This is especially important in the realm of marine spatial planning, where planners have to, with input from the communities, try to make sure the values that users ascribe to certain marine spaces ...

In a paper published this week in npj Ocean Sustainability, researchers propose pathways to optimize synergies between marine spatial planning (MSP) and marine protected area (MPA) planning under a ...

A healthy ocean is critical to address the triple challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. This event will discuss marine and coastal spatial planning -- one tool that can help ...

New study identifies ten key components that will promote the development and implementation of sustainable, equitable, climate-smart ocean planning initiatives around the globe. The guidelines come ...

(Photo Credit: Sandrine Jauffret, Marcelo H. Acerbi/The World Bank) Marine spatial planning is most effective when everyone from the government to private sector players to artisanal fishers are ...

The team behind a government plan to protect Bermuda’s waters that has drawn opposition from the fishing community outlined the importance of the measures in a public lecture. Future-proofing ...

As part of its adaptive management cycle, California is considering proposed changes to its groundbreaking Network of marine protected areas (MPAs) through the California Fish and Game Commission’s ...

I am writing on behalf of the Bermuda National Trust regarding the Marine Spatial Plan and what I believe is a critical moment in its development. I recently had the opportunity to meet with minister ...

A sea turtle swims in a coral reef in Hawaii. Ocean acidification, found to be on the brink of crossing a boundary into higher-risk territory, can affect coral skeleton formation. In a paper published ...