The International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC) is the meeting place for the global community of marine protected area (MPA) managers and their scientific and institutional partners. Held every 4 years since 2005, IMPAC is the main forum for capitalising on and sharing best practice in marine ecosystem conservation.
Senegal and Africa aim to make IMPAC6 a key event for accelerating the engagement of countries in the Intertropical Belt in this initiative by highlighting the positive effects of regional collaboration. To this end, IMPAC6 will seek to encourage greater participation by countries of the Global South than in previous editions and will focus the discussions on unifying themes.
Senegal, renowned for its legendary hospitality Teranga« welcomes the world to its Atlantic shores.
With more than 700 km of coastline, the country offers a mosaic of exceptional marine ecosystems.
From the Langue de Barbarie in the north to the bolongs of Casamance in the south, including the Saloum Islands—a UNESCO World Heritage Site—Senegal is a living laboratory for community-based marine conservation…




