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 Applicant
and implementing agency: Hurghada Environmental Protection and
Conservation Association (HEPCA)
Total
project budget: LE 12.746.727 (USD 2.276.553)
 The
Red Sea coast, hosting an uncontaminated sea environment, represents an
outstanding natural beauty. Its preservation has become a priority not
only from an ecological point of view but also economically and
socially. The population and economy development, if well managed, can
transform the region into an invaluable asset not only for Egypt, but
also for the whole world.
In keeping with this vision, this promising initiative
will promote the socio-economic development of marine and coastal area
of southern Egyptian Red Sea.
The project, on one hand, will deepen the environmental
and scientific understandings of the area through the creation of a
research station that will serve as a benchmark in the field of marine
science. It will provide information and data to the Nature Conservation
Sector of the Egyptian Environmental Agency and to the Red Sea
Protectorate for the conservation and sustainable management of natural
resources.
 Secondly,
the project will create local expertise to establish income-generating
activities related to eco-tourism, conservation and sustainable use of
marine and coastal environment.
This initiative was entrusted to the
Hurghada Environmental Protection and Conservation
Association,
a non-governmental agency leader in marine and environmental protection
that will collaborate with Italian experts and researchers.
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