Marine Spatial Planning
- Puducherry has launched the country’s first Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) framework as part of a pact under the Indo-Norway Integrated Ocean Initiative.
- Marine Spatial Planning refers to the process of analyzing and allocating the spatial and temporal distribution of human activities in marine areas to achieve ecological, economic and social objectives.
- MSP would serve as a vital governance tool in ensuring the emergence of a blue economy characterised by sustainable and equitable ocean resource management.
- MSP is an enabler of the blue economy as it helps identify sites for new and emerging uses following an ecosystem-based approach, and also mitigates inter-sectoral ....
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