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Reviewnpj ocean sustainability2025

Marine spatial planning and marine protected area planning are not the same and both are key for sustainability in a changing ocean.

Catarina Frazão Santos, Lisa M Wedding, Tundi Agardy, Julie M Reimer, Elena Gissi, Helena Calado

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Review in npj ocean sustainability, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Catarina Frazão SantosDepartment of Animal Biology, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
Lisa M WeddingSchool of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Tundi AgardySound Seas, Bethesda, MD USA.
Julie M ReimerMarine Planning & Conservation, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Ottawa, ON Canada.
Elena GissiNational Research Council, Institute of Marine Sciences, Venice, Italy.
Helena CaladoMARE-Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, ARNET-Aquatic Research Network, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Marine spatial planning (MSP) and marine protected area (MPA) planning are two distinct area-based management processes that are often conflated. While engaging in MPA planning is crucially important for biodiversity conservation and localized sustainable use, it cannot bring the benefits that larger scale MSP can deliver. Confusing the two can lead not only to missed opportunities to support ocean sustainability, but also to inefficiencies and even conflict. Here, we clearly define and distinguish each approach, then discuss opportunities to optimise synergies, especially under rapidly changing climate. MSP can support conservation efforts by taking the broader context into account, while integrating conservation and MPA planning into MSP allows for the maintenance of ocean health-always a core goal of marine management.

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PMID40386531
PMCPMC12081292

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