Welcome to the home page of the UNESCO initiative on marine spatial planning. The purpose of this initiative is to help countries implement ecosystem-based management by finding space for biodiversity conservation and sustainable economic development in marine areas. One way to do this is through marine spatial planning. Our work focusses on moving marine spatial planning beyond the conceptual level by:

·                     Developing a step-by-step approach for implementing marine spatial planning;

·                     Documenting marine spatial planning initiatives around the world;

·                     Analyzing good practices of marine spatial planning;

·                     Collecting references and literature on marine spatial planning;

·                     Enhancing understanding about marine spatial planning through publications;

·                     Build capacity through training marine spatial planning professionals.

Read more about UNESCO and marine spatial planning and read what users have said about UNESCO’s MSP products and service.