International Workshop on Sustainable Ocean Planning & Management
Supported by ERC project PLAnT (European Research Council) and the Marine and Environmental Sciences Center, MARE-ULisboa, this hybrid workshop targeted graduate and undergraduate students, researchers, professors and ocean professionals interested in ocean management and conservation. It encompassed a provocative discussion on the challenges and opportunities of developing and implementing sustainable marine spatial planning (MSP) and management around the globe. It counted with the insights and experience of a panel of top international experts.
The workshop took place in November 27, 2024. It counted with 70 participants — 31 in-person at CIÊNCIAS ULisboa (Auditorium of FCiências.ID) and 39 participants online — from 118 registered attendants. The recordings, together with the PDFs of the presentations, are available below.
- "Brazilian Policies for Coastal and Marine management", by Prof. Marinez Scherer
(Federal University of Santa Catarina & Ministry of the environmental and Climate Change, Brazil);
- "Ten years of marine spatial planning in Europe: What’s next?", by Prof. Helena Calado
(University of the Azores, Portugal);
- "From de designation to the implementation of a network of MPA", by Dr. Adriano Quintela
(Blue Azores Program, Ocean Azul Foundation, Portugal);
- "Introducing social-economic criteria in marine management and planning", by Dr. Javier García Sanabria
(University of Cádiz, Spain);
- "SeaSketch: Participatory Mapping for Marine Spatial Planning", by Dr. Will McClintock
(University of California Santa Barbara, United States).