The old balkanized approach to ocean management, in which different resources and activities are governed by different laws and administered by different agencies, has failed to protect ocean ...

The special collection dedicated to the “Integration of Marine Protected Areas and Maritime Spatial Planning Processes” will explore the critical intersection of marine biodiversity conservation and ...

A recent seminar on this operational process, jointly conducted by WWF-Malaysia and the Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT), may help address turtle mortality in Terengganu—and present a new ...

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 ...

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 ...

Oceans are faced with weak governance, lack of data, and limited investment. The World Bank is providing technical and financial support to governments and the private sector to close these knowledge ...

Industrial development is on the rise in ocean waters. So-called ocean spatial planning seeks to balance development and ocean protection by using science to identify the most delicate ocean areas and ...

When considering how to use marine spaces and allocate resources to their management, policymakers would do well to take a gender-sensitive approach. So say UC Santa Barbara researchers and their ...

The 3rd Marine Spatial Planning Cooperation Workshop for Maritime Silk Road Partner Countries and the Conference of the Marine Spatial Planning Partnership, hosted by the China Oceanic Development ...

A paper detailing the marine spatial planning models that informed master planning of the Red Sea Project has been published in the scientific journal Frontiers in Marine Science. The paper was ...