Conference: International Conference on Marine/Maritime Spatial Planning, 2nd, Paris, 2017
Corporate author: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, European Commission. Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
Language: English
Year of publication: 2017
Type of document: Programme and Meeting Document

While the impact of climate change and anthropogenic factors across the Central African coastal zone is not uniform, a new technical report by UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) identifies common challenges and calls for a cooperative approach and unified framework for tackling coastal vulnerability in the region.

The European Commission’s Directorate General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries and Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) recently published an interactive communication guide, developed in close cooperation between experts and communicators of the European Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) and MSPglobal platforms.

Corporate author: European Union
Language: English
Year of publication: 2020
Type of document: Interactive guide

Corporate author: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
Language: English

Corporate author: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Year of publication: 2022

Corporate author: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

Year of publication: 2022

Type of document: Information Document 

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Although the adoption of marine spatial plans is increasing worldwide, many regions and countries still need support to adopt or fully implement them.

The Climate COP26 summit will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. With the UK as President, COP26 takes place in Glasgow.

Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) is a public process of analyzing and allocating the spatial and temporal distribution of human activities in marine areas to achieve ecological, economic and social objectives that have been specified through a political process.

MSP is not an end in itself but a practical way to create and establish a more rational use of marine space and the interactions among its uses, to balance demands for development with the need to protect the environment, and to deliver social and economic outcomes in an open and planned way.