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H2020Staff exchange2017–2023

PADDLE · Planning in A liquiD worlD with tropicaL StakEs: solutions from an EU-Africa-Brazil perspective

Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration
2017-07-01 → 2023-04-30
EU contribution
€1,460,790
Participants
20
Scheme
MSCA-RISE

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Results in brief

Planning in A liquiD worlD with tropicaL StakEs: solutions from an EU-Africa-Brazil perspective

Marine environments are subject to growing pressures such as traffic, increasing demand and changing land-use of coastal areas, seabed exploitation, dredging or mining, fishing, tourism, development of renewable energies, and other. Sustainably managed oceans and seas can contribute to economic growth and employment not only in Europe but also all around the world, including the Tropical Atlantic. Sustainably managed oceans can stimulate economic growth and employment and allow the international community to meet its global targets, including the reduction of poverty and hunger. To this end, new frameworks like Marine spatial planning are needed to regulate and optimize the range of feasible uses of marine spaces and resources. In some countries, political instability and the economic strength of transnational companies affects the balance of power in decision-making processes. For instance, MSP could open the way for ocean grabbing, i.e. « the dispossession or appropriation of use, control or access to ocean space or resources from prior resource users, rights holders or inhabitants » (Bennett, 2015; Wolf, 2015; Flannery et al., 2016). The risk of ocean grabbing is particularly high in tropical countries. This project aimed at questioning the opportunities and limits of MSP in a Tropical Atlantic context, giving particular attention to the role of local communities like artisanal fisheries. There are three case study countries: Cabo Verde, Senegal and Brazil. Realised secondments and organised events allowed scientific exchanges, capacity-building and the reinforcement of collaborations, contributing to the creation of a interdisciplinary network of experts on MSP in tropical Atlantic.

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Project objective

Marine environments are subject to growing pressures as traffic, increasing demand and changing land-use of coastal areas, seabed exploitation, dredging or mining, fishing, tourism, development of renewable energies, etc. Sustainably managed oceans and seas can contribute to economic growth and employment, and will allow the international community to meet its global targets, including the reduction of poverty and hunger as detailed in the global 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. Thus, marine environments are considered opportunities for future growth not only in Europe, but also in bordering marine areas like the tropical Atlantic.As a consequence, new frameworks will be increasingly needed to regulate and optimize the range of feasible uses of marine areas and resources. Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) aims at reconciling human uses and conservation, and offers an attractive setting to combine different uses of marine resources within a single area. There is an urgent and critical need for research on the application of MSP in tropical areas. The research should critically address the fact that the policy framework originally designed for the European Union (EU) may not fit the specificities of Southern countries. PADDLE will bring together internationally renowned researchers and actors, from countries bordering the tropical Atlantic and from the EU, to create a network and a colloborative platform, which will build theory and methods for pertinent MSP in tropical areas. This interdisciplinary team will be a pillar of knowledge-based MSP by providing critical analyses of the tools and methods used, and by designing innovative approaches to efficient MSP. The PADDLE proposal will create the first North-South interdisciplinary consortium on MSP in the tropics, highlighting opportunities and limits of tropical MSP and producing toolboxes for a broad range of stakeholders.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

  • INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT · MarseilleCoordinatorFrance
  • CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS · ParisFrance
  • CREOCEAN · La RochelleFrance
  • FCIENCIAS.ID - ASSOCIACAO PARA A INVESTIGACAO E DESENVOLVIMENTO DE CIENCIAS · LisbonPortugal
  • FUNDACAO GASPAR FRUTUOSO · Ponta DelgadaPortugal
  • INSTITUTO DO MAR · SAN VICENTECape Verde
  • INSTITUTO PRESBITERIANO MACKENZIE · Sao PauloBrazil
  • IUCN - Senegal · DakarCity levelSenegal
  • LEIBNIZ-ZENTRUM FUR MARINE TROPENFORSCHUNG (ZMT) GMBH · BremenGermany
  • NANTES UNIVERSITE · NantesFrance
  • TERRA MARIS · PLOUZANEFrance
  • UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA · SevillaSpain
  • UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DA PARAIBA · Joao PessoaBrazil
  • UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE PERNAMBUCO · RecifeBrazil
  • UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA CATARINA. · FlorianopolisBrazil
  • UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO · RecifeBrazil
  • UNIVERSIDADE TECNICA DO ATLANTICO · SAO VICENTECape Verde
  • UNIVERSITE CHEIKH ANTA DIOP DE DAKAR · DAKAR FANNSenegal
  • UNIVERSITE DE BREST · BRESTFrance
  • WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY · WageningenNetherlands

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