Using systematic conservation planning to align priority areas for biodiversity and nature-based activities in marine spatial planning: A real-world application in contested marine space

作者：Stephen Holness, Linda R. Harris, Russell Chalmers, Deidre de Vos, Victoria Goodall, Hannah Truter, Ané Oosthuizen, Anthony T.F. Bernard, Paul D. Cowley, Charlene da Silva, Matthew L. Dicken, Lloyd Edwards, Gordon Marchand, P. Martín, Taryn S. Murray, Matthew C. Parkinson, Paula Pattrick, Lorien Pichegru, Pierre Pistorius, WHH Sauer, Malcolme Smale, Andréa Thiebault, Amanda T. Lombard · 发表于：Biological Conservation · 年份：2022 · DOI：10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109574 · 被引用次数：53 · 研究领域：Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies、Coastal and Marine Management、Marine and fisheries research

To support sustainable growth of ocean-based economies, many countries are engaging in marine spatial planning (MSP) processes, which require robust decision-support tools. Systematic conservation planning (SCP) is commonly used in decision-making to guide spatially efficient protected area expansion. Here we contend that SCP can also be used to streamline MSP negotiations by developing a coherent, integrated portfolio of sites for multiple sectors that depend on biodiversity being maintained in a good state, as a counterpoint to spatial priorities for those commercial and industrial activities that have negative environmental impacts. We demonstrate this in Algoa Bay, South Africa, given the social-ecological complexity of the bay, and its central location in the first national MSP process. In anticipation of this national process, a civil-society-led Community of Practice was established with a core team to lead stakeholder engagement, data acquisition and management, and SCP analyses. More than 500 stakeholders participated in the project and many contributed spatial data or engaged in expert-based participatory mapping. Spatial products were supplemented with existing, published datasets. Altogether, conservation targets were set for 115 biodiversity features and 22 nature-based activities, with the cost layer built from data on 10 commercial and industrial activities, cumulative pressures (n = 31) on ecosystems, and planning-unit area. All targets were met in 15% of the ...