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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"marine spatial planning"”.
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Stakeholder engagement in marine spatial planning
… explores the issue of stakeholder engagement in Marine Spatial Planning (MSP). The formal introduction of spatial planning in the marine environment, through the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 makes for an interesting and unique context for considering a central aspect of spatial planning, …
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Using ecosystem services mapping in deep-sea Marine Spatial Planning
… to translate existing deep-sea ES knowledge into Marine Spatial Planning (MSP), while maintaining acceptable levels of accuracy and explicitly communicating limitations.<br/>The studies carried out in this thesis aim to contribute to our understanding of the ES provided by the deep sea and trial …
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Towards the integration of terrestrial and marine spatial planning in Indonesia : a case study of Bali
… state in the world. It holds very important marine resources and some of the most biodiverse marine ecosystems. Marine spatial planning, a tool that can be used to control development and maintain ecosystem services, is vital to the future of the marine environment in Indonesia. Since 2007, …
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Marine Spatial Planning: International and EU legal framework in light of ecosystem-based approach and public participation
Human dependence on marine and coastal biodiversity is constantly increasing while marine ecosystems degradation is continuous. Among the reasons for this are the growth of the human population and the inadequacy of the marine legislation that concentrates on specific human activities or focuses …
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Marine Spatial Planning for Offshore Wind Energy Projects in the North Sea: Lessons for the United States
Addressing spatial conflicts among offshore wind energy (OWE) projects and other resource users is a new issue in the United States as proposals for renewable energy projects transition from theoretical to actual installations in U.S. waters. This study investigated how three countries in the North …
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Marine spatial planning and the transition to a low carbon economy: a critical evaluation of the UK approach
… carbon economy is particularly pertinent in the marine environment, comprising a range of measures (e.g. area-based conservation, and spatial planning) and activities including offshore wind deployment, habitat restoration, and technological innovation (e.g. electric ships). Facilitating the low …
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Marine biological valuation as a decision support tool for marine management
Marine environments are currently experiencing intense pressures from both natural and anthropogenic impacts. Marine policy makers are therefore searching new ways to manage the sea in a sustainable way. This thesis describes the development and application of a biological instrument that can be …
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From the Forest to the Sea: Lessons in Managing Public Space
… including declining fish stocks, changes in marine biodiversity, coastal habitat loss, and hypoxic "dead zones," as well as related governance problems, such as uncoordinated and contradictory laws, underfunded programs, and conflicts between local, state, and federal priorities. The …
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Challenges facing implementation of the precautionary principle in Namibian marine phosphate mining regulation
With the endorsement of the world’s first Marine Phosphate Mining (MPM) licence by the Ministry of Mines and Energy in July 2011, The Benguela Commission’s (Commission) mandate to protect and sustain the marine ecosystem is being tested.1 The interest shown by prospectors of Namibia’s continental …
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Risk of Ship Strike and Noise Pollution to Cetaceans in the Bering Strait
… rates and vessel noise in the region, including marine spatial planning, vessel actions, new technologies, and increased monitoring capabilities. Given the remoteness of the Bering Strait region and the successes and failures of these solutions in other parts of the world, the most effective …
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Characterization of Natural and Anthropogenic Seabed Features in the Southwestern Baltic Sea
The marine environment faces threats from human activities that can disturb the seabed and may threaten the proper functioning of marine ecosystems. A sustainable balance between human uses and seabed integrity requires knowledge of the seabed's physical characteristics, benthic habitat …
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Distribution of epifauna in offshore benthic environments along the west and south coast of South Africa
Marine unconsolidated sediments, such as sand, gravel and muds, constitute the most extensive benthic ecosystems globally. Biological data for these ecosystems are frequently sparse which can hinder the success and implementation of marine management strategies for benthic ecosystems. There are …
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Holding the line: assembling and mapping local and traditional knowledge of historic injustice and environmental change held by handline fishers in the Cape Agulhas region
… in management. Additionally, the national Marine Spatial Planning Act (MSPA) addresses the challenges of managing complex social ecological systems by calling for the amalgamation of diverse environmental and human resource usage data through GIS mapping. To date, however, there remains …
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Submerged habitats from space: increasing map production capacity with new methods and software.
… habitats are essential to ecological studies and marine spatial planning processes. The analysis of multispectral satellite imagery provides a cost effective method for mapping shallow habitats. However, the interaction of light with the water column greatly complicates the production of maps from …
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Patterns and potential environmental drivers of mesophotic communities of the warm temperate shelf of the Amathole Region, South Africa
… biodiversity information needed to inform marine spatial planning and spatial management efforts for the newly proclaimed Amathole Offshore Marine Protected Area and the greater Amathole offshore region.
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The siting of renewable energy developments in a crowded marine space
… transitions to net zero, justice for existing marine users who may be impacted by offshore renewable energy developments can be considered across three tenets, procedural, recognitional and distributional justice, and they will all influence whether a just transition is achieved. This thesis …
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Marine ecosystem classification and conservation targets within the Agulhas ecoregion, South Africa
… of the first studies to (i) visually investigate marine epifaunal community patterns and their environmental drivers along the Agulhas ecoregion outer shelf, shelf edge and upper slope to support marine ecosystem classification and mapping, and (ii) to determine the conservation targets for …
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The Ecology of Large Marine Predators in the Hauraki Gulf
… strategies. Knowledge gaps exist for many large marine predators, who are often rare, difficult to study, and of high conservation concern. The Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand, is a trophic hotspot that supports a diverse range of large marine predators, yet most of the existing research pertains to …
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Movement behaviour of the Green Jobfish (Aprion virescens), the Potato Bass (Epinephelus tukula) and the Giant Trevally (Caranx ignobilis), on South Africa's coral reefs
… were studied to provide information for marine spatial planning and to understand their ecological roles on South Africa's coral reefs. The three species were expected to display contrasting movement behaviour and to place different demands on spatial management strategies. The three …
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Protecting the deep: The combined impact of climate change and bottom trawling on VME indicator taxa in New Zealand and implications for management
… how these stressors influence Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem (VME) indicator taxa in New Zealand’s Exclusive Economic Zone and explores implications for conservation. The research explores (i) climate change impacts and potential refugia, (ii) the added pressure of bottom trawling, and (iii) …
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