Human activities, both established and emerging, increasingly affect the provision of marine
ecosystem services that deliver societal and economic benefits. Monitoring the status of …

The rapid development of China's coastal economy has led to environmental problems such
as increased marine pollutant emissions and deteriorating marine ecology in coastal seas …

Increasing numbers of people are living in and using coastal areas. Combined with the
presence of pervasive coastal threats, such as flooding and erosion, this is having …

The marine and coastal environment is an important economic asset in the UK, and there is
a need for greater information about marine economic activities for the purposes of marine …

With successive Government restructuring and the introduction of the Marine and Coastal
Access Act in 2009, this paper revisits a previous set of organograms created in 2006 …

Governments are searching for institutional designs that enable coordination of sea-uses in
a more systematic and integrated manner. Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) is presented as …

Public perception research evaluating awareness and attitudes towards marine protection is
limited in the United Kingdom (UK) and worldwide. Given public opinion can help drive …

Coastal and Oceanic Observatories are important tools to provide information on ocean
state, phenomena, and processes. They meet the need for a better understanding of coastal …

Abstract Shandong Province is among China's major marine provinces. The annual total
output value of the province's marine economy has been ranked second in the country since …

In Wales, there has been a concerted change in policy direction through the adoption of a
new suite of legislation, presenting a mechanism for affecting change in how social …