When considering how to use marine spaces and allocate resources to their management, policymakers would do well to take a gender-sensitive approach. So say UC Santa Barbara researchers and their ...

(Photo Credit: Sandrine Jauffret, Marcelo H. Acerbi/The World Bank) Marine spatial planning is most effective when everyone from the government to private sector players to artisanal fishers are ...

New study identifies ten key components that will promote the development and implementation of sustainable, equitable, climate-smart ocean planning initiatives around the globe. The guidelines come ...

A healthy ocean is critical to address the triple challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. This event will discuss marine and coastal spatial planning -- one tool that can help ...

Adelie Penguins Hunting in a Crack in the Sea Ice. The Southern Ocean is critical to the functioning of our planet, influencing sea level, regulating climate, and driving global ocean circulation.

The need to integrate climate knowledge into marine spatial planning (MSP) has been globally acknowledged in recent years. Yet, few of the existing marine spatial plans consider climate change ...

The creation of protected marine areas for local waters is supported by an open letter formally submitted to the Government ...

The strong winds blowing over Australia’s rugged coastlines will soon power many of our homes, as offshore wind farms are poised to begin construction. But our new research highlights the need to ...

Kenya is edging closer to its first-ever Marine Spatial Plan (MSP), a major policy framework expected to transform the management of marine resources.The 20-year plan, which has already received ...

The team behind a government plan to protect Bermuda’s waters that has drawn opposition from the fishing community outlined the importance of the measures in a public lecture. Future-proofing ...