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datestamp: 2021-06-30 12:51:56
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type: thesis
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creators_name: Bädeker, Jan-Christoph
creators_id: S4171519
creators_email: jan.baedeker@gmail.com
title: Planning for Seaweed Optimism - Exploring Ecosystem-Based Marine Spatial Planning with the Case of the Norwegian Blue Kelp Forests
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full_text_status: public
abstract: Overarching goal of this thesis is to find out whether more traditional Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) or a more ecosystem-based approach (EBA) focus is more adept at achieving sustainable end goals for marine governance. For this purpose, a case study around the Norwegian Blue Kelp Forests (NBKF) was researched. Kelp is a diverse and multi-faceted ecosystem that is linked to different phenomena like hindering climate change or acting as a carbon sink within the carbon capture and storage realm. Its many uses from seafood for human consumption to marine habitats and breeding grounds for local species provide a seemingly broad range of potential benefits for planning. Data was collected through a literature review, conference participation and semi-structured expert interviews. Interviews revealed that many researchers are dealing with EBAs, yet mostly remain in an informative role towards planning. In the bottom-up nature of Norwegian governance, potential uses for kelp forests are identified. Utilizing these efforts for planning is seen as an important step to integrate more ecosystems across the three dimensions of natural resource management (NRM): social, ecological and economic. Whilst there was no apparent link from preliminary research between the use of kelp forests and MSP, the research established a high-potential albeit indirect connection through the EBAs. Kelp forests are deemed “no-regret measures” and their many benefits make them viable tools for the planner within the new framework of more ecosystem- focused MSP going forward.
date: 2021
pages: 80
thesis_type: master
degree_programme: EIP
tutors_name: Neef, M.R.
tutors_name: Van Kann, F.M.G.
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Basiseenheid Planologie
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Basiseenheid Planologie
tutors_email: Robin.Neef@rug.nl
tutors_email: F.M.G.van.Kann@rug.nl
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keywords_local: Marine Spatial Planning
keywords_local: Ecosystem-Based Approaches
keywords_local: Ecosystem Services
keywords_local: Ecosystem Accounting
keywords_local: Ecosystem-Based Management
keywords_local: Sustainable Marine Governance
keywords_local: Natural Resource Management
language_iso: en
agreed_repository: yes
date_issued: 2021-06-23
citation:   Bädeker, Jan-Christoph  (2021) Planning for Seaweed Optimism - Exploring Ecosystem-Based Marine Spatial Planning with the Case of the Norwegian Blue Kelp Forests.  Master thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3490/1/2021-05-23_B%C3%A4deker_DDM%20WCM%20EIP%20Thesis_Planning%20for%20Seaweed%20Optimism.pdf