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Abstract
In 2003, Belgium was one of the first countries in Europe to start with spatial zoning for the North Sea (= Master Plan) and currently a legal marine spatial plan (MSP) is underway. The journey towards such MSP was turbulent, triggered by several sectoral needs (e.g. offshore energy; nature conservation) and was examined within the MESMA project (Monitoring and Evaluation of Spatially Managed Areas). A number of successful events can be noticed (e.g. the extension of a Special Area of Conservation to 1/3th of the total Belgian part of the North Sea, allocation of an area for renewable energy,... ). Nevertheless, there are also a number of obstacles within the MSP process such as the lack of management plans and the absence of pressure & risk analysis as well as conflicts with and among the users (e.g. renewable energy versus nature conservation on “Vlakte van de Raan”, conflicts due to multi-level government, etc.). All these events are proceeded by a series of processes on both the national and European level, which are documented in this study. For each case the main questions were: who took the initiative, what were the driving forces, were there lessons learned from the past and what is important for future marine policy ?
Key words: marine spatial planning, governance, integrated management
Key words: marine spatial planning, governance, integrated management
Original language | English |
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Publication status | Published - 24-Sept-2013 |
Event | ICES ASC 2013 - Reykjavik, Iceland Duration: 23-Sept-2013 → 27-Sept-2013 http://www.ices.dk/news-and-events/asc/ASC-2013/Pages/default.aspx |
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Conference | ICES ASC 2013 |
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Country/Territory | Iceland |
City | Reykjavik |
Period | 23/09/13 → 27/09/13 |
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MESMA: Monitoring and evaluation of spatially managed areas
Hostens, K. (Project Manager) & Pecceu, E. (ProjectSupervisor)
1/11/09 → 31/10/13
Project: Research