Published July 31, 2025 | Version v1
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MSP4BIO Deliverable 5.4: Final recommendations, transferability and scale-up of effective biodiversity mainstreaming in MSP

  • 1. Center for Coastal and Marine Studies (CCMS)
  • 2. ROR icon Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission
  • 3. PAP/RAC
  • 4. WWF MMI
  • 5. WWF Med
  • 6. s.Pro - sustainable Projects
  • 7. ROR icon Flanders Marine Institute
  • 8. ROR icon Nantes Université
  • 9. ROR icon Universidade dos Açores
  • 10. National Institute for Marine Reserach and Development "Grigore Antipa"
  • 11. EDMO icon Finnish Environment Institute
  • 12. ROR icon Gdynia Maritime University
  • 13. ROR icon University of Gdańsk
  • 14. EDMO icon CNR, National Research Council, Institute of Marine Science (Rome)

Description

This report presents the final recommendations on the transferability and scaling up of effective solutions for biodiversity mainstreaming in MSP. It provides the findings from the cross-test site analysis and advises on the transferability of results, as well as the potentials and barriers associated with scaling them up. The recommendations are tailored for each European Sea Basin in the MSP4BIO (North Sea, Baltic Sea, Northeast Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea), emphasizing the key challenges, opportunities, and necessary enabling conditions for successful implementation, thereby laying the groundwork for broader application across Europe and beyond. The report encompasses three key components, including: a) the ways biodiversity can be considered in MSP depending on the local conditions, b) key pitfalls and enablers for ecosystem-based management in MSP of key economic sectors depending on the sea basin relevance, and c) key policy coherence considerations feeding into regional strategies.

Files

D5.4 Transferability and scale up-revised 15122025.pdf

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Additional details

Funding

European Commission
MSP4BIO - Improved Science-Based Maritime Spatial Planning to Safeguard and Restore Biodiversity in a coherent European MPA network 101060707