the Director of the gallery, has been following my work for close to 20 years – nobody else could better showcase the works of this very special and engaged series.After being displayed in various emblematic areas of the Principality, the collection will be grouped together at Opera

Gallery for an official vernissage on 29th June. The works will be sold and the gallery will give part of the proceeds to the Foundation.

Over the summer, video animations based on photos of the work underway in the studio, will be screened in the evening on the remparts of the Rocher and promotional items (tee-shirts, cups, posters, etc.) will be on sale to support the Foundation.Subsequently, I hope to continue the operation in other cities around the world in which the Foundation and Opera Gallery have delegations, such as Singapore, London, New York, Geneva and Paris. Monaco is the spearhead of a universal work which I believe is of extreme value. »

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“Delete?” is an environmentally-engaged work the purpose of which is to raiseurban awareness of the decline of a large number of animal species and the threatof their extinction.

A collection of twenty large canvasses depicting endangered animals will be on display as from May in emblematic areas of the Principality.A leaflet will be available from the Tourist Office and Opera Gallery, 1, avenue Henri Dunant. Over the summer, tarpaulins, painted walls and videos produced based on the artist’s canvasses will be showcased in the evening all over the Principality of Monaco.

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As a self-taught professional photographer for over 25 years and living in the Principality of Monaco, Jean-Charles Vinaj quickly turned towards his passion: animal photography. Through it, he encountered incredible animal species and communicated his desire to share and bear witness to their lives, their beauty and their environment through his images. His new project, “Living Together” aims to showcase all forms of cohabitation between man and wild animals. Jean-Charles thus once again hit the road to the wide open spaces of Namibia, Brazil, India… living amongst local tribes in order to understand their lifestyles and interactions, whether positive or negative, with endangered wild species. As a preview for the MAG, we firstzoom on Ethiopia. When we think of Ethiopia, the first images that form in our minds are often those of poverty, war, famine and drought popularized by the media. As the second-most populous African country, Ethiopia is actually a country of great natural beauty. Considered the cradle of humanity, it is one of the oldest areas of human settlement. Located on the African side of the Great Rift, draining the main rivers of the Horn of Africa, Ethiopia has a very diverse environment which alternates between deserts, snowy mountaintops, as well as large, lush uplands. These differences of climate and altitude result in very varied vegetation across the country, which abounds in both plant and animal endemic species. Ethiopia, just like our planet, has today arrived at a crossroads in the protection

of its biodiversity. Last February, Jean-Charles Vinaj travelled to the high plateaus of the Bâlé Mountains National Park to photograph the Abyssinian Wolf, an endemic species

that looks like a jackal but has the colors of a fox. At 4,000 meters of

altitude, it is there that the story of this strange wolf continues to be written, since the

last ice age 30,000 years ago.

This wolf that looked likeno other…Everything in fact started during the last ice age. Beyond the glaciers, the immense highlands of the Abyssinian plateau were covered by grasslands, populated with species adapted to the high altitude environment. Like the great African plains, these large open spaces were home to herds of ungulates, but were also filled with small mammals, especially mole rats and mice. It is in this context that an extinct species, which possibly looked like a wolf, an ancestor of the coyote and the grey wolf, colonized Africa from Europe by following Afro-Alpine habitat corridors which then covered the Middle East and North Africa. Because of its prolonged geographic isolation, this ancestor evolved into a new species, the Ethiopian or Abyssinian wolf, which is called here JEDALAFARDAA. Given the types of available prey, the wolf then specialized in catching rodents. Its lifestyle is actually so particular that the only thing which it today has in common with its European and American cousins is its membership in the same family. Not hunting in packs but rather by using its hearing, like the fox, it listens and probes underground holes to flush out its prey: mice, rats and mole rats.

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… Symbiosis between humans and livestockFar from being a herd predator like its cousins and far from being a threat to humans, the Abyssinian wolf lives in peace with herders. Indeed, the increasingly intense colonization of the Bâlé uplands by the plains dwellers has brought livestock closer to the wolves. Wolves can often be seen among domesticated livestock herds, blending in with the herd in order to approach rodents without being seen, thus helping them catch their prey. Oromo herders, who came to the highlands several years ago, generally tolerate the presence of the wolves and rarely chase them away. Attracted by the fertility of the land, the Oromos today number nearly 40,000. Having come with their

dogs, which they keep for protection, there are today between 40 and 50,000 dogs and 200,000 heads of livestock. This is a rare overgrazing situation, as the grass no longer has any time to grow. The wolves, preferring to remain at high altitudes, never attacks humans or their domesticated animals; in return, humans do not hunt it. And yet, the Abyssinian wolf is a threatened species…

The Threat of RabiesAlthough, until the ‘70s, permanent houses and domesticated dogs were virtually absent from the Sanetti plateau, the thousands of dogs present today represent one of the greatest

threats to the survival of the Abyssinian wolf. While hybridization between dogs and wolves is certainly a problem, the transmission of infectious diseases represents the greatest danger in the short term. Indeed, both rabies and canine distemper have decimated much of the wolf population. In 2015, some fifty wolves unfortunately died of rabies. This is a worrying sign when we know that the population numbers today barely 450 wolves in the Bâlé, while there were still some 5,000 wolves a mere 10 years ago. A mere 60 wolves remain on the Siemen highlands, and 40 in Goassa, bringing the total population to some 550 wolves.

Since 1990, about 40,000 dogs have been vaccinated, but in Bâlé, as in many African countries, dogs are not well-fed and are used not only as guard dogs to ward against hyenas, but also to clean the surroundings of huts by eating the human excrements. It is thus impossible to regulate these dogs that often remain undeclared: they are a taboo subject and are often difficult to handle. Continuing dog vaccination campaigns would be a part of the solution, but the government can unfortunately not afford it.

Concrete actions toprotect speciesThe Bâlé National Park is today striving to find acceptable solutions for park users, while continuing in its efforts to protect the wildlife. The IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature) and the EWCP (Ethiopian World Conservation Program) aim to protect the Abyssinian wolf and its afro-alpine habitat, all while ensuring the social and economic welfare of local communities. They are mainly focused on 3 areas: the scientific study and monitoring of the wolf; the vaccination of both dogs and wolves; and raising awareness, particularly among local populations. The program employs about twenty people full time as well as another 50 people, mostly villagers living in Bâlé, part time. It has succeeded in dramatically changing the way in which the local population viewsthis issue.

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A Daunting TaskManaging the natural resources of this region while continuing to increase land use is a daunting task. The government has taken up the challenge by developing partnerships, all while diversifying and increasing the Park’s sources of revenue. What worries both Ethiopian and international environmentalists is less the absolute biological wealth of Bâlé, but rather its rapid degradation in recent decades. Indeed, it is estimated, for example, that 97% of Ethiopia’s afro-alpine habitat has been destroyed through human activities. In 1970, when the creation of a national park was first envisaged, the plateau was completely empty of human habitation. In 2006, the latest census noted 40,000 people, with over 200,000 cattle and 18,000 dogs, more or less strays.

The population explosion observed in the region in the last three decades has thus become a major threat for a number of wild species. And yet, 10 years ago, the government had asked the inhabitants of the Bâlé to leave their land, in exchange for compensation. Some of them had accepted and the population quickly fell to 4,000 inhabitants. However, the lack of financial means was quickly felt and some of them came back to their lands, when the government stopped these financial compensations.

In 2004, as the Bâlé Mountains National Park was about to breathe its last, the Frankfurt Zoological Society initiated a revitalization process with the support of the Government of Ethiopia in order to maintain the long-term biodiversity of the area and improve the living conditions of local populations. According to local guides, the best way to change the mentality of the Oromans would be to give them a share of Park revenue (entrance fees, guide salaries, taxes on photo and video equipment). The benefits thus gained would make them finally realize that the wolf is of paramount importance, not only as an endemic species, but also economically. Although, at present, tourism 4,000m above sea level is not yet very popular, most of those who come to the region do not miss the opportunity to go to the area and see the wolves…

The Bâlé Mountains National Park is undoubtedly the jewel of Ethiopia’s protected regions. Its vast expanse of afro-alpine habitat is the most important of the continent, its tropical rainforest is the second largest in the country, and the water that flows from its watersheds quenches the thirst of more than 12 million human beings. In addition, the Park is home to more endemic species than any other area of comparable size on the planet, and is home to the the country’s two emblematic species, the Abyssinian wolf and the Mountain Nyala. Travelling through Ethiopia and the Bâlé Mountains, we see a world of lush, majestic mountains and enchanted forests populated by species that live nowhere else.It is a world of contrast, geographically tropicalbut nonetheless occasionally covered by snow, rain and ice.

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The Harar Hyena PacksLet’s now go to the far west of Ethiopia, in one of the most beautiful cities in the country, notably the home of Arthur Rimbaud: Harar. Inhabited for over a millennium, the city is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and is located 500 km from Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital. Harar was once a commercial city and a former major trading port. Behind its high XVIth century walls, the city has established a mysterious non-aggression pact with hyenas that come to its doors at night.

These scavengers, whose attacks are often deadly and which are very widespread in Ethiopia are nightmares for the inhabitants. And yet, outside of the citadel, the hyenas seem almost docile, to the delight of tourists. To protect themselves from their attacks, the residents of Harar created, some 3 centuries ago, a pact of mutual respect by feeding the hyenas each night and offering them Aja, a stew cooked specially for them. When the hyenas left, the tradition was lost, but when they returned a family decided to revive this custom to protect the villagers.

Mume comes out every night to feed them, managing to communicate with the hyenas to make them less aggressive, as if they had been “appeased.” He has transmitted to his son Youssouf his ability to speak to them, which he has in turn transmitted to Abas. What had been an ancestral tradition has now become a business… The guides take tourists along to the feeding sessions without seeming aware of the real danger that they represent. Thinking that they are tame, tourists even have the possibility of feeding the hyenas themselves. And yet they are still in fact wild animals, capable of turning against humans at any moment.

We are seeing, as with polar bears on another part of the planet, a complete ignorance of the true wildness of the animals and of their full reality, which is why the tourists are not wary. No awareness raising is conducted, whether among tourists or among the guides, with regard to the dangers which the hyenas represent. They are thought to be a nearly-domesticated wild animal… A truncated image of a reality which could, at any time, shift from a sacred pact into a nightmare.

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The Grimaldi Forum monacoand The monaco TourisT oFFice become parTners oF The projecT: “monaco makes a commiTmenT aGainsT deForesTaTion” waGedby The prince alberT ii oFmonaco FoundaTion.

Join us in supporTinGThe FiGhT aGainsT deForesTaTion carried out by the Foundation Prince albert ii

Prince Albert ii of Monaco Foundation supports numerous projects to fight against deforestation or assistance to their eco-certification in various countries hosting the largest rainforests of our planet. With the association Monegasque Mc2d it wants to develop the use of certified wood in the area and make the Principality exemplary in this field. the goal is to educate all users of wood or derivatives of this issue by encouraging them to commit to the certification or the purchase of certified wood. thus, the Foundation acts both at the source by supporting the wise management of forests and informing the consumer.

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« Doggy Bag »After several conference-debates, a survey was

conducted among restaurant owners in the summer of 2015 with the following goal: to

determine priority actions to be carried out in terms of combating food waste in the Principality and assessing the value of creating a Monegasque doggy bag for restaurants.

« Watertight, Recyclable and Easily Transportable »

In November 2015, the City Council and MC2D formalised the implementation of an action campaign among 20 pilot restaurants, and announced the launch of the Monegasque doggy bag. The result of brainstorming sessions with restaurant owners and the various creators of take-away boxes, “La petite Boîte” was designed to be watertight, recyclable and easily transportable in order to avoid using any further packing. Since the start of the campaign, several restaurants have joined the 20 pilot institutions and the campaign now counts 27 partners. To date, 4550 boxes from the 5000 ordered have been distributed and the first requests for resupplies are beginning to arrive. At the Monte Carlo Bar (MCB), 150 boxes have been used up in less than a month. The restaurant already offered its clients the opportunity to take away any uneaten food but “La petite Boîte” gives the service a “more professional and unifying feel”, according to Mr Bureau. At MCB, as at the Quai des artistes, another of the 20 pilot restaurants, waiters automatically propose “La petite Boîte” to all customers who have not finished their meal. And this has proven to be a great success! After a short adaptation period, regulars of the two restaurants now ask for their “petite Boite” before going home. In the long term, the logo of the operation will feature on the front of the restaurant and/or on menus (restaurant owners will be left to choose the option they prefer) so that customers can easily identify partner restaurants and feel comfortable when requesting a box.

On 11th February, “La petite Boîte” appeared for the first time in restaurants in Monaco.In 2014 the Monaco City Council and the association MC2D launched the operation “Monaco campaigns against food waste” (Monaco s’engage contre le gaspillage alimentaire).

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Sharing the Artof OceaniaIn order to better reach a Western audience that knows too little of this ancient art, the museum has chosen to highlight aboriginal and Oceanian artists who have been able, with both intelligence and dignity, to develop their art to connect secular traditions and universal aesthetics around messages of hopes. Using all different kinds of media (paintings, sculptures, photographs, videos, masks, hairstyles, etc.) as well as various different materials (wood, metal, plastics, fishing nets, etc.) these works alert us to the risks related to climate change and denounce the devastation suffered by our environment through overfishing or pollution by plastic.For all of the artists participating in this exhibition event, the challenge is the same: the oceans, and more generally water, have to be protected.

The Taba Naba exhibition is thus primarily an invitation to change our habit and become engaged quickly; it revolves around three complementary themes: “Islanders now masters of both navigation and artistic expression,” “Living waters” and the one about which we will now talk in more detail: the alarm call against ocean pollution launched by 50 major aboriginal artists from the Torres strait, which separates Australia from New Guinea.

Through six monumental installations against ocean pollution, these artists have chosen to treat these environmental issues with humour and subtlety. Visitors are greeted by a group of Bagu sculptures, which rise up to 5 meters on the forecourt of the museum. These monumental works, made from recycled materials found on the beach near the community of Girrigun, are a manifesto against the coastal pollution. To preserve their environment while creating works of art, these artists decided to use the debris found on beaches as well as in their living environments to create these ten Bagu sculptures. Three monumental crabs, created by Brian Robinson, born on the islands of the Torres Strait, climb on the museum’s façade. This theatrical presentation, accessible to everyone, invites visitors to continue their walk inside the building.

The exhibition is an invitation to change our habits and become engaged quickly

Upon entering the museum, they are greeted by a superb dugong sculpture created by the artist Alick Tipoti. It represents this aquatic mammal swimming under the moon. The patterns delicately engraved on the sculpture’s body testify to the destruction of underwater grasses by the huge merchant ships. Past the entrance, visitors are led to one of the most prestigious areas of the Museum, namely the Salon d’Honneur. Here, sculptures of sea turtles, sharks, crocodiles, dugongs and gigantic whales swim, all while surrounded by fishes of myriads of colors. Entitled “Ocean Life – Installation of Sculptures made with Ghost Nets Fishing Nets,” this artistic offering of more than 30 individual works was created communally by three art centers. It represents the variety of marine animals that can sadly be found trapped in abandoned fishing nets. Three gigantic ceremonial headdresses, called Dhari, are presented on the large red walls of the dais of the first floor of the Museum and create a mirror effect. These sculptures, from three to six meters high, are created for dances and evoke traditional fish traps. The highlight of this first part is located on the terrace, on which is installed one of the greatest ground works ever created by an indigenous artist: a 574m sea turtle made up of dozens of sea creatures, the very same that the visitors can see in the Museum’s collections. This is the monumental work of Alick Tipoti, an internationally-renowned artist from the Torres Strait. His work is exhibited in numerous public collections throughout the world, especially in the collections of the Musée des Confluences in Lyon.

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Taba Naba is a traditional children’s song from the Torres Strait, which are a group of islands located near the coast of Northern Australia. It is accompanied by a dance in a seated position in which singers perform gestures throughout the song. The original version, as invented by the indigenous Torres Strait islanders, is sung in the Meriam Mir language. It is a joyful song about the pleasures of fishing on reefs, sung in the company of family, friends, people of the island, and even outsiders.

Until September 30th, the Monaco Oceanographic Museum is hosting“Taba Naba,” a major exhibition of artworks from aboriginal and Oceanian artists.

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From Monaco to Vladivostok,a low-carbon project!

Although their goal is to reach Mongolia and then Siberia, simply making their way there is already quite an adventure. They are travelling at human speed, firstly by kayak and then by recumbent bicycle, covering a total of over 18,000 kilometres across land and sea. It will take them over one year to reach the Mongolian steppe.During their adventure, they will focus on and bring to light four main themes - some related to the environment: the Mediterranean; plastics in the sea; the inland route; and Mongolian winter and the cold routes.

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Can you tell us about your new project? We’ve called our latest project «The Route». The goal is to reach Mongolia and to spend a winter there with a family of nomadic herders. But the route that we are going to take to reach our Mongolian winter destination is also important. We are going to travel under our own steam – using kayaks, bicycles and local transport. We are setting off from Port Hercule in Monaco for the port of Piraeus in Athens. We’ll then cross Turkey and take the legendary Silk Route before reaching Mongolia from China. Once our Mongolian winter is over, we plan to go to Siberia and meet other nomads, eventually ending up in Vladivostok and then, who knows, possibly getting back in our kayaks and canoeing around the Kamchatka Peninsula!The main objective is not sport, however, it’s the human side.

We want to showcase the knowledge and the solidarity of communities that still live from Nature and in Nature. That’s why we’re aiming for total immersion. We’ll be able to produce new documentaries that show human values rising above borders and cultural differences. Just like the years we spent in Greenland, we intend to let you share an authentic modern adventure.

How much time will it take to reach Vladivostok, and how many kilometres will you cover? The first part of your question mainly depends on the administrative side of the journey, namely: getting a long-term visa for Mongolia. If things go as planned, we will reach Vladivostok at the end of summer 2018 - after more or less 20,000 km.

Can you give us more details about «plastics in the sea», one of the themes you will be addressing?«The Route», our new expedition, will provide us with opportunities to produce media reports and documentaries, mainly with the nomadic herders of Mongolia and Russia, but also with other peoples that still live in and thanks to nature. We have therefore decided to cover the distance between Port Hercule in Monaco and Piraeus in Athens by kayak. We’ll then start the land-travel section of our journey at the end of October. It won’t always be easy, but we find the challenge interesting. It will enable us, once again, to assess the differences and the contrasts that give our planet its diversity. Obviously, we will come face to face with the density of the populations along the Mediterranean coastline - the cause of several types of pollution that we’re all familiar with – water pollution and plastic waste to name but two.

« We want to showcase the knowledge and the solidarity of communities that still live from Nature and in Nature »

Having canoed and bivouacked along many of our planet’s beaches, we can confirm that there isn’t a single spot – not even way up in the northern hemisphere – that is free of waste or plastic residues resulting from our way of life. And we are all responsible. We want to see new laws that give plastic manufacturers, retailers and other major sectors an important role

to play. We have to act quickly and all together if we hope to save what remains of an environment that has been mistreated for too long. Apart from the above theme, is «The Route» environmentally-driven?With regards to the means of

transport that we will be using, we can answer «yes» to that question!

But it’s more our approach to travel and our philosophy of travel that

our «environmentally-driven». Despite what travel professionals would have us believe, travel is not an everyday consumer good. Preparation starts several months in advance; you gradually imagine and identify with it. Nowadays, a lot of people wouldn’t dream of organising their own travel. Yet that is what mankind and travellers always did before adverts made us forget that we can do all kinds of things by ourselves! The notion of time has also greatly changed. At a time when it takes only a few days to travel around the world, we are swimming against the tide!We don’t want to collect foreign holidays like trophies; we simply want to experience and share. Time is far too precious a commodity to waste. Living slowly is conducive to moderate consumption. What could be more environmentally-driven?

« Over 18,000 kilometres across land and sea »

Is it not rather unusual to set off for Mongolia in a kayak? Yes, indeed! But as we like to say: «The journey is as important as reaching your destination!» It was out of the question for us to travel to Mongolia by plane or any motor vehicle. How can you grasp what you see and what life is like in a region or country if you have no idea of what’s around it?We prefer modes of transport that take their time and foster encounters.

Do you plan to stop for the winter after your spell at sea? We’ve organised our trip to avoid being in Turkey and Iran during the very hot season. So we are going to travel during the winter. The bikes will have studded tyres. Turkish, Georgian and Iranian hospitality should help us on our way.

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TheRamoge Celebrates 40 Years

The celebrations began Tuesday, April 26th, with a sea-based antipollution exercise, aiming to demonstrate and maintain the know-how of the three signatory states that are Monaco, France and Italy. This is an exercise that further increases in importance in the light of recent events following the breakdown of a pipeline near Genoa, which resulted in an oil leak and the triggering of a RAMOGEPOL plan to prevent any risk of contamination.

Government Counselor Patrice Cellario, S.E.M. Serge Telle, H.S.H. Prince Albert II, M Gianluca Galetti,

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In this way, several events will be organized in 2016 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the agreement:

1st High Point- Tuesday 26th and Wednesday,April 27th, 2016 -Highlight of the operational side of cooperation against marine pollution and organization of a RAMOGEPOL exercise simulating a hydrocarbon pollution event in Monegasque waters. The scenario is based on a fictitious collision off the shores of the Principality between two ships causing an oil spill, simulated by using rice husks. The RAMOGEPOL plan will then be activated in order to make use of the aeronautic means of the member countries for operational processing. These RAMOGEPOL exercises, which are organized regularly, show the efficiency and interoperability of the naval means available to France, Italy and Monaco. In addition, they allow for the systematic checking of the relevance of the RAMOGEPOL plan. Ahead of this exercise, the RAMOGEPOL plan will be amended in order to take into account the navigational hazards that drift objects constitute.

2nd High Point- Tuesday, September 20th -This high point will focus on the work of the Agreement conducted over 40 years to preserve biodiversity. A conference at the Monaco Oceanographic Museum will present the results of the scientific exploration campaign conducted in the summer of 2015 in the deep, hitherto unexplored areas, of the three member countries to the Agreement.

A little History

Established in 1976, the RAMOGE Agreement signed by the Principality of Monaco, France and Italy oversees the implementation of actions for the protection of marine habitat preservation. It was created as a sub-regional application of the Barcelona Convention, as a pilot zone for the prevention and fight against marine pollution. Forty years later, RAMOGE is still one of the pilot areas and remains a Mediterranean specificity.

The Agreement main revolves around two axes:

• The fight against pollution with its operational aspect linked to the Maritime Mediterranean Prefecture, the Guardia Costiera and the relevant Monegasque authorities;• The preservation of biodiversity through its working group which coordinates integrated coastal management actions.

Behind S.E.M. Hadelin De La Tour Du Pin S.E.M. Serge Telle and Mr. Gianluca Galetti

The Mediterranean in all its Colors

For its 40th anniversary, the RAMOGE Agreement is launching a photo competition, open to all! Aware that the preservation of the marine environment concerns all users of the sea, RAMOGE wants to involve the general public and is offering everyone the chance to show their attachment to this rich and fragile heritage that is the Mediterranean Sea. The award ceremony will be held on September 20th, 2016 at the Monaco Oceanographic Museum during a conference celebrating forty years of Agreement activities in the field of integrated coastal management.

The selected photographs will be presented to the public on this occasion. A prize of 300 euros will be awarded to the winners. Three themes are proposed, showcasing the main themes addressed by the work of the Agreement:

1. Emblematic and vulnerable marine species of the Mediterranean2. Waste: A threat to the Mediterranean 3. Remarkable natural coastal landscapes of the RAMOGE area.

Photo ContestThis contest is open from April 4th to June 30th to all amateur photographers.

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During this flight, the airplane suffered battery damage due to overheating which led to an unforeseen pause in the adventure – it was going to take the team more time to replace the batteries than the remaining time left before the end of the season with long enough days, and short enough nights, to continue theRound-The-World Flight.The batteries overheated during the five day and night record breaking flight from Nagoya, Japan, to Hawaii. Since the plane had been exposed to harsh weather conditions from Nanjing to Nagoya and was consequently damaged, we decided to do a test flight before leaving for Hawaii. Having to perform a test flight followed by a mission flight had not been taken into account in the design process of the battery system, which did not allow the batteries to cool down in between the two. It was not a technology issue the problem came from the use we have made of the batteries.

Why did Solar Impulse had to stay in Hawaïi for 9 months? André Borschberg: We had a problem with the batteries - we overheated them. It’s not a problem with the technology, which works very well,but we decided to change them not to not take any risks

Tackling climate changeis a profitable opportunity, rather

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The team is back to the Mission Control Center here in Monaco, how did you lived this period?As we experienced many times with Solar Impulse, obstacles often turn out to be opportunities for improvement. Ultimately, this time was used to recreate the strong mindset within the team to continue our adventure. It takes sometimes more time to build up the right spirit then to develop new technologies. Which route do you have chosen to complete it? Will you still land in JFK in NY ? when and where will you end it? Yes the goal is to make it to New York City as fast as possible in order to position the plane for the Atlantic crossing.We plan to return sometime this summer to Abu Dhabi but we have no specific deadline regarding the arrival. Once we are in Europe or North Africa we have different strategies to fly to Abu Dhabi depending on the season. What are the big challenges and issues you’re facing to achieve the Round the world? This adventurous endeavor entails several challenges that each force the whole team and us

to cross physical and technical boundaries. But in particular the crossing of the Atlantic will be one unique challenge that we will face during the continuation of the Round-the-World flight.Additionally, being able to stay awake, concentrate and to keep alert is a major human challenge. I did a lot of meditation to learn how to relax and breathe properly during the flight. With my trainer, we developed special exercises in order to keep blood circulation active and relax muscles. These were more postures than exercises, in some way derived from yoga. Above all however, passion has been the driving force behind this endeavor!” Increasing public awareness has been part of the mission since the start. Do you feel that the public perception regarding green efficiency has positively changed thanks to this incredible adventure? Do metings with population where Solar Impulse lands will again be organised in this second part of the adventure?Yes each time we land somewhere wherever it’s possible we organize a public viewing of the aircraft. Solar Impulse was part of the Future is Clean initiative. Is it still on?Absolutely. Solar Impulse initiated #Future is clean movement and at the UN Climate Conference (COP21), we brought concrete solutions from 265 Associations to tackle climate change and promote clean technologies. Have you been able to participate in the COP21 and promote a greener economy? Bertrand Piccard: “We have been very active during the COP21. We met with ministers, industrial actors and we have been invited by the UN agencies to speak at high level meetings to bring the message that profitable solutions exist that will create both profit and jobs.During the COP21 I have been appointed UN Goodwill ambassador for environment. This designation is an encouragement to continue showing how many incredible things can be done with renewable energies, but also to implement more energy efficient technologies in our world.

When I initiated the Solar Impulse, it was precisely to demonstrate that clean technologies can achieve the impossible. We can reach more with renewable energy and energy efficiency than with fossil fuel. All the old polluting devices that we are using today can be replace by clean technological solutions. This will create jobs and profit while at the same time protect the environment, People have to understand that tackling climate change is a profitable opportunity, rather than an expensive problem.

On 3 July 2015, Si2 landed in Hawaii after a record breaking flight of five days and nights (117 hours and 52 minutes) and around 8’900km from Japan, accomplished byAndré Borschberg.

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The 12th edition of the Monegasque Environmental

Awareness Week will soon be back in its usual location

on the Quai Antoine 1st. Organized by the association

of the same name, Monacology is preparing to

welcome hundreds of children from the Principality of

Monaco and border cities to a series of pedagogical

workshops held by more than twenty Monegasque

economic actors. United around the idea that a child

educated to respect the environment grows up to

become a responsible adult, the speakers will give the

children a unique opportunity to discover, in a friendly

and “edutaining” atmosphere, a multitude a topics

dealing with issues of sustainability, and interact with

them to raise awareness of environmental problems.

Fun and educational workshopsThrough workshops held by associations, public organizations and businesses, the children will become sensitized to a variety of environmental issues and discover how to, at their level, contribute to sustainable development. The workshop themes include: water, forests, carbon, responsible tourism, green mobility, everyday objects, food waste, sorting, the biodegradability of modern products, renewable energy, biodiversity, and flora and fauna. Two themes will be particularly highlighted this year: plastic and food waste.

Not just for childrenWhile the activities held between 8 and 16:30 are aimed at school-age children, the goal of Monacology is also to involve parents. “Happy Hour” workshops thus take over to sensitize adults, parents and grandparents to adopt eco-responsible habits. Because the future of our beautiful planet is everyone’s business!

Helping children understand the world around them and discover their environment is Monacology’s mission, in partnership with the Directorate of Education, Youth and Sports of the Principality of Monaco.

An eco-responsible commitmentThe Monacology village is powered by green energy (solar panels), its waste is sorted (“SMA” bins), the food offered to participants is local and organic (meat), our communication policy is “green” (reducing paper media, only using “imprim’vert” labelled printers, our “communication” partner, the Grimaldi Forum, is certified ISO14001), exhibitors all implement eco-friendly initiatives and are local (ISO certifications, eco-actions), movements in individual vehicles are minimized (public transport use, electric bikes, etc.)”

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MonacologyAssociation under Monegasque Law, created in 2011.Its mission is to organize, both within Monaco and internationally, pedagogical events to raise awareness regarding the environment. The association hosts the Monacology organization, the Monegasque Children’s Environment and Sustainable Development Awareness Week, held each year in June, with the support of the Department of Education, Youth and Sports of the Principality of Monaco.

The Members of the Administration Council:• Kate Powers, President, Founding Member • Renate Solari, Vice President• Didier Rubiolo, Treasurer• Olivier Arnoult, General Secretary, Founding Member • Annette Anderson• Christiane Brugnetti

The Grimaldi Forum and the Prince Albert II Foundation, once again gathered around a common themeFor several years, the two entities have been coming together around a common workshop dealing with the themes of deforestation and climate change. This is an opportunity to pass on the message of environmental preservation to the younger generation, which is always very receptive. In 2015, a “wishing tree” was installed in order to allow children to leave their message for the planet on it.

• AMPN • INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY• INTERNATIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC BUREAU• CESTMED• TOURISM AND CONGRESS BOARD• NATIONAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT• ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT

• FAIRMONT HOTEL• PRINCE ALBERT II FOUNDATION• GRIMALDI FORUM• MERIDIEN BEACH HOTEL• METROPOLE HOTEL• MC2D• MONTE-CARLO BAY HOTEL• MONTE-CARLO BEACH HOTEL• NOVOTEL • SMA• SMEG

• MONACO NAUTICAL SOCIETY • SOUFFLEURS D’ECUME• SCIENTIFIC CENTER • ED WRIGHT• ACCOBAMS• LINCK• LEITL HARALD• MARITIME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT

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How to Live in

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“The Mediterranean Tomorrow” - How to Live in the World in Another Way -This was the theme of the Eight edition of the International Monaco Symposium, which was held in the Principality last March. Renowned experts thus met during two days at the Oceanographic Museum in order to treat on current issues related to the Mediterranean basin with, at the heart of their debates, climate change and its effect on Mediterranean societies.

Scientists, intellectuals and philosophers thus treated on the impact of human activities on the Mediterranean ecosystem, which jeopardizes thefuture of man.

After the opening of the Symposium by HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco, three round tables approached the theme in innovative and relevant ways:

Thinking about “the Anthropocene” in the Mediterranean to offeran analysis of the environmental and societal impacts of this new era: rising water, hydraulic resources problems and “climate refugees”in the Mediterranean.

The time of concrete utopias which addresses solutions to make the Mediterranean area more habitable (waste management, energy and agricultural transition, urban development).

Mediterranean, faces of the future providing forward-thinking perspective on a renewal of values, able to establish new forms ofhuman communities.

*Anthropocene: a new era in which man is the main actor and whose activities have a significant impact on the ecosystem.

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Internationally Renowned Specialists:Mounir Bouchenaki, Honorary Presiden of the IMMS, former Assistant Director General for Culture at UNESCO. Since 2012, he is Special Advisor to the Director of ICCROM and Special Advisor to the Director General of UNESCO. Since late 2013, he is contributing to the launch of a UNESCO Category II Centre, created in Bahrain to manage world heritage sites in the Arab region.

Pascal Canfin, Director General of WWF France, former Minister for Development

Alaa Al-Aswany, Author of the book “The Yacoubian Building”, published in 2002 and a literary phenomenon in the Arab world, which has been translated in over 20 languages

Thierry Fabre, Essayist, founder of the Rencontres d’Averroes

Jacques Grinevald, Graduate Institute of International Studies and Development (IHEID), Geneva, Member of the Anthropocene Working Group (International Commission on Stratigraphy)

Alexandre Martin, Professor of Philosophy, Science Advisor to the IMMS

Jean Margat, Hydrogeologist, Mediterranean Water Institute

Hocine Zeghbib, Lawyer, lecturer in public law, research director at Montpellier University

Driss Ksikes, Director of the Centre for Social, Economic and Managerial Studies (CESEM) at the Institute of Advanced Management Studies (HEM), writer, playwright and essayist. As an internationally recognized playwright, he is also the author of several essays and stories (“Being an intellectual,” “Do not bury Big Brother too quickly”).

Nicolas El-Gharib, United National Development Program (UNDP), Head of the rehabilitation project for the public landfill of Sidon, in Southern Lebanon

Dr Houda Ben Jannet Alla, Director General of the Observatory for Mediterranean Energy (OME). Her area of expertise concerns the energy outlook, renewable energy, energy efficiency, sustainable development and energy cooperation of the Mediterranean region. She is the co-author of seven books and over 100 articles

Olivier Mongin, Director of publication for the journal “Tous Urbains.” He taught at the National School of Landscaping of Versailles, as well as in various schools of architecture

Sébastien Treyer, Program Director at the Institute of Sustainable Development and International Relations

Father Christian Mellon, Responsible for the Training Section of the Center for Research and Social Action (CERAS)

Paolo D’Iorio, Philosopher, researcher at the Institute of Modern Manuscript and Texts of the French National Centre for Scientific Research of the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris (CNRS/ENS).

Meeting with

Elisabeth BreaudDirector and President of the IMMS

Could you please draw a brief history of the IMMS and talk about how these Symposia were born? The International Monaco and the Mediterranean Symposia (IMMS), placed under the high patronage of HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco, were created in 2001. They are designed to bring together every two years to the Principality experts from all over the Mediterranean to develop plans for reflection and action around topical issues, and especially around its cultural and natural environment. These meetings also aim to understand the peculiarities of Mediterranean countries, to bring them in the spotlight in order to reflect on their heritage and future challenges, encourage their leaders to work together on concrete projects, and contribute to the reinforcement of European-Mediterranean links. Since 2001, the IMMS have organized seven symposia:

* What future for Mediterranean cities? (March 2001)* New technologies for the protection of Mediterranean heritage and the dissemination of its culture (March 2003)* Archaeological sites, museums, new museums (March 2005)* Cultural, natural and subaquatic heritage: for a sustainable development of the Mediterranean (March 2007)

* Equitable and sustainable managementof freshwater around the Mediterranean (March 2009)* Can the Mediterranean once again play a civilizing role? (March 2011)* The power of Prometheus’ myth of fire for the Mediterranean’s future challenges (March 2013)

These meetings have been designed in a multidisciplinary spirit, emphasizing dialogue between experts of international renown in both science and culture.

How and why did you choose this year’s topic “The Mediterranean Tomorrow: How to Live in the World Another Way?”In connection with COP21, by linking with

the movement in the Principality, which has expressed its hope that the IPCC produce a Special Report on the Ocean, about which we spoke and debated during the IMMS VIII. We also wanted to debate the legitimacy of the Anthropocene, to address concrete solutions to fight against climate change, reflect on the adaptation of Mediterranean societies and propose values that could create a new “living together.

What solutions were proposed by the attendees?An energy transition, changes in the way in which we exploit arable land and hydraulic resources, as well as a new way of thinking about the city. What do you think were the highlights of this latest edition?The speech of the inaugural conference given by Pascal Canfin, the Director General of the WWF, as well as the speech given by Alaa Aswany, who conveyed a message of peace and openness which he himself embodies, and finally, the magnificent performance-projection of Marseille photographer Franck Pourcel on waste in the Mediterranean.

Can you already tell us the dates and the theme of the ninth edition?In March 2017, the IMMS would like to honour the great contemporary women leaders of the Mediterranean during a debate evening moderated by a renowned journalist. The IXth edition to be held in March 2018 is currently being planned.

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195 Groupers and 25 Corbs Identified in Monegasque Waters Asa part of the Monegasque Government’s policy on the protection of biodiversity, and with the logistical support of the Department of Maritime Affairs, 18 divers (including 3 free divers) members of the Grouper Study Group (GSG) and 3 divers from the Department of the environment searched Monegasque waters from Fontvieille to the larvotto.

Their goal: identify populations of ground groupers and corbs, using a protocol in place for many years, notably within the Port-Cros National Park. Today, 193 specimens ranging from 20 to 120 cm were recorded. These numbers show an increase of the population of the brown grouper, which numbered 105 individuals in 2009 and 83 in 2006. Corbs also showed an increase in population, from 11 individuals counted in 2012 to 25 in 2015, ranging in size from 15 to 70 cm. The increase in the population of brown groupers is marked by a change in the demographic structure of the population, with the observation of 58 juveniles. This shows locally-occurring reproduction and is evidence of the effectiveness of the protective measures taken by the Principality. Another population numbering is scheduled for october 2018.

Monaco Crowdfunding is first of all a human adventure made up of meetings, exchanges and values. It is a human adventure that has brought together its French founders, Sébastien Prat and Frederik Farsetti, who come from different backgrounds: art history and regionalist edition for the former, and biology and law for the latter. Their successful track record in finance, working in one of the largest financial conglomerates in the world first caused them to meet. From their exchanges, the Monaco Crowdfunding project matured. Created in September 2015, Monaco Crowdfunding is a website-based linking platform which brings together project leaders and potential funders. This funding may take the form of loans, grants or fundraising. Monaco Crowdfunding ensures the promotion of projects launched by Monegasque foundations and associations, and also allows viable businesses (whether industrial, commercial, or real estate) to raise funds in order to ensure a sufficient cash flow for their development. Within a few months of the start of its operations, Monaco Crowdfunding has become a key economic partner for the Principality and has nearly 900 registered members. For its first fundraising campaign, launched in December 2015 and entitled “Save Nato” under the aegis of Monaco Collectif Humanitaire and with the assistance of Olivier Giroud, Monaco Crowdfunding has helped the collection of the €10,000 required in just one day, from 179 donors around the world. By mid-January, the crowdfunding campaign for the reintroduction of seahorses in the Larvotto marine reserve, on behalf of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, met with near-instant success. Today, it is an urban garden project entitled “Monaco Land” which is being supported by the platform.

Don’t hesitate to sign up to Monaco Crowdfunding to discover and support sustainable projects and enterprises in Monaco, France and Switzerland.

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A First “Eco Hub” in Monaco The famous establishment located on the Quai Antoine I has just introduced its new concept for an ecological community platform. The “Stars” has always been sensitive to environmental issues. The restaurant’s dishes are homemade, with ingredients from organic farms, and the menu is available on a digital tablet to avoid the use of paper. The Stars was also behind Monaco’s first urban garden (located opposite the hotel) but also, and especially, the “Monacology” week and its ecological village, aimed at schoolchildren in the Principality.

Today, The Stars is developing its approach and aims to regularly schedule “eco” events such as conferences, food fairs, and street festivals. Spaces will thus be made available to associations for the promotion of environmental actions. To accompany them in this project, the organizers have appealed to several partners: the Sustainable Design School of Nice, the Marco Polo Environmental Group, Nordaq, the Ateliers du Bois and SMEG.

New Expedition« Tara Pacific 2016–2018 » The new Tara expedition was officially launched during a press conference held at the headquarters of the CNRS in Paris. Entitled “Tara Pacific” it will focus on the biodiversity of coral reefs in the Pacific Ocean. After having travelled the 7 seas to discover the planktonic world with Tara Oceans, and having evaluated the impact of plastic pollution in the Mediterranean Sea, the scientific schooner Tara will leave its home port of Lorient on May 28th, 2016 to study, for over 2 years, the health of Pacific coral reefs.

More than 70 scientists from some twenty laboratories in 8 different countries will leave for this 2.5-year expedition to study the biodiversity of corals and their symbiotes, the health of reefs far from any direct human activities, as well as their potential to resist the effects of climate change and ocean acidification.

This new expedition, co-organized by the Monaco Scientific Centre and the Insular Research Centre and Environmental Observatory (EPHE/CNRS/UPVD) benefits from the financial support of the Prince Albert II Foundation.

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Communication Directorate10 avenue Princesse Grace

98000 MONACOTel +377 9999 2500

With valuable assistance from thePrince Albert II of Monaco Foundation and theMonaco Tourism and Conferences Directorate

Available by electronic means only,or downloadable at:

www.grimaldiforum.com

WritersHervé Zorgniotti

hzorgniotti@grimaldiforum.comNadège Massé

nmasse@grimaldiforum.comlemag@grimaldiforum.mc

Many major players in sustainable development within the Principality contributed to this edition

Graphic designAurély Antzemberger

Photo creditsPrince Albert II of Monaco Foundation

Press CenterDTC

Grimaldi ForumSolar Impulse

Jean-Charles Vinaj