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Implementing sustainable marine and coastal management: challenges from the Portuguese MSP case

2016; Frontiers Media; Volume: 3; Linguagem: Inglês

10.3389/conf.fmars.2016.04.00100

2296-7745

Santos Catarina, Andrade Francisco, Orbach Michael,

Maritime Ports and Logistics

Event Abstract Back to Event Implementing sustainable marine and coastal management: challenges from the Portuguese MSP case Catarina F. Santos1*, Francisco Andrade1 and Michael Orbach2 1 MARE - University of Lisbon, Portugal 2 Duke University Marine Laboratory - Duke University, United States Planning of marine areas, from neritic to open-ocean regions, has been developed worldwide as a way to ensure sustainable ocean management. Marine spatial planning (MSP), as it is most commonly referred to, in fact deals with the distribution of human uses in the ocean, both spatially and temporally, striving to minimize conflicts and foster compatibilities among such uses, and between uses and the environment [1]. As a planning process, MSP involves a number of steps that must be implemented to ensure its proper development [1, 2]. From the definition of planning principles, goals and objectives, to the analysis of environmental, socioeconomic, and political conditions, MSP processes encompass the development of a marine plan, and the subsequent phases of implementation, evaluation and revision of such plan. MSP has been developed worldwide, being an idea whose time has come [3]. In fact, it is currently under development in almost fifty countries, and already approved by government in almost 10% of the area of the world’s exclusive economic zones (EEZs) [4]. Portugal has the second largest EEZ in the EU, is one of the world’s largest maritime nations, and has an important role in the implementation of EU maritime policies. Accordingly, the perceived need to develop sustainable ocean management processes in Portugal has increased in the last decade. In 2006 the Portuguese government recognized the importance of MSP as one of the three pillars of its National Ocean Strategy [5], and in late 2008 it established the development of a national marine spatial plan. The Portuguese MSP process has two main phases. The first one is the “Plano de Ordenamento do Espaço Marítimo” (POEM) phase, which extended over a period of four years (2008-2012). During most of that period it was intended to be the first Portuguese marine plan, but in the end it was instead published as a study, thus having no legal or regulatory formal aspect. The second phase pertains to the development of MSP legislation. This extends from 2012 to 2015 and includes the development, approval and promulgation of both a MSP framework law (Law No. 17/2014), and a set of MSP complementary regulations (Decree-Law No. 38/2015). The latter not only “develops” the framework law, but also transposes the EU MSP Directive (Directive 2014/89/EU) into national law. All these MSP instruments enshrine a number of challenges to (environmental) sustainability [6, 7], namely by following an integrated-use approach towards MSP [8]. Building on the analysis of (i) the MSP instruments themselves and (ii) the perceptions of a number of key actors involved in, or knowledgeable of, the Portuguese MSP process, such challenges to the implementation of sustainable ocean management in Portugal are further analysed and discussed. Acknowledgements The Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology -□ FCT supported this study through a Doctoral Grant to C. Frazão Santos (SFRH/BD/77057/2011). References [1] Ehler C, Douvere F. Marine spatial planning: a step-by-step approach toward ecosystem-based management. Paris: UNESCO, IOC Manual and Guides 53, ICAM Dossier 6; 2009. [2] Foley MM, Halpern BS, Micheli F, Armsby MH, Caldwell MR, Crain CM, et al. Guiding ecological principles for marine spatial planning. Marine Policy. 2010; 34:955-66. [3] Ehler CN. 13 myths of marine spatial planning. Marine Ecosystems and Management. 2012; 5:5-7. [4] MSP Around the World. UNESCO's Marine Spatial Planning Innitiative. http://www.unesco-ioc-marinesp.be/msp_around_the_world?PHPSESSID=ivjcjscp2bt02pur282fsto9h5 [viewed in March 12, 2016]. [5] Portuguese Government. National Ocean Strategy 2006-2016 [in Portuguese]. Portugal: Ministério da Defesa Nacional, Estrutura de Missão para os Assuntos do Mar; 2006. p. 33. [6] Frazão Santos C, Orbach M, Calado H, Andrade F. Challenges in implementing sustainable marine spatial planning: The new Portuguese legal framework case. Marine Policy. 2015; 61:196-206. [7] Frazão Santos C, Domingos T, Ferreira MA, Orbach M, Andrade F. How sustainable is sustainable marine spatial planning? Part II – The Portuguese experience. Marine Policy. 2014; 49:48-58. [8] Qiu W, Jones PJS. The emerging policy landscape for marine spatial planning in Europe. Marine Policy. 2013; 39:182-90. Keywords: marine spatial planning, Environmental sustainability, legal framework, Portugal, Marine Strategy Framework Directive, Marine Spatial Planning Directive Conference: IMMR | International Meeting on Marine Research 2016, Peniche, Portugal, 14 Jul - 15 Jul, 2016. Presentation Type: Oral presentation Topic: Biodiversity, Conservation and Coastal Management Citation: Santos CF, Andrade F and Orbach M (2016). Implementing sustainable marine and coastal management: challenges from the Portuguese MSP case. Front. Mar. Sci. Conference Abstract: IMMR | International Meeting on Marine Research 2016. doi: 10.3389/conf.FMARS.2016.04.00100 Copyright: The abstracts in this collection have not been subject to any Frontiers peer review or checks, and are not endorsed by Frontiers. They are made available through the Frontiers publishing platform as a service to conference organizers and presenters. 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