The EPA Provides for the National Environment Fund. Coastal Hotels and Boarding Houses

Mauritius (mu)

Mauritius[1](2006)

The EPA provides for the National Environment Fund. Coastal Hotels and Boarding Houses (with more than 4 bedrooms) are required to pay an environment protection fee of 0.75% of their annual turnover.

The Ministry of AgroIndustry and Fisheries allocate an annual export quota of feral Macaca fascicularis to local firms (three) totaling some 6000 heads per year. A contribution of USD 50 per head is credited into the National Parks and Conservation Fund which has been created under the Wildlife and National Park Act. The Section 17 (1) © of this Act also provide for the delivery of payment of a fee of Rs 100. / Permit and this payment is also credited into the conservation fund.

Mauritius[2](2010)

Target 8.2. Biological resources that support sustainable livelihoods, local food security and health care, especially of poor people maintained. Government is encouraging fishermen to fish off lagoon on Fish Aggregating Device.

In 2007, an aquaculture master plan was developed. It indicates a potential for an annual production of 29 000– 39 000 tonnes. A legal framework for fish farming in the sea is in place since July 2008 with a view to promote aquaculture development in Mauritius. The Fisheries and Marine Resources Act has been amended to allow for fish farming in the sea. The amended act makes provision for eight Fish Farming Zones out of which two sites for Ferme Marine de Mahebourg would be developed for marine aquaculture and one site reserved for Fishermen Investment Trust

A Food Security Fund (USD 33 million) has been set up to encourage self-sufficiency. Other measures pertaining to agriculture and forestry supporting sustainable livelihoods and care for the poor people are in place. In the case of handcraft, the forestry unit in Rodrigues is propagating adequate number of Pandanus heterocarpus and P. tenuifolius, whose leaves are in the handicraft sector for the making of eco bags, hats and mats. Irrigation facilities are also being provided and mechanization of farmers’ field is subsidized. Seeds and seedlings are offered at subsidized rate. In the livestock sector, numerous incentives are being provided to encourage growth and food processing. Other programmes include propagation of novel varieties, spraying of fields by the pest control unit, training on food processing activities.

Food Security Fund[3]

Food Security Fund has been set up to increase the resilience of Mauritius towards food self-sufficiency and to face subsequent global food and feed crunches by increasing production of foodstuff locally and at the regional level by partnering with neighbouring countries. This will help to curtail the adverse effects of climate change. The Fund also provides funds for adaptation such as the Food Crop Insurance Scheme and Sheltered Farming. The setting up of the Maurice Ile Durable (MID) Fund under the aegis of the Ministry of Energy and Public Utilities.

[1]Mauritius (2006). Third National Report, October 2006, 188 pp.

[2]Mauritius (2010). Fourth National Report on the Convention on Biological Diversity, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, August 2010, 79 pp.

[3] UNFCCC