Climate change (CC) is a key, global driver of change of marine ecosystems. At local and
regional scales, other local human stressors (LS) can interact with CC and modify its effects …

The rapidly evolving ocean economy, driven by human needs for food, energy,
transportation and recreation, has led to unprecedented pressures on the ocean that are …

This paper reviews the key developments of ocean management leading up to and over the
past decade, especially marine or maritime spatial planning and ecosystem-based …

Ocean governance is complex and influenced by multiple drivers and actors with different
worldviews and goals. While governance encompasses many elements, in this paper we …

Marine/maritime spatial planning (MSP) is about managing the distribution of human
activities in space and time to achieve ecological, economic and social objectives and …

Bangladesh, a coastal developing nation with a diverse sustainable biodiversity of natural
resources is currently focused upon by international communities as a result of its high …

Tourism related to the sea and boating activities is becoming increasingly popular and
revolves around a range of leisure, water sports, nautical or other maritime activities. This …

Planning for marine areas, from coastal to open-ocean regions, is being developed
worldwide to foster sustainable ocean management and governance. Over the past …

Like most ocean regions today, the European and contiguous seas experience cumulative
impacts from local human activities and global pressures. They are largely in poor …

In the Anthropocene, marine ecosystems are rapidly shifting to new ecological states.
Achieving effective conservation of marine biodiversity has become a fast‐moving target …