EuroMarine
The Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO)General information
This workshop is intended for scientists involved or interested in marine spatial planning and the use of decision support tools.
The core of this workshop is the use and evaluation of Marxan within the marine spatial (and conservation) planning process in (at least) five of the above mentioned European case studies. Currently these case studies are: the Bay of Biscay (Spain), the Skagerrak (Norway), the Strait of Sicily (Italy), the Ionian Sea (Greece) and the Belgian Part of the North Sea (Belgium).
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
Day 1 : Introduction to the workshop & presentations on the use of Marxan for MSP in the different case studies Day 2 : Comparison of the results & lessons learned. Determination of the common themes, challenges and (dis)similarities in the case studies
Day 3-4 : Writing the comparison paper
Day 5 : Continue writing, summary of workshop achievements & next steps
The outcome will be a comparison paper, synthesizing the main findings of the separate case studies, by addressing the following questions:
- What are the challenges encountered across EU Member States (and associated countries) to implement MSP at the local and regional levels?
- Can Systematic Conservation Planning (SCP) in general, and specifically the decision support tool Marxan, help to overcome these challenges?
The overall aim of this Marxan workshop is to test the usefulness of a specific decision support tool (Marxan) to underpin and enhance the Marine Spatial Planning process (MSP) in Europe. The idea stems from the EU-FP7 project MESMA (Monitoring & Evaluation of Spatially Managed Areas, 2009-2013) in which tools were tested, a framework was developed and governance analyses were executed within nine case studies (see http://www.mesma.org/).
Content
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Venue
Gent, Belgium
VAC Virginie Loveling (near railwaystation Ghent- Sint-Pieters)
Koningin Maria Hendrikaplein 70
9000 Gent, Belgium
Application
Prerequisites:
Knowledge of the Marxan software is required.
Qualification
This workshop is intended for scientists involved or interested in marine spatial planning and the use of decision support tools.
The core of this workshop is the use and evaluation of Marxan within the marine spatial (and conservation) planning process in (at least) five of the above mentioned European case studies. Currently these case studies are: the Bay of Biscay (Spain), the Skagerrak (Norway), the Strait of Sicily (Italy), the Ionian Sea (Greece) and the Belgian Part of the North Sea (Belgium).
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
Day 1 : Introduction to the workshop & presentations on the use of Marxan for MSP in the different case studies Day 2 : Comparison of the results & lessons learned. Determination of the common themes, challenges and (dis)similarities in the case studies
Day 3-4 : Writing the comparison paper
Day 5 : Continue writing, summary of workshop achievements & next steps
The outcome will be a comparison paper, synthesizing the main findings of the separate case studies, by addressing the following questions:
- What are the challenges encountered across EU Member States (and associated countries) to implement MSP at the local and regional levels?
- Can Systematic Conservation Planning (SCP) in general, and specifically the decision support tool Marxan, help to overcome these challenges?
The overall aim of this Marxan workshop is to test the usefulness of a specific decision support tool (Marxan) to underpin and enhance the Marine Spatial Planning process (MSP) in Europe. The idea stems from the EU-FP7 project MESMA (Monitoring & Evaluation of Spatially Managed Areas, 2009-2013) in which tools were tested, a framework was developed and governance analyses were executed within nine case studies (see http://www.mesma.org/).
Knowledge of the Marxan software is required.
