An approach to ecosystem-based management in maritime spatial planning process

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dc.check.date2019-04-21
dc.check.infoAccess to this article is restricted until 24 months after publication by request of the publisher.en
dc.contributor.authorAnsong, Joseph O.
dc.contributor.authorGissi, E.
dc.contributor.authorCalado, H.
dc.contributor.funderEuropean Commissionen
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-23T09:51:52Z
dc.date.available2018-01-23T09:51:52Z
dc.date.issued2017-04-21
dc.description.abstractSustainable development is the framing concept assuring that resources are exploited while maintaining the ability of these natural resources to provide for future generations. With human dependence on marine resources increasing, Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM) has been identified as a suitable approach to ensure sustainable development. In order to achieve this, the core principles and elements of EBM should be operational in the maritime/marine spatial planning (MSP) process to ensure that human activities in marine space are ordered to attain ecological, economic and social objectives. However, policies from various states and organizations sometimes do not set a clear precedence for translating principles of EBM and present different and complex approaches to an ecosystem-based marine spatial planning (EB-MSP). Again, a feasible methodology for EBM to be operational in MSP is still vague. This paper therefore presents results from a survey and review of MSP initiatives in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Results showed that essential MSP steps and elements such as adaptive management, setting of planning boundaries, understanding and analysing the ecosystem and future conditions are not fully operational. This paper focuses on a methodology for EB-MSP and gives recommendations on how to ensure that EBM is operational at each stage of an MSP process. It stresses the importance of setting planning boundaries beyond jurisdictional borders to consider bio/eco-regions and cover near-shore waters, the need to have a cross-sector integration, understanding the ecosystem through having an ecosystem service perspective and having a legal framework to ensure that results from monitoring and evaluating of plans are adapted through review and revision.en
dc.description.sponsorshipEuropean Commission (Erasmus Mundus Masters Course on Maritime Spatial Planning)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationAnsong, J., Gissi, E. and Calado, H. (2017) ‘An approach to ecosystem-based management in maritime spatial planning process’, Ocean and Coastal Management, 141, pp. 65-81. doi:10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2017.03.005en
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2017.03.005
dc.identifier.endpage81en
dc.identifier.issn0964-5691
dc.identifier.issn1873-524X
dc.identifier.journaltitleOcean and Coastal Managementen
dc.identifier.startpage65en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/5313
dc.identifier.volume141en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevier Ltd.en
dc.rights© 2017, Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectEcosystem-based managementen
dc.subjectAdaptive managementen
dc.subjectOperational frameworken
dc.subjectMonitoringen
dc.titleAn approach to ecosystem-based management in maritime spatial planning processen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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