The “mapping out” approach: effectiveness of marine spatial management options in European coastal waters

Soma, Katrine; Ramos, Jorge; Bergh, Øivind; Schulze, Torsten J.; Oostenbrugge, Hans J van; Duijn, A.P. van; Köpke, Kathrin; Stelzenmüller, Vanessa; Grati, Fabio; Mäkinen, Tero; Stenberg, Claus; Buisman, Erik

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“…It is necessary to elaborate and apply common principles and broader, interdisciplinary management evaluation in the use of marine space involving several types of activities and sectors Soma et al, 2013;Stelzenmüller et al, 2013;Sundblad et al, 2014). Policymakers need to know the costs and benefits of conserving ecosystem goods and services to manage them sustainably.…”

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Integrated ecological–economic fisheries models—Evaluation, review and challenges for implementation

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Marine ecosystems evolve under many interconnected and area-specific pressures. To fulfil society's intensifying and diversifying needs while ensuring ecologically sustainable development, more effective marine spatial planning and broader-scope management of marine resources is necessary. Integrated ecological-economic fisheries models (IEEFMs) of marine systems are needed to evaluate impacts and sustainability of potential management actions and understand, and anticipate ecological, economic and social dynamics at a range of scales from local to national and regional. To make these models most effective, it is important to determine how model characteristics and methods of communicating results influence the model implementation, the nature of the advice that can be provided and the impact on decisions taken by managers. This article presents a global review and comparative evaluation of 35 IEEFMs applied to marine fisheries and marine ecosystem resources to identify the characteristics that determine their usefulness, effectiveness and implementation. The focus is on fully integrated models that allow for feedbacks between ecological and human processes although not all the models reviewed achieve that. Modellers must invest more time to make models user friendly and to participate in management fora where models and model results can be explained and discussed. Such involvement is beneficial to all parties, leading to improvement of models and more effective implementation of advice, but demands substantial resources which must be built into the governance process. It takes time to develop effective processes for using IEEFMs requiring a long-term commitment to integrating multidisciplinary modelling advice into management decision-making. K E Y W O R D Sbio-economic models, comparative model evaluation, fisheries management advice, integrated ecological-economic fisheries models, marine spatial planning and cross-sector management, performance criteria and scales and risks, use and acceptance and implementation and communication and flexibility and complexity | INTRODUCTIONThere is a growing need for tools to evaluate policies and assess tradeoffs in management of marine resources and provision of ecosystem services such as fishing, aquaculture, renewable energy, shipping, conservation and recreation (Cormier, Kannen, Elliott, & Hall, 2015;Degnbol & Wilson, 2008;EU 2014;Langlois, Fréon, Steyer, Delgenés, & Hélias, 2014;White et al., 2012). It is necessary to elaborate and apply common principles and broader, interdisciplinary management evaluation in the use of marine space involving several types of activities and sectors Soma et al., 2013;Stelzenmüller et al., 2013;Sundblad et al., 2014). Policymakers need to know the costs and benefits of conserving ecosystem goods and services to manage them sustainably. Moreover, according to an ecosystembased approach to management, specific pressures, associated uncertainties and risks need to be taken into account (Douvere, 2008;Ehler & Douvere, 2009;Gi...

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“…The implementation of the EBM approach within Europe will give rise to different modes of regionalization and induce attempts for cooperation and integration. The levels of cooperation and integration, and thus the exact mode of regionalization, will obviously differ across regions as implementation will be context-dependent (Ramos et al, 2014;Soma et al, 2013).…”

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Marine Governance in a European context: Regionalization, integration and cooperation for ecosystem-based management

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“…Also, methods exist that can estimate societal and environmental values even when impacts cannot be judged on a monetary scale (Soma, 2006). An alternative to a monetary valuation is to use semi-qualitative scale of importance to judge on relevance of the different societal and environmental values (Ramos et al, 2014;Soma, 2010;Soma et al, 2013).…”

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Incentives to contribute to flood adaptation in cities : Stakeholder analyses in Belgium, the UK and the Netherlands

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Soma, Katrine; Dijkshoorn-Dekker, Marijke; Polman, Nico, 2018. Incentives to contribute to flood adaptation in cities; Stakeholder analyses in Belgium, the UK and the Netherlands. Wageningen, Wageningen Economic Research, Report 2018-013. 76 pp.; 20 fig.; 3 tab.; 60 ref. Increasingly, urban stakeholders are becoming more engaged in contributing to reducing the intensified flooding risks due to climate change in Belgium, the UK and the Netherlands. The aim of this study is to motivate stakeholder engagement for urban flood management. A template is provided including a total of four steps defining stakeholder positions, task roles and barriers, and showing how to deal with the barriers by suggesting communication levels, strategies and approaches. Overall, green solutions to drainage are thought to be favourable to quality of life, recreation, playground, air quality, health, heat stress, and depending on levels of inclusiveness, green can also contribute to social cohesion. References and websites 45Selection of interviewees: methodology 48 Online questionnaire design 51 Interviewees about cooperation 65 Quick-scan PPT presentation 68 SPONGE stakeholder analysis PPT presentation 70 Wageningen Economic Research Report 2018-013 | 5 Preface Climate change is becoming increasingly visible in the form of increased flooding in cities. While climate mitigation would be a favourable way of dealing with climate change, mitigating climate change is not achievable, at least not in the short term. Societies need to adapt to climate change, to make sure the increased flooding will not destroy lives, buildings and infrastructure in cities. The effect of investing in flood management immediately can result in avoidance of future disasters.It has been a pleasure to work with SPONGE partners, who want to contribute through the project to improve flood management in cities in the future. Stakeholder contributions can make a change to enhance flood management.Special thanks go to the SPONGE colleagues Wessel Tiessens (Netherlands), Milaila Bentz (UK) andRonny van Looveren (Belgium), with whom we met several times to discuss the contents of the report and contributions to the SPONGE project.We would also like to thank interviewees in Belgium, the UK and the Netherlands for contributing with valuable insights. Their narratives were critically important to the storyline of this report.Prof.dr.ir. J.G.A.J. (Jack) van der Vorst Summary S.1 A template for motivating stakeholder engagementThe aim of this study is to motivate stakeholder engagement for urban flood management. In order to identify stakeholder contributions and barriers to conduct climate adaptations in the forms of flood management in cities in Belgium, the UK and the Netherlands, a template is designed in this study following four main steps needed for enhancing stakeholder contributions. The four steps define 1) stakeholder positions, 2) task roles, 3) barriers, and 4) how to deal with these barriers by suggesting communication levels, strategies and approaches, w...

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The “mapping out” approach: effectiveness of marine spatial management options in European coastal waters

Cited by 30 publications

References 33 publications

Integrated ecological–economic fisheries models—Evaluation, review and challenges for implementation

Integrated ecological–economic fisheries models—Evaluation, review and challenges for implementation

Marine Governance in a European context: Regionalization, integration and cooperation for ecosystem-based management

Incentives to contribute to flood adaptation in cities : Stakeholder analyses in Belgium, the UK and the Netherlands

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