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The issues
Peripheral maritime regions, which often have an exceptional natural heritage, understand the extent to which it is difficult to both exploit and respect it.
This is why they are perhaps more sensitive to the need to establish their development based on the principles of sustainable development.
Responding to current needs without compromising the possibility for future generations to enjoy growth and combining economic, social and environmental imperatives requires a set of conditions – the training of human resources, access to information, the ability to anticipate, and integration of sector-based strategies... – which the CPMR is striving to realise in the fields of activity that it pursues.
This is a major issue for CPMR regions because :
- regional government combines representation of a territory with a set of competences, which makes it a key player in sustainable development,
- they share common problems: an abundant but fragile heritage, conflicts between users (notably between conservationists and users, with the latter including shipping companies, tourism enterprises and fishermen), and specific threats linked to the consequences of climate change.