Last month was held the first meeting of generation 4 of schools wishing to obtain the Marine Educational Area label (AME).
As a reminder, the label is awarded to schools that engage in a process of participatory management of the marine environment. This label highlights their commitment to the protection of the marine environment. The schools will have to respect a charter and a specification to obtain the label. It is therefore a participative management approach involving pupils around a project of citizen action of knowledge and management of the marine environment. In French Polynesia, this concept is carried out by the DGEE (General Direction of Education and Teaching of French Polynesia) and initiated by the AFB (French Association for Biodiversity) and Motu Haka, in partnership with Te mana o te moana and Créocean a design office with whom we have collaborated since our origins
As a member of the COPIL of the AME label, our association went to this meeting. We were able to participate in the presentation of the label to the schools wishing to obtain the labeling and the steps to be taken to achieve it . A second meeting is planned at the end of the year for the schools to present their progress in relation to the process.
