Best practice and scientific publications

The 2050 target of the European Union to decarbonize the economy by 80–90% will undoubtedly see marine renewable energies playing a key role. The deployment of offshore facilities within the...

The status report was developed within the framework of the BalticRim project. The document provides an overview of socio-economic aspects and management issues when linking maritime and underwater cultural heritage (MCH, UCH) with other Blue Economy...

This study explores how geographic information technologies – or geo-technologies – are used in spatial planning processes, and more specifically, marine spatial planning (MSP) processes. MSP has the double advantage...

Habitat-forming species are key in providing ecosystem services, green infrastructure and Blue Economy. The report represents the modelling results of the spatial distribution of key habitat-forming species in the Baltic Sea for two climate change scenarios.

The report is developed within the framework of the Pan Baltic Scope project, which aims to achieve coherent national Maritime Spatial Planning in the Baltic Sea region and to build...

The document is developed within the framework of the Bonus Basmati project. It provides the first proposal to turn one of the existing classifications into the marine-specific and MSP-relevant framework that can be used in BONUS...

There is growing evidence that the ecosystem service (ES) concept can provide valuable input to marine spatial planning (MSP), by highlighting which ecosystem goods and services can be produced from...

Although marine spatial planning (MSP) is increasingly being applied worldwide, it appears to be based on an ambiguity that has arisen from its dichotomous role of ensuring both conservation and...

The document provides recommendations for structuring the datasets for Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) based on scientific literature, reports of MSP projects conducted in the Baltic Sea region (BSR), documents prepared...

The recommendations are developed within the context of the Pan Baltic Scope project, which aims to achieve coherent national maritime spatial planning in the Baltic Sea region, and to build...

The Assessment was conducted as part of the activities of the Pan Baltic Scope project. The objective of the Assessment was to analyse the application, implementation, achievements and possible future adjustments to update the joint regional framework for...

The study shows how the same border may have different qualities across an institutional context following Brexit.