In the last 10 years, maritime spatial planning (MEP) has
been a topic of great interest around the world, especially in multipurpose
maritime areas. Marine spatial planning (MSP) provides countries with an
operational environment to maintain the value of their marine biodiversity while enabling the maintainable use of the economic potential of their oceans;
In recent years, this result has been characterized by the creation of a “blue
economy”. Essentially, EMP is an approach that can make key components of
marine ecosystem management a reality. There consume been many attempts to
define both the scope and nature of EMP, but relatively few attempts have been
made to discuss how to apply it in practice.
On this website, we take a clear and simple step-by-step
approach to show you how to set up and apply PEM. These steps are illustrated
with real-life “good practice” examples and recommended key links for more
information. Also, there are several examples on the website that did not work
for various reasons: practical lessons to avoid.
This website will use the term "best practices"
instead of "best practices". Best practice means that practicing
management is the best way to do things and it will always be the best.
However, the practice can only improve in the short term, not in the long term.
Best practices are simply good practices that gradually evolve into best
practices if there ever are. The best practice examples are the ones that seem
to be working right now. We must always be open to improvement. Best practices
are always difficult to define, so we will use the term "good
practices" here.
What are good practices "?
What is a good practice ”? The term "best
practices" is difficult to define. Best practice in one PEM application
may not necessarily be best practice in another. There is no single way to
carry out marine spatial planning.
The idea is for people to talk and think about what worked.
We want to share ideas that represent these best practices. Good practices are
an example of how to successfully complete a process, in this case, PEM. And
once these practices are applied, there will always be new lessons and new ways
to do something that can be even better.
We use the term "best practices" instead of
"best practices" because the latter implies that someone has found a
definitive answer. Since EMP is a relatively new area of expertise, there are
many good ways to accomplish each of your tasks. Let's start with good practice
examples. Discovering how people have done something in the past gives us an
opportunity to rethink how we might do something new, which in turn allows us
to reflect on how to change what we do in light of this new information.
Here are some examples of criteria that can be used to
identify good practices:
Effective and efficient. Each "best practice" has
proven its relevance as the most effective way to achieve a specific result; it
was successfully adopted and had a positive impact on stakeholders, the economy
and the marine environment;
Environmentally, economically and socially sustainable. Any
"good practice" meets current and long-term needs;
Technically possible. The practice is easy to understand,
learn, and execute;
Essentially, joint participation. Collaborative approaches
are important because they maintain a shared sense of responsibility for
decisions and actions; Y
Reproducibility and adaptability: The practice must be
reproducible and adaptable to similar objectives in different situations.
Who should use this site?
This website is primarily intended for professionals in
charge of planning and managing maritime spaces and their resources. It is
especially geared towards situations where time, funding, information,
opportunities, and other resources are limited, which is most of the time. If
you are pebbledash one or more of the issues listed in the table below, this
website may be what you need to start thinking about marine spatial planning.
The website provides a complete overview of PEM. It focuses on describing the
logical sequence of steps required to achieve the desired goals and objectives
in maritime areas. It does not focus on the technical and scientific details of
any of the steps, for example, it is not intended to advise on the development
of a marine geographic information system (GIS) or to help you decide whether
or not to make a decision. support systems or implement a performance
monitoring system. Wherever possible, links to existing technical guides,
manuals, and websites will be included.
This website can be an important tool for professionals at
the international, regional, national, and sub-national levels who want to learn
more about the prospects and potential of MSP as a way to realize a variety of
goals and objectives, including sustainable economic development. and the
conservation of the environment. . Nautical.
