Fletcher Et Al 2013

Question 1

What is Focussed on during this study?

Answer 1

Marine spatial planning (MSP) is a new component of the marine governance framework in England. Two MSP pilot studies undertaken on the south of England are evaluated in this paper to obtain key reflections from participants and process organisers. The evaluation was conducted through two phases of personal interviews

Question 2

What key 3 reflections were found?

Answer 2

1. MSP should be inclusive, via adequate participatory opportunities, clear leadership, exploiting trusted pre-existing communication channels, and supporting participants to develop their marine planning capacity.
2. MSP evidence base should maximise the quality and extent of evidence available and offer clarity over data gaps and uncertainty.
3. that adequate resources are critical to successful MSP, particularly to ensure that stakeholder groups should allocate sufficient staff time to fully engage in MSP and that MSP process organisers should allocate sufficient resources to fully support stakeholders throughout the MSP process.