The use of artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly common in deciding where offshore energy projects such as ...

"One of the main takeaways is that gender-disaggregated data can be very useful and, if possible, other places that are doing marine spatial planning should be trying to look through this lens and ...

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 ...

Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) and Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM) represent complementary frameworks for governing the marine environment in a holistic manner. MSP provides a structured process to ...

(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 ...

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 ...

A sea turtle swims in a coral reef in Hawaii. Ocean acidification, found to be on the brink of crossing a boundary into higher-risk territory, can affect coral skeleton formation. In a paper published ...

As part of its adaptive management cycle, California is considering proposed changes to its groundbreaking Network of marine protected areas (MPAs) through the California Fish and Game Commission’s ...