🪸Are you struggling with integrating biodiversity and climate science knowledge into your #MarineSpatialPlanning (MSP) process?
➡️We’ve got your back! In a few weeks, #MSPglobal will launch a free online course on biodiversity inclusive and climate-smart MSP. Stay tuned!
🌊A fair Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) process needs gender equality. #WomensDay
📚Check out the guides and frameworks referred to in this article, which help design a socially sustainable MSP process, with a focus on human rights-based approaches: tinyurl.com/3euf2zr5
📺Video credit: Luis Bedriñana-Romano, creator of the data visualisation and researcher and doctoral candidate with the Austral University of Chile #AUC in Valdivia: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🐳 Why should we care about Marine Spatial Planning?
For instance, to avoid negative impacts on marine megafauna.
As we mark #WorldWildlifeDay this week, watch how this whale (blue dot in the video) is trying to find its way through the crowded ship routes in Chile: tinyurl.com/4sw95ry4
EN/ 🗳️We’re pleased to announce the election of the Co-Chairs of the Marine Spatial Planning Technical Expert Group for the Atlantic Coast of West, Central and Southern Africa!
➡️ Dr Alimata Fofana-Diomandé (Côte d’Ivoire) and Dr Christian Adje (Benin) will guide the group’s work.
FR/ 🗳️Nous sommes ravis d'annoncer l'élection des coprésidents du Groupe d'Experts Techniques sur la Planification de l'Espace Marin pour la Côte Atlantique de la région d'Afrique de l'Ouest, du Centre et du Sud:
➡️ Dr Alimata Fofana-Diomandé (Côte d’Ivoire) et Dr Christian Adje (Bénin).
🇿🇦We wrapped up the first national workshop in South Africa, closing off with initial recommendations to co-develop an Action Plan for national #MarineSpatialPlanning processes.
#MSPglobal #WorldBank #DFFE #PROBLUE_Ocean #IOC #DGMARE
The newly launched @MSPglobal data toolbox volume 2 explains how to use ocean observations for #MarineSpatialPlanning. ➡️Download data toolbox: https://shorturl.at/Z4Kkh ➡️Flyer: https://shorturl.at/xAHXx
In an era of increasing environmental pressures & growing data availability, Ocean Observations are a vital asset for marine spatial planning. 🌊 🦑 #scipol
To help, @mspglobal2030.bsky.social has launched a new data toolbox on the use of ocean observations for #MSP
shorturl.at/Z4Kkh #gischat
🇿🇦 Today, #MSPglobal, the #WorldBank Africa and #DFFE are co-organising the first national Marine Spatial Planning workshop in South Africa to implement the new Rapid Assessment Methodology: shorturl.at/15mLW
🇹🇳MSPglobal and #WWF conducted an MSP training in Tunisia with a very diverse group of participants. It was a reminder that MSP is not just a technical exercise; it is a social process that depends on dialogue, trust, and a shared vision: tinyurl.com/4uy3pwva
🇹🇳MSPglobal et #WWF ont organisé une formation sur la PEM en Tunisie avec un groupe très diversifié. Cela nous a rappelé que la PEM n'est pas seulement un exercice technique, mais aussi un processus social qui repose sur le dialogue, la confiance et une vision commune : shorturl.at/QExlj
[NEW Data Toolbox]
🛰️We are glad to announce the launch of the #MSPglobal Data Toolbox Volume 2 - How to use Ocean Observations for Marine Spatial Planning!
➡️Data toolbox: shorturl.at/Z4Kkh
ℹ️Flyer: shorturl.at/xAHXx
🎓Un total de 150 participantes han completado el curso gratuito en línea de #MSPglobal sobre la planificación espacial marina y han recibido un certificado.
➡️ Inscríbete aquí para ser el próximo: shorturl.at/RaSnw
🎓Un total de 150 participants ont suivi le cours gratuit en ligne #MSPglobal sur la planification de l’espace marin et ont reçu un certificat.
➡️ Inscrivez-vous ici pour devenir le prochain : shorturl.at/BT4iv
🎓A total of 150 participants have concluded the free #MSPglobal online course on marine spatial planning and received a certificate.
➡️ Enroll here to become the next: shorturl.at/MG6gz
🇮🇹 MSPglobal participated in the #MSPTalks at Università Iuav di Venezia 🐬
We presented the role and impact of MSPglobal, highlighting international cooperation, capacity-building and science–policy interfaces.
➡️ Find all highlights and key messages summarised by MEDIGREEN here: lnkd.in/d3zrVdPa
🌊Yesterday, #MSPglobal had a follow-up workshop with experts to discuss the co-development of a new data toolbox on cumulative impact assessment for marine spatial planning.
➡️Catch up on what happened during the first meeting here: shorturl.at/uy481
💫 MSPglobal started the #Year2025 in the midst of developing new marine spatial planning guides, good practices, data toolboxes ➡️ Read our 2025 recap here: tinyurl.com/5n7ysunt
Thanks to everyone who supported us this year! We look forward to 2026 🎉Happy holidays!
🇹🇿MSPglobal facilitated a #MarineSpatialPlanning (MSP) training in Zanzibar, as part of an ongoing one-year international programme led by #SwAM, aiming to strengthen MSP capacities in the Western Indian Ocean region.
Highlights ➡️ tinyurl.com/2n2z2usp
@wiomsa.bsky.social @sidasweden.bsky.social
🌊This week, MSPglobal is attending #UNEA7 to engage in conversations around the benefits of #MarineSpatialPlanning as an ecosystem-based approach.
➡️Check out international resources on MSP relating to biodiversity, climate change and more here: tinyurl.com/2s35aucb
📢Nous vous présentons les dernières publications sur l'engagement des peuples autochtones et communautés locales dans la #PlanificationEspaceMarin :
Concepts de base: tinyurl.com/mvvjjtw
Bonnes pratiques: tinyurl.com/58ntcskk
➡️Également disponible en anglais et en espagnol!
📢Presentamos las últimas publicaciones sobre el involucramiento de los Pueblos Indígenas y comunidades locales en la #PlanificaciónEspacialMarina:
Conceptos básicos: tinyurl.com/52z98zyx
Buenas prácticas: tinyurl.com/43259t2d
➡️¡También disponible en inglés y francés!
2/🇹🇳This week, #MSPglobal is co-organising a training on marine spatial planning (MSP) in Tunisia with @wwfmediterranean.bsky.social to strengthen national capacities.
@globalfishingwatch.org
1/ 🇹🇳Cette semaine, #MSPglobal co-organise une formation sur la planification de l’espace marin (PEM) en Tunisie avec le @wwfmediterranean.bsky.social afin de renforcer les capacités nationales.
@globalfishingwatch.org
🌊This is what happened during the first MSPglobal online workshop on #CumulativeImpactAssessment for MSP: tinyurl.com/4bfwp5vx
➡️Reach out to us if you are interested in joining the next workshops! We are especially looking for case studies in Latin America, Asia and Africa.
🌏 This week, MSPglobal is organising a regional training in Zanzibar with #SwAM, #NIRAS and #SGU to strengthen marine spatial planning capacities in the Western Indian Ocean.
¡Gracias por atender, Borja!
🌊Today, MSPglobal is starting a series of online workshops to consult experts on the development of a data toolbox structured to address cumulative impact assessment for #MarineSpatialPlanning.
➡️ Reach out to us if you are interested in joining the next workshops!
❓What are the biggest institutional and societal capacity gaps in #MarineSpatialPlanning that need to be addressed?
➡️Read the survey results to this and more questions in our 2025 assessment report on global MSP capacity needs: tinyurl.com/bdh89kds
[NEW Event Report]
📢The #MSPglobal Online Conference marked the closure of the MSPglobal 2.0 project and kicked off the next phase: 3.0.
➡️Download the event report for all conference highlights: tinyurl.com/4f9n5rv2
#IOCUNESCO #DGMARE
