Practice and Implications of the Global Marine Spatial Planning 2030

Abstract

In order to accelerate the implementation of marine spatial planning on a global scale, the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO and the European Commission launched the Global Marine Spatial Planning 2030 (MSPglobal 2030) plan in February 2019. This paper introduced the implementation of MSPglobal 2030 from three aspects: compilation of International Guidelines for Marine Spatial Planning, implementation of pilot projects, and communication and dissemination of results, and analyzed the challenges faced in the implementation process. It combined the background of China′s Territorial Spatial Planning reform and the implementation of the United Nations "Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development", and discussed the relevant ideas and references regarding the implementation of marine spatial planning from 4 aspects, the capacity building of planners, the impacts of climate change, the development of blue economy, and the strengthening of science and technology support.

Keywords

• marine spatial planning
• blue economy
• capacity building
• climate change
• science and technology support