Maritime Spatial Planning and Protection of the Marine Environment

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 311-336
Author(s):  
Irini Papanicolopulu
Keyword(s):  
Marine Environment ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Coastal Zone Management ◽  
Zone Management ◽  
Current State ◽  
Environmental Status ◽  
National Jurisdiction ◽  
Good Environmental Status ◽  
United Nations Convention ◽  
Maritime Spatial Planning

Abstract Protection and preservation of the marine environment is a priority under international law, as codified and further developed in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Nonetheless, the current state of the marine environment questions whether the approach adopted in the UNCLOS and other legal instruments, whereby each type of pollution is addressed separately, really suffices to ensure good environmental status. For this reason, new tools have been developed, including marine (or maritime) spatial planning (MSP) and integrated coastal zone management (ICZM). This article discusses MSP and its role in ensuring protection of the marine environment, both within and beyond areas under national jurisdiction.

Sediment transport modifications induced by submerged artificial reef systems: a case study for the Gulf of Venice

2014 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Davide Bonaldo ◽  
Alvise Benetazzo ◽  
Andrea Bergamasco ◽  
Francesco Falcieri ◽  
Sandro Carniel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sediment Transport ◽  
Coastal Zone Management ◽  
Artificial Reef ◽  
Sediment Concentration ◽  
Quantitative Information ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Zone Management ◽  
Basin Scale ◽  
Scale Modelling ◽  
Maritime Spatial Planning

AbstractThe shallow, gently sloping, sandy-silty seabed of the Venetian coast (Italy) is studded by a number of outcropping rocky systems of different size encouraging the development of peculiar zoobenthic biocenoses with considerably higher biodiversity indexes compared to neighbouring areas. In order to protect and enhance the growth of settling communities, artificial monolithic reefs were deployed close to the most important formations, providing further nesting sites and mechanical hindrance to illegal trawl fishing.In this framework, a multi-step and multi-scale numerical modelling activity was carried out to predict the perturbations induced by the presence of artificial structures on sediment transport over the outcroppings and their implications on turbidity and water quality. After having characterized wave and current circulation climate at the sub-basin scale over a reference year, a set of small scale simulations was carried out to describe the effects of a single monolith under different geometries and hydrodynamic forcings, encompassing the conditions likely occurring at the study sites. A dedicated tool was then developed to compose the information contained in the small-scale database into realistic deployment configurations, and applied in four protected outcroppings identified as test sites. With reference to these cases, under current meteomarine climate the application highlighted a small and localised increase in suspended sediment concentration, suggesting that the implemented deployment strategy is not likely to produce harmful effects on turbidity close to the outcroppings.In a broader context, the activity is oriented at the tuning of a flexible instrument for supporting the decision-making process in benthic environments of outstanding environmental relevance, especially in the Integrated Coastal Zone Management or Maritime Spatial Planning applications. The dissemination of sub-basin scale modelling results via the THREDDS Data Server, together with an user-friendly software for composing single-monolith runs and a graphical interface for exploring the available data, significantly improves the quantitative information collection and sharing among scientists, stakeholders and policy-makers.

scholarly journals Earth Observation for Maritime Spatial Planning: Measuring, Observing and Modeling Marine Environment to Assess Potential Aquaculture Sites

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 519 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emiliana Valentini ◽  
Federico Filipponi ◽  
Alessandra Nguyen Xuan ◽  
Francesco Passarelli ◽  
Andrea Taramelli
Keyword(s):  
Marine Environment ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Earth Observation ◽  
Maritime Spatial Planning

scholarly journals New horizons: Beyond territorialism

Europa XXI ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
pp. 35-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Faludi
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Political Order ◽  
Law Of The Sea ◽  
New Horizons ◽  
Functional Relations ◽  
Territorial Sovereignty ◽  
National Jurisdiction ◽  
Maritime Spatial Planning ◽  
Governance Arrangements

Taking inspiration from maritime spatial planning, more in particular the Law of the Sea dividing ocean space into zones of graduated control, including areas beyond national jurisdiction (where by definition territorialism does not apply) the paper revisits territories as the building blocks of a political order. From there it proceeds to discussing the power, not to say the delusion of territorial sovereignty, only to revisit neo-medievalism as an alternative ordering principle for the governance of space. Accordingly, though sovereign in theory, stand-along territories are in reality conceptualised as being enmeshed in a web of functional relations, many of which with their own governance arrangements and with many overlaps between them. Which makes imposing an overall order a doubtful enterprise.

scholarly journals Basis for Marine Spatial Planning (MSP). An interpretation for the Gulf of Cadiz

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (Vol Esp. 2) ◽  
pp. 273-292
Author(s):  
Sergio Fernández-Salvador ◽  
Javier García Sanabria ◽  
Javier García-Onetti
Keyword(s):  
Human Activities ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Coastal Zone Management ◽  
Temporal Distribution ◽  
Marine Biodiversity ◽  
Marine Spatial Planning ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Distribution ◽  
Gulf Of Cadiz ◽  
Zone Management ◽  
Gulf Of Cádiz

Numerous human activities take place in the marine area of ​​the Gulf of Cádiz, making it necessary to organize space through their spatial and temporal distribution. With the aim of combining the long-term conservation of marine biodiversity and the development of an economic activity that makes it possible to maintain over time the capacity of the marine environment to provide ecosystem services. Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) is being an effective process regarding the spatial and temporal distribution of human activities in the marine space to the achievement of ecological, economical and social objectives. MSP is usually schematized in 10 phases, in which among others it is found 5th phase: Defining and analyzing existing conditions. The aim of this document is the development of this phase in the Gulf of Cadiz, pretending to provide some of the needed basis to cope effectively with this process. Furthemore, in order to transfer the analyzes to the territory, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have been used, showing how useful these are to address PEM processes. It is worth highlighting, among the results, the need to develop the MSP within a framework of cooperation and coordination between the Administrations that undertake the planning and Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM), that is, MSP and ICZM. In the Gulf of Cadiz, the main conflictive areas have been detected near to the coast and in semi-closed environments, such as bays and estuaries.

Protection and Preservation of the Marine Environment as a Goal for Achieving Sustainable Development on the Rio+20 Agenda

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 214-235
Author(s):  
Gabriela A. Oanta
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Marine Environment ◽  
Special Interest ◽  
Marine Ecosystem ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Effective Protection ◽  
Current State ◽  
United Nations Convention ◽  
Unregulated Fishing

Abstract The United Nations Convention on Sustainable Development, held in Rio de Janeiro between 20 and 22 June 2012, represented an excellent opportunity for learning the current state of the international community’s commitment to sustainable development. Undoubtedly, without sustainable seas and oceans it is impossible to talk about sustainability on our planet. Seas and oceans enjoy a privileged position within the global ecosystem as they represent 72% of the Earth’s surface area, accounting for 90% of the habitat of all life, and are a major source of economic, social and environmental resources. Hence the special interest in an effective protection of the global marine ecosystem, which is gravely threatened by a variety of factors, of which illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing is one. The present article will be divided into two parts. The first of these will study the goal of protecting the marine environment as part of the Rio+20 agenda, whilst the second will analyse illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing from a legal point of view, with particular attention being paid to the most significant challenges presented by this global scourge.

Integrated Coastal Zone Management and Marine Spatial Planning for Hydrocarbon Activities in the Black Sea

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 453-476 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nilufer Oral
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Zone ◽  
Black Sea ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Coastal Zone Management ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
Marine Spatial Planning ◽  
Integrated Coastal Zone Management ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Zone Management

AbstractMarine spatial planning (MSP) is increasingly being used as an important tool for Integrated Coastal Zone Management in marine areas. Many coastal states, as well as the European Union, have incorporated MSP into their legal system. The increase in hydrocarbon activities in the Black Sea has put additional pressures on a sea already considered to be environmentally at risk. The current regional legal framework for the Black Sea remains inadequate to meet the pressures of increased transport and exploitation of hydrocarbon resources. This paper will examine MSP in general and its application in the Black Sea.

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