RT Journal Article
T1 Mapping and Evaluating Marine Protected Areas and Ecosystem Services: A Transdisciplinary Delphi Forecasting Process Framework
A1 Belgrano, Andrea
A1 Novaglio, Camilla
A1 Svedäng, Henrik
A1 Villasante Larramendi, Carlos Sebastián
A1 Melián, Carlos J.
A1 Blenckner, Thorsten
A1 Bergström, Ulf
A1 Bryhn, Andreas
A1 Bergström, Lena
A1 Bartolino, Valerio
A1 Sköld, Mattias
A1 Tomczak, Maciej Tomasz
A1 Wikström, Sofia A.
A1 Hansen, Andreas Skriver
A1 Linke, Sebastian
A1 Emmerson, Richard
A1 Morf, Andrea
A1 Tönnesson, Kajsa
K1 Biodiversity
K1 Fisheries
K1 Blue economy
K1 Ecosystem-based management
K1 Human well-being
K1 Socio-ecological systems
K1 Surveys
AB Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are an important tool for management and conservation and play an increasingly recognised role in societal and human well-being. However, the assessment of MPAs often lacks a simultaneous consideration of ecological and socio-economic outcomes, and this can lead to misconceptions on the effectiveness of MPAs. In this perspective, we present a transdisciplinary approach based on the Delphi method for mapping and evaluating Marine Protected Areas for their ability to protect biodiversity while providing Ecosystem Services (ES) and related human well-being benefits – i.e., the ecosystem outputs from which people benefit. We highlight the need to include the human dimensions of marine protection in such assessments, given that the effectiveness of MPAs over time is conditional on the social, cultural and institutional contexts in which MPAs evolve. Our approach supports Ecosystem-Based Management and highlights the importance of MPAs in achieving restoration, conservation, and sustainable development objectives in relation to EU Directives such as the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive (MSPD), and the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP)
PB Frontiers Media
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/26399
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/26399
LA eng
NO Belgrano A, Novaglio C, Svedäng H, Villasante S, Melián CJ, Blenckner T, Bergström U, Bryhn A, Bergström L, Bartolino V, Sköld M, Tomczak M, Wikström SA, Hansen AS, Linke S, Emmerson R, Morf A and Tönnesson K (2021) Mapping and Evaluating Marine Protected Areas and Ecosystem Services: A Transdisciplinary Delphi Forecasting Process Framework. Front. Ecol. Evol. 9:652492. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2021.652492
NO This perspective is part of the project “Evaluating Marine Protected Areas from a sustainability perspective” funded by the Swedish Institute for the Marine Environment (SIME), University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
DS Minerva
RD 28 abr 2026