08 Sep 2025
Photo by David Trinks Sobering projections reveal accelerating pressures Human impact on the world’s oceans will double by 2050, according to groundbreaking research published in the journal Science that provides the most comprehensive projection yet of future marine environmental pressures. The study, led by UC Santa Barbara’s National Centre for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, reveals an […]
20 Jun 2023
The Crown Estate has announced that it has begun work to digitally map the seabed resource needed to meet future demand as well as the enhanced co-ordination of future activities out to 2050. The work is a response to growing demands on the finite resources of the seabed. In collaboration with a wide range of organisations […]
28 Mar 2017
The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO) and the Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of the European Commission (DG MARE) adopted today a “Joint Roadmap to accelerate Maritime/Marine Spatial Planning processes worldwide”. The roadmap identifies common challenges and proposals for actions to be implemented in the coming years, reaching out for collaboration with other UN bodies […]
30 Aug 2016
A valuable update including: Statements of public participation published Call for issues with supporting evidence: survey and workshop Sustainability appraisal scoping report published South marine plan – public consultation Decision maker workshops Improving systems And more What a marine plan will do’ page: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/marine-planning-in-england
27 Jun 2016
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 […]
23 May 2016
Peter Jones: New critical analysis paper: Marine Spatial Planning in Reality – concludes “that the realities of how marine spatial planning (MSP’ing) is working contrast with widely recognised concepts and ideals as to how MSP’ing should work, as integrated-use MSP’ing based on political expedience and blue growth priorities is diverging from and potentially competing with […]
21 Mar 2016
Three perspectives of marine spatial planning, the outcomes of an WOC-SAMS webinar with lots of links on MSP in the North Sea, the latest MMO planning update and Alec Taylor from WWF-UK on the need for more ambition in way UK is implementing marine plans. 1. WOC ‘ North Sea Industry Leaders Participate in Webinar […]
07 Mar 2016
Two perspectives on marine planning the first from Alec Taylor of WWF-UK on the need for more ambition, and the second illustrating the recognition being given to MSP on a global scale by the industry body the World Ocean Council. 1. Marine planning needs to be more ambitious in 2016 Alec Taylor Blog WWF-UK – […]
