BlueSeeds is back in Lastovo, Croatia for the second chapter of its incubator


Two years after our first intervention and one Blue Local Incubator later, we are happy to be back in Lastovo’s marine protected area in Croatia!
The goal? To strengthen the local partnership, to present the results of this first BLI, and to advance on the next steps.
As a reminder, the Blue Local Incubator aims at helping 7 microenterprises to develop: eco-tourism, recycling, olive oil production, pescatourism, electric bike rental, wine tourism. We are convinced that local entrepreneurship can be a lever to involve the residents of Lastovo in marine conservation.
The same jury that selected the incubated projects a few months ago met in Lastovo: WWF Adria, the Cooperative for Ethical Financing (ZEF), Fundación Capital, Lastovo Nature Park, the municipality, and the BlueSeeds team.
BlueSeeds launches a support program to help marine protected areas implement a visitor fee mechanism on their site in order to finance their conservation actions.
Our team has developed a practical guide featuring financing mechanisms for marine protected areas, including concrete step-by-step methodologies to implement them.
BlueSeeds and the WWF launch a call for interests for legal consultancy on the feasability of a mechanism aiming to help small-scale fishers get access to EU subsidies.
Elle offre un condensé d’actualités en conservation, les derniers appels à projets et des nouvelles sur nos activités.