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[LME:LEARN Policy Brief] Marine Spatial Planning: Harnessing Marine Spatial Planning for Multi-Stakeholder Engagement

The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO defines Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) as a process of analyzing and allocating the spatial and temporal distribution of human activities in marine areas to achieve ecological, economic and social objectives. Building on this, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity views MSP as an area-based management framework that provides a means for improving decision-making as it relates to the use of marine resources and space. Rooted in the concept of drawing on ecosystem connectivity to sustain natural resource management known as ecosystem-based management (EBM), ultimately MSP provides a suitable means for informing, facilitating, and overall improving decision-making as it relates to the use of marine resources and space. DISCLAIMER: These publications may be reproduced in whole or in part and in any form for educational or non-profit purposes without special permission from the copyright holder, provided acknowledgment of the source is made. For bibliographic purposes, this policy brief should be cited as follows: GEF LME:LEARN, 2020. Marine Spatial Planning: Harnessing Marine Spatial Planning for Multi-Stakeholder Engagement. Paris, France.

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[LME:LEARN Policy Brief] Marine Spatial Planning: Harnessing Marine Spatial Planning for Multi-Stakeholder Engagement.pdf