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International recommendations on setting establishment of marine protected areas networks representative of the diversity of the marine world , have led in recent years major NGOs (WWF ,TNC , CI ) to develop process identify coherent networks of MPAs within homogeneous ecoregion , based on various criteria ( financial interest , biological, functional , resilience, etc.)

The sustainable financing of MPAs remains a major problem. Indeed once the projects have withdrawn, although many MPAs in place then crashed not becoming as AMP "paper" (example of Moheli in the Comoros). Gold funds from international or bilateral donors, like those of major NGO to finance the start of AMP and the investments they require (eg ships, buildings, demarcation buoys) fall within a period of intervention limited. These financings stop with the end of the projects, which often means a complete cessation of funding available, without that MPAs have robust solution to ensure a minimum operating costs. This does not mean there is no sustainable financing solution, but rather that projects often withdraw before they could firmly establish and professionalize sustainable funding mechanisms.