Current ocean management approaches are often characterised by economic or
environmental objectives, paying limited consideration to social and cultural dimensions, as …

The foundation of a healthy marine environment is central to the ecosystem-based
management approach and is recommended for achieving sustainable development …

To support sustainable growth of ocean-based economies, many countries are engaging in
marine spatial planning (MSP) processes, which require robust decision-support tools …

Given a growing global population and shift to embrace the blue economy, a need for
marine spatial planning (MSP) has emerged in South Africa to sustainably resolve the rising …

Algoa Bay, the largest crenulate bay on the southeastern coast of South Africa, is currently
one of the most well-studied marine ecosystems in southern Africa. A plethora of endemic …

Although stakeholder engagement is one of the founding principles of marine spatial
planning (MSP), meaningful representation of people and their connections to marine …

Although the importance of pursuing meaningful and equitable transdisciplinary research
collaborations with Indigenous and local community members has been established in the …

Algoa Bay represents a complex suite of aquatic ecosystems that support high biodiversity
and provide significant socio-economic benefits. Since land-ocean interactions are central to …

The Introduction of this paper argues that current coastal and ocean management
approaches like marine spatial planning (MSP) often do not adequately acknowledge and …

This paper outlines the development of an arts-based participatory research (ABPR)
methodology in the context of marine spatial planning (MSP) in Algoa Bay, South Africa …