Ecosystem based approach

World Wildlife Fund

Taking a sustainable and ecosystem-based approach (EBA) to planning and managing the use of the world’s ocean has long resided at the core of WWF’s mission.

Marine Policy, Volume 130

With the enactment of the European Maritime Spatial Planning Directive many coastal Member States are confronted with the challenge of applying Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEAs) in the context of setting up marine spatial plans for the fi

Science of the Total Environment 639 (1088-1098)

The authors developed and tested an approach to identifying priority areas for conservation that are less impacted by human activities than other areas.

UK – Wales: Draft Welsh National Marine Plan

The Draft Welsh National Marine Plan (WNMP) was published in December 2017.

Baltic Scope

This checklist toolbox represents the results of the task force and is an official output from the Baltic SCOPE project. The aim of the toolbox is to contribute to a harmonized understanding of what the Ecosystem Approach is and how it can be practically implemented in MSP.