"Nordic workshop on marine spatial planning" was held in Copenhagen on 6-8 June. As input to the workshop discussions, the following lectures and case studies were presented:
Jeff Ardron (Bundesamt für Naturschutz, Germany)
Designation of managed areas in MSP, introduction to decision-support tools
Alexis Bench & Jessica Sanders (FAO, Fisheries Dept)
New FAO MPA Technical Guidelines & MPAs on high seas
Lene Buhl-Mortensen (Institute of Marine Research, Norway)
Applications of the large-scale marine mapping program MAREANO in management planning, Norway
Chris Caldow (National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, USA)
Mapping the distribution of marine flora, fauna and habitats: Applications in MPA siting
Asbjørn Christensen (Danish Institute for Fisheries Research)
Toward area-based management of Sandeel in the North Sea
Paul Gilliland & Dan Laffoley (Natural England)
Marine Spatial Planning - principles and characteristics
David Connor (Joint Nature Conservation Committee, UK)
Habitat mapping - an essential tool in spatial planning in context of European policies
Elmer Topp-Jørgensen (Greenland Home Rule)
Management planning of Greenland’s living resources
Erik Olsen (Institute of Marine Research, Norway)
The Norwegian ecosystem-based management plan for the Barents Sea
Anna Nöjd, Henna Piekäinen & Saara Bäck (Finnish Environment Institute)
Application of marine habitat mapping in marine spatial planning - developing thoughts from the VELMU project, Finland
Euan Dunn (BirdLife International, UK, Chair, North Sea RAC Working Group on Marine Spatial Planning)
Marine Spatial Planning and natural resource management perspectives
Steffen R. Nielsen (Ministry of Transport and Energy, Denmark)
Identification of potential windfarming sites in Danish coastal areas
Per Nilsson (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
Participatory MPA planning in Skagerrak, Sweden
Stuart Kininmonth (Australian Institute of Marine Science, Aus)
Considerations of MPA design in a scale-free small marine world
Martin Isæus (Aqua Biota, Sweden):
Nordic habitat mapping as a tool for integrated management
Fanny Douvere & Charles Ehler (IOC/UNESCO):
Moving from concept to practice: Global perspectives on ecosystem-based marine spatial planning
Luis Ridao Cruz (Faroese Fisheries Laboratory)
Closed areas in the fisheries management system of the Faroe Islands
Per Dolmer and Kerstin Geitner (Danish Institute for Fisheries Research)
Integrated management of fisheries and aquaculture in Limfjorden, Denmark