Dr. Ibrahim Boubekri

Expertise

• Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
• Social-Ecological Systems (SESs)
• Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM)
• Fisheries Management

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CV

Education

2017 PhD in Marine Sciences at Badji Mokhtar - Annaba University, Algeria

2009 MSc in Marine Bioresources at University of Montpellier, France

2007 BSc in Marine Biology at Badji Mokhtar - Annaba University, Algeria

Other:

• 07/2016: 1 week on-site Summer School on "Sustainable Blue Growth in Mediterranean and Black Sea Countries" at the Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentalethe (OGS) in Italy
• 05/2015: 1 week on-site training on "Sustainable Tourism in MPAs" delivered by the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• 04/2013: 40 hrs of an online course on "Management of MAB Biosphere Reserves (BRs) and other designated areas" delivered by the Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development (MIO-ECSDE)

Professional Appointments

Projects

Ongoing projects

• TRANSEATION: Advancing Ecosystem-Based Management through Hybrid Blue-Grey Infrastructures in Marine and Coastal Areas
  EU - Horizon Europe 2021-2027 (01.01.2024 - 30.06.2027)
• EFFECTIVE: Enhancing social well-being and economic prosperity by reinforcing the eFFECTIVEness of protection and restoration management in Mediterranean MPAs
  EU - Horizon Europe 2021-2027 (01.06.2023 - 31.05.2027)

Publications

2026

• Boubekri, I., Schumacher, J., von Thenen, M., Sánchez-Jiménez, A., Lloveras, A.A., Sardá, R., Amara, R., Schernewski, G. 2026. Contribution of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) towards ecosystem services and fisheries: An experts’ perspective from Mediterranean MPAs. Ocean & Coastal Management, 273, 108061. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2025.108061

2023

• Boubekri, I., Mazurek, H., Djebar, A.B., Amara, R. 2023. Harnessing fishers’ local knowledge and their perceptions: Opportunities to improve management of coastal fishing in Mediterranean marine protected areas. Journal of Environmental Management, 344, 118456. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118456

2022

• Boubekri, I., Mazurek, H., Djebar, A.B., Amara, R. 2022. Social-ecological dimensions of Marine Protected Areas and coastal fishing: How fishermen’s local ecological knowledge can inform fisheries management at the future “Taza” MPA (Algeria, SW Mediterranean). Ocean & Coastal Management, 221, 106121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2022.106121

2021

• Boubekri, I., Amara, R., Djebar, A.B., Mazurek, H. 2021. Baseline data for Marine Protected Areas planning and fisheries monitoring: Potential conflicts between recreational IUU and commercial fisheries in the proposed “Taza” MPA (Algeria, SW Mediterranean). Ocean & Coastal Management, 199, 105425. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2020.105425

2019

• Boubekri, I., Amara, R., Mazurek, H. 2019. Characterization of purse seine fishery of Ziama Bay (Gulf of Béjaia, SW Mediterranean): Implications for sustainability management. Ocean & Coastal Management, 175, 79-89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2019.03.024

• Boubekri, I., Mazurek, H. 2019. Identifying métiersand spatio-temporal dynamics of small-scale fisheries in the future MPA of “Taza” (Algeria, SW Mediterranean). int. Mer Médit., 42: 261. https://hal.science/hal-02440665/

2018

• Boubekri, I., Caveen, A.J., Djebar, A.B., Amara, R., Mazurek, H. 2018. Structure and spatio-temporal dynamics of the artisanal small-scale fisheries at the future MPA of “Taza” (Algerian coast, SW Mediterranean). Mediterranean Marine Science, 19(3), 555-571. https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.16192

2016

• Boubekri, I., Djebar, A.B. 2016. Marine protected areas in Algeria: Future marine protected area of “Taza" (SW Mediterranean), continuing challenges and new opportunities facing an integrated coastal management. Ocean & Coastal Management, 130, 277−289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2016.06.021

Presentations

2019

• Boubekri, I.Le statut de protection de la mer Méditerranée et le rôle des aires marines protégées (AMP) dans la conciliation entre protection de la biodiversité et exploitation des ressources marines. Conférence annuelle de l’observatoire des relations euro-méditerranéennes, Chaire Jean Monnet, 11-13 décembre 2019, Aix-en-Provence, France.

2018

• Boubekri, I., Mazurek H. 2018. Aires Marines Protégées au Maghreb : état des lieux et perspectives (2008 – 2014). Cinquième journée scientifique de l’OSU Pythéas : Cap au Sud ! Coopération Scientifique et Recherche pour le Développement, 8 octobre 2018, Marseille, France.

• Boubekri, I.Artisanal small-scale fisheries in the future MPA of “Taza” (SW Mediterranean): A multispecies multigear fishery. FishForum 2018, 10 - 14 December 2018, Rome, Italy.

2017

• Boubekri, I.Participation à la journée "Welcome Day & Woman Day" organisée par le Woman Techmakers, Université Abdelhamid Mehri Constantine 2, 7 mars 2017, Constantine, Algérie.

2014

• Boubekri, I., Seridi A., Djebar, A.B. 2014. Implementation of a GIS application to ensure the integrated fisheries management in the future Marine Protected Area of “Taza”, Jijel, Algeria. International Congress on “Estuaries & Coastal Protected Areas” ECPA, 04 - 06 November 2014, Izmir, Turkey.

2013

• Boubekri, I., Seridi, A., Djebar, A.B. 2013. Promotion et création d’Aires Marines Protégées dans le tell Algéro-Tunisien : Cas des Parcs Nationaux de Taza (Jijel) et de l’Edough (Annaba). Journée sur l’environnement marin, 12 mars 2013, bibliothèque universitaire de l’UBMA, Annaba, Algérie.