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Outputs

 

Check out some of the recent MSPACE outputs here:

 

1. Early Warning System -Climate-smart spatial management of UK fisheries, aquaculture and conservation

The MSPACE Early Warning System (EWS), developed in collaboration with the Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership, is designed to deliver timely and actionable information to support Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) and climate-smart management. The main report, along with the summary for policy makers and infographic, showcases a state-of-the-art modelling analysis that highlights where, and for how long, marine conservation, fisheries and aquaculture could be best supported across UK seas.

The MSPACE Early Warning System, also includes the full climate change assessment report, supplementary model validation report, supplementary seabed condition report, links to output GIS datasets and summary for policy makers.

These resources are publicly available on the MCCIP website.

Early Warning System which is currently hosted at the MCCIP website here.

 

2. A description of the economic modelling approach undertaken in the project: Tensions between the carbon, employment and value added generated by marine sectors: Triple bottom line analysis using a novel input–output table for the UK – Roca Florido – Sustainable Development – Wiley Online Library

 

3. MSPACE Stakeholder Engagement Workshops Reports

In 2023, MSPACE held workshops across the UK Nations to gather insights from Marine Spatial Planning communities. We invited individuals directly involved in the MSP process to ensure that MSPACE’s outputs align with their needs and are presented in ways that are easy for them to use. This was in support of the future design of climate-smart MSP.

The workshops offered a valuable opportunity for participants to learn more about the Early Warning System and potential climate-smart management responses. They also provided a unique opportunity to co-design MSPACE’s work as we progressed with our project. Their involvement was instrumental in informing the selection of management alternatives that are both socially acceptable and economically viable, and it contributed to the research community of practice in marine spatial planning, as detailed in the reports below.

  1. Reinhardt, Gina and Danahey, Patricia and Marcone, Océane and Florido, Alberto Roca and Rodríguez-Vargas, Luz (2023) MSPACE Stakeholder Workshop Report – Orkney Islands. Documentation. University of Essex. (Unpublished)
  2. Reinhardt, Gina and Danahey, Patricia and Marcone, Océane and Florido, Alberto Roca and Rodríguez-Vargas, Luz (2023) MSPACE Stakeholder Workshop Report – Northern Ireland. Documentation. University of Essex. (Unpublished)
  3. Reinhardt, Gina and Danahey, Patricia and Marcone, Océane and Florido, Alberto Roca and Rodríguez-Vargas, Luz (2024) Stakeholder Engagement Workshop Report – East of England Offshore. Documentation. University of Essex. (Unpublished)
  4. Reinhardt, Gina and Danahey, Patricia and Marcone, Océane and Florido, Alberto Roca and Rodríguez-Vargas, Luz (2023) MSPACE Stakeholder Engagement Workshop – Wales. Documentation.

 

4. The UK and Selected Regions Marine Focused Input-Output Tables: Report for the Marine Spatial Planning Addressing Climate Effects Project (MSPACE)

This report focuses on the construction of the UK and Selected Regions Marine Focused Input-Output Tables (UK+SRMFIOT v.1), the first stage of the input-output modelling carried out for MSPACE. Specifically, the UK+SRMFIOT v.1 consists of 6 novel marine focused input-output tables:

  1. UK marine focused input-output table: 122 sectors, of which 20 marine-focused sectors.
  2. Northern Ireland marine focused input-output table: 77 sectors, of which 15 marine-focused sectors.
  3. Scotland marine focused input-output table: 108 sectors, of which 12 marine-focused sectors.
  4. East of England marine focused input-output table: 120 sectors, of which 19 marine-focused sectors.
  5. Orkney marine focused input-output table: 65 sectors, of which 8 marine-focused sectors.
  6. Wales marine focused input-output table: 80 sectors, of which 17 marine-focused sectors.

Annex 1: The UK and Selected Regions Marine Focused Input-Output Tables (UK+SRMFIOT v.1)

Annex 2: The UK Marine Focused Input-Output Table Version 1.0

 

5. MSPglobal International Guide on Marine/Maritime Spatial Planning

MSPACE is proud to have contributed lessons learned in the UK to the two new volumes of the UNESCO-IOC International Guide on Marine/Maritime Spatial Planning:

  1. Biodiversity Inclusive Principle
  2. Climate-smart Principle

 

Previous Outputs:

Climate-smart MPAs and MSP:

The science: Bright spots as climate–smart marine spatial planning tools for conservation and blue growth

Projects: Marine Spatial Planning Addressing Climate Effects (MSPACE) – Sustainable Management of Marine Resources (smmr.org.uk) |  NECCTON – New Copernicus Capability for Trophic Ocean Networks  |  Future MARES | ACTNOW | EU Marine Research Project |  Working Group for Marine Planning and Coastal Zone Management

Paper: Cross-basin and cross-taxa patterns of marine community tropicalization and deborealization in warming European seas

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By working through each of the four research themes, MSPACE hope to produce the following outputs:

There is also significant potential for application of the overall lessons learned in MSPACE to the broader UK planning landscape, including MSPs for overseas territories. This is possible through the diversity of UK planning contexts explored in the project, and the consortium’s strong links to key marine industries and marine planning communities.