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ENABLING EFFECTIVE AND EQUITABLE MARINE PROTECTED AREAS: Case Study Compendium
This open access book provides a compendium of the 34 case study summaries that form the evidence base for the main volume: UN Environment (2019) Enabling Effective and Equitable Marine Protected Areas – guidance on combining governance approaches. Authors - Jones PJS, Murray RH and Vestergaard O.
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MEDCOAST 19 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
The Fourteenth MEDCOAST Congress on Coastal and Marine Sciences, Engineering, Management & Conservation (MEDCOAST 19) is to be held on 22 – 26 October 2019, Club Yazici Turban Hotel (****), Marmaris, Turkey.
CONGRESS CHAIR: Prof. Erdal Özhan, President, MEDCOAST Foundation
The Fourteenth MEDCOAST Congress in Marmaris (Turkey) takes place at a time when the European Commission is keenly involved in facilitating programs for the Mediterranean and the Black Sea in the fields of Integrated Maritime Policy (IMP), Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) and Blue Growth (Economy) and this important event will be an excellent opportunity for discussing national and regional efforts and capacities, as well as for networking and collaboration.
RESPONDING TO RISING SEAS
A new Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report, Responding to Rising Seas: OECD Country Approaches to Tackling Coastal Risks was published. It takes a major step forward in providing policy guidance on how countries can more effectively manage the risks from sea level rise.
A new book on MSP has been published
Maritime Spatial Planning - past, present, future
Editors:
Prof. Jacek Zaucha
Dr. Kira Gee
ISBN 978-3-319-98696-8
This open access book is the first comprehensive overview of maritime or marine spatial planning. Countries across the globe are beginning to implement maritime spatial plans; however the authors of this collection have identified several key questions that are emerging from this growing body of MSP experience. How can maritime spatial planning deal with a complex and dynamic environment such as the sea? How can MSP be embedded in multiple levels of governance across regional and national borders – and how far does the environment benefit from this new approach? This book actively engages with the problems encapsulated in these questions, and explores possible solutions.