Marine Spatial Planning as a key instrument for the sustainable use of marine resources

Biodiversity ◽  
2017 ◽  
pp. 36-56
Author(s):  
Marie Valerie Uppiah
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Marine Resources ◽  
Marine Spatial Planning

scholarly journals Integrating scientific guidance into marine spatial planning

2014 ◽  
Vol 281 (1781) ◽  
pp. 20132252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Rassweiler ◽  
Christopher Costello ◽  
Ray Hilborn ◽  
David A. Siegel
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Dynamic Models ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Spatially Explicit ◽  
Marine Resources ◽  
Marine Spatial Planning ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
Rules Of Thumb ◽  
Planning Processes ◽  
Explicit Dynamic

Marine spatial planning (MSP), whereby areas of the ocean are zoned for different uses, has great potential to reduce or eliminate conflicts between competing management goals, but only if strategically applied. The recent literature overwhelmingly agrees that including stakeholders in these planning processes is critical to success; but, given the countless alternative ways even simple spatial regulations can be configured, how likely is it that a stakeholder-driven process will generate plans that deliver on the promise of MSP? Here, we use a spatially explicit, dynamic bioeconomic model to show that stakeholder-generated plans are doomed to fail in the absence of strong scientific guidance. While strategically placed spatial regulations can improve outcomes remarkably, the vast majority of possible plans fail to achieve this potential. Surprisingly, existing scientific rules of thumb do little to improve outcomes. Here, we develop an alternative approach in which models are used to identify efficient plans, which are then modified by stakeholders. Even if stakeholders alter these initial proposals considerably, results hugely outperform plans guided by scientific rules of thumb. Our results underscore the importance of spatially explicit dynamic models for the management of marine resources and illustrate how such models can be harmoniously integrated into a stakeholder-driven MSP process.

scholarly journals Improvement of Maritime Management as a Key Aspect of Sustainable Development and Blue Growth in the Russian Federation

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 1212
Author(s):  
Nikolay Plink ◽  
Vera Semeoshenkova ◽  
Tatyana Eremina ◽  
Alexandra Ershova ◽  
Ivan Mushket
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Integral Approach ◽  
Integral Model ◽  
Marine Resources ◽  
Marine Spatial Planning ◽  
Blue Growth ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Baltic

The conservation and sustainable use of oceans, seas and marine resources has been declared by the United Nations as one of 17 priority Sustainable Development Goals. At present, most of the maritime states are striving to improve the efficiency of their use of marine resources, including sea space. In particular, the European Union is implementing a number of projects related to the implementation of marine spatial planning (MSP) tools. The Baltic Sea is considered as a pilot region, where a pan-Baltic coordinated MSP plan has been developed to provide for sustainable development and blue growth in the marine and coastal economy. The Russian Federation is one of the Baltic countries, but the MSP procedure at the state level does not have institutional and regulatory support, which requires the elimination of gaps and additional development of the maritime management system. The laws of the organization and development of the general theory of management are used in this study. An Integrated Management Model for sustainable marine and coastal use is proposed as a tool for ensuring blue growth, including four interrelated elements (specific management functions), namely “Integrated Coastal Zone Management”, “Marine Spatial Planning”, “Management of Marine Macroregion” and “Ocean Governance”. Their functional content and interaction mechanisms are discussed in order to implement an integral approach to marine use. The vertical structure of the proposed integral model includes three levels corresponding to the federal and regional levels of government and the level of municipal self-governance. The use of the integral model should help accelerate the process of introducing and using MSP instruments in the process of strategic planning in the socio-economic development of the Russian coastal territories.

Marine spatial planning for Bangladesh: a critical analysis of the legal and institutional regimes

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-288
Author(s):  
Asraful Alam
Keyword(s):  
Bay Of Bengal ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Institutional Arrangements ◽  
Marine Resources ◽  
Marine Spatial Planning ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
The Government ◽  
Institutional Regimes

The current arrangements for the management of the marine resources of Bangladesh are not adequate for sustainable management. Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) may be a tool to achieve sustainable management of marine resources. The Government of Bangladesh is planning for the development of MSP for sustainable management of the marine resources in the Bay of Bengal. However, a clear understanding of the current and required legal and institutional arrangements for the development of MSP in Bangladesh is essential for sustainable management of the marine resources. This article analyzes the current legal and institutional arrangements concerning the management of marine resources and explores potential inadequacies for the development of MSP for sustainable management. The article refers to the legal and institutional arrangements of other coastal states which have already developed MSP to find out the required arrangements for the development of MSP in Bangladesh.

scholarly journals Marine Spatial Planning in Romania: State of the art and evidence from stakeholders

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natasa Vaidianu ◽  
Madalina Ristea
Keyword(s):  
Marine Environment ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Competent Authority ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Marine Resources ◽  
Marine Spatial Planning ◽  
Maritime Spatial Planning

During the last decades, increasing demands on marine resources and unsustainable activities taking place in the marine area compromise the future use of the marine environment. In July 2014, the European Parliament and Council established a Guideline Framework for marine/maritime spatial planning (MSP). MSP is a useful and cost-effective tool for sustainable development, together with regulation and protection of the marine environment. Within this context, Romania has started to proceed and incorporate it in the national legislation framework; in 2017, it has also established a competent authority for its implementation so that marine spatial plans can be enacted by 31 March 2021. In this study, a first approach for MSP framework in Romania was developed, enabling the mapping of all current human activities related to shipping, oil and gas exploitation, fisheries, tourism and environmental status, in order to identify overlaps or potential conflicts among users. This paper identifies key challenges and concerns anticipated to emerge from incorporation of MSP in the national spatial planning framework as it is currently organized: a) Romanian stakeholders have a relatively poor understanding of European, national and regional sea planning regulations, b) concerns related to MSP implementation at regulatory level, c) huge need for sharing of MSP-relevant information for a coherent planning, d) challenges of assessing the needs of interconnected ecosystems (including relevant EU and international legislation). In this context, our study covers highly actual aspects concerning the way the marine spatial planning process evolves and will contribute to deliver a coherent approach to reduce conflicts of the Romanian marine environment, a proper MSP implementation, as well as minimizing the pressures and impacts on the marine resources.

Marine Spatial Planning: Bangladesh Perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-74
Author(s):  
Md. Asraful Alam
Keyword(s):  
Marine Environment ◽  
Bay Of Bengal ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Marine Resources ◽  
Marine Spatial Planning ◽  
Study Analysis ◽  
Environmental Aspects ◽  
Ocean Governance ◽  
Blue Economy ◽  
One Step

The concept of Blue Economy has triggered the coastal states to explore their marine resources from their own maritime boundaries. Bangladesh has to be one step advance in the competition as its land based resources are very limited in comparison to its huge population. It must be very critical for Bangladesh if it does not have a well-planned policy adopted in considering both the economic and environmental aspects. MSP can only be the process for Bangladesh to go ahead for consumption of marine resources without jeopardy to marine environment. The existing national policies, plans and legislations for ocean governance are very scattered in nature which needs to be an integrated and uniform legal stand. The study analysis those legal loopholes and recommends for an effective MSP in the Bay of Bengal.

scholarly journals Exact Zoning Optimization Model for Marine Spatial Planning (MSP)

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohadese Basirati ◽  
Romain Billot ◽  
Patrick Meyer ◽  
Erwan Bocher
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Linear Optimization ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Computation Time ◽  
Decision Support Tool ◽  
Marine Spatial Planning ◽  
Interactive Approach ◽  
Support Tool ◽  
Constraint Method

Marine spatial planning (MSP) has recently attracted more attention as an efficient decision support tool. MSP is a strategic and long-term process gathering multiple competing users of the ocean with the objective to simplify decisions regarding the sustainable use of marine resources. One of the challenges in MSP is to determine an optimal zone to locate a new activity while taking into account the locations of the other existing activities. Most approaches to spatial zoning are formulated as non-linear optimization models involving multiple objectives, which are usually solved using stochastic search algorithms, leading to sub-optimal solutions. In this paper, we propose to model the problem as a Multi-Objective Integer Linear Program. The model is developed for raster data and it aims at maximizing the interest of the area of the zone dedicated to the new activity while maximizing its spatial compactness. We study two resolution methods: first, a weighted-sum of the two objectives, and second, an interactive approach based on an improved augmented version of the ϵ-constraint method, AUGMECON2. To validate and study the model, we perform experiments on artificially generated data. Our experimental study shows that AUGMECON2 represents the most promising approach in terms of relevance and diversity of the solutions, compactness, and computation time.

Preliminary Thoughts on Marine Spatial Planning in Areas beyond National Jurisdiction

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 570-588 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vasco Becker-Weinberg
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Law Of The Sea ◽  
Marine Spatial Planning ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
National Jurisdiction ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Many

Abstract The conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction is one of the most controversial issues facing the law of the sea, and one that will probably be the scope of a new implementing agreement of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (losc). The agreement will address a set of challenges not on the agenda at the time losc was drafted, constituting an opportunity for addressing innovative notions, but also to question established ones as States attempt to ensure the compatibility between the former and the latter. One of the many challenges and a key aspect is the adoption of area-based management tools such as marine spatial planning. This article examines the existing legal gap regarding the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction and the use of marine spatial planning as an essential area-based management tool.

scholarly journals Coastal Marine Planning: Vision of the Maritime Authority. Case of the Department of Bolivar, Colombia

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (Vol Esp. 2) ◽  
pp. 137-164
Author(s):  
Fernando Afanador Franco ◽  
Maria P. Molina Jiménez ◽  
Lady T. Pusquin Ospina ◽  
Natalia Guevara Cañas ◽  
María J. González Bustillo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Coastal Management ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Marine Resources ◽  
Marine Spatial Planning ◽  
Governmental Agencies ◽  
Coastal Marine ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
Marine Planning ◽  
Increased Activity

Marine Spatial Planning is a tool that has acquired significant importance worldwide. Around 70 countries have implemented this initiative given the increased activity within the maritime sector and pressure on marine resources. The methods used are adapted to each country’s characteristics and articulated with other management processes. Although Colombia has progressed through on the processes regarding this issue, through different agencies, marine spatial planning related to maritime activities is absent. Therefore, the General Maritime Directorate (DIMAR in Spanish) through its commitment to turning Colombia into a bi-oceanic power, under a holistic and comprehensive maritime safety approach, contributes to marine and coastal areas management with a methodology for Marine and Coastal Management with a Maritime Authority Vision (MCM: MAV), focused on analyzed current and future conditions using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), multi-criteria analysis, and an Allocation and Co-location Model (ACM). The method was applied to Bolivar Department marine and coastal area, resulting in the identification of 55 uses/activities, and obtaining zoning by index and by the number of conflicts, as well as a map of free areas. This information is intended to improve monitoring, evaluation, and updating of maritime activities in these areas, and because it is applicable throughout the Colombian territory, it facilitates decision-making by several national governmental agencies.

scholarly journals Marine Spatial Planning in Ecuador: Current Situation and the Challenges We Face

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (Vol Esp. 2) ◽  
pp. 293-314
Author(s):  
Gustavo Iturralde ◽  
Jorge Samaniego
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Planning ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Political Support ◽  
Marine Resources ◽  
Marine Spatial Planning ◽  
The World ◽  
Special Relevance ◽  
Fair Access

The Marine and Coastal Spatial Planning (OEMC) has taken on special relevance in recent years due to the recognition of the environmental, social and economic impact of the maritime sectors in the world economy. The current situation of marine spatial planning in Ecuador is analyzed, through the analysis of six experiences, the state in which they are and the challenges they face for its full application with respect to the legal and institutional framework. Institutional advances are recognized, at the same time the instability of the authorities, the lack of a national vision for its implementation and political support are distinguished as the main limitations for its implementation. There is a real interest of local communities to achieve fair access to marine resources by promoting economic development of the country based on the conservation of marine and coastal biodiversity. Recommendations are offered to institutionalize this process in Ecuador and reduce the conflicts between actors.

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