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Posted on December 18, 2020 - 11:31am, by MPA News staff
Even before the COVID pandemic started, the MPA field was in need of new ideas and tools for financing, with many sites chronically underfunded or too reliant on a single source of revenue. Now amid the pandemic, with government budgets being cut and tourism dwindling, the need for robust and diverse revenue streams is clearer than ever.
This month, MPA News highlights three new concepts for MPA finance, and how practitioners are exploring their possibilities:
MPAs, public-private partnerships, and collaborative management - by Nicolas Pascal
Using mobile financial technology to incentivize local communities to protect marine wildlife - an interview with Sari Tolvanen
DUBAI: Throughout the Middle East and the world, social enterprises have been among the first to respond to the significant challenges posed by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
In Tunisia, the Banque Alimentaire Durable dispensed food aid to needy families during the month of Ramadan and beyond, while in Lebanon, the non-governmental organization Abaad fielded nearly twice as many calls on its domestic abuse helpline in the first four months of the year than it did over the whole of 2019.
This ability to deliver emergency relief to areas underserved by governments and the market could see investment in social enterprises remain relatively steady and perhaps even grow, a June survey by New York-based Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) revealed.
How social impact investing satisfies both profit and purpose
Corporations and companies have a responsibility to step up and play an active role in improving our society as we work towards pandemic recovery By Blair Miller & Jill Schnarr
December 9, 2020
Jill Schnarr, Chief Social Innovation Officer at TELUS.
Social impact investing is a foundational movement taking hold around the world. Broadly defined, impact investing is described as investing capital to create social impact in a way that also engenders financial returns. Done well, it uncovers and accelerates successful investments that drive positive societal change and, at the same time, provides attractive rates of return to investors.