Baseline assessment of socio-economic and management background information from the Blue4All project's Information Sites and Living Labs
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Petersen, H. C.; Quintana, C. O.; Dvorski, K.; Krvaric, A.; Van Schoubroeck, S.; Van Oijstaeijen, W.; Anougmar, S.; Lai, T.-Y.; Mata Lara, M.; Stojanovic, I.; Carballo Cardenas, E.; Toonen, H.; Raatikainen, K.; Varjopuro, R.; Barboza, F. R.; Hoppit, G.; Perschke, M. J.; Sicard, M.; Sarà, G.; Frau, F.; Rumes, B.; Degraer, S.; Fattebert, C.; Ala-Harja, V.; Watt, L.; Lecci, R.; Putnik, A.; (2026): Baseline assessment of socio-economic and management background information from the Blue4All project's Information Sites and Living Labs. Marine Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.14284/784
Contact:
Whatley, Lawrence Availability:
This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Description
Aggregated responses to the Baseline Assessment survey of the 22 information sites (IS) and living labs (LL) of the Blue4All project, conducted between December 2023 and February 2024, and filled by the project-associated marine protected area (MPA) managers or practitioners. The dataset is split in three parts: 1) General background part with information on the MPA, the MPA processes and the current implementation of socio-economic or ecological and environmental tools; 2) Socio-economic part with detailed questions on Governance and Social tools, Economic Valuation and Ecosystem services, and Business models and financial schemes; 3) Management of environmental aspects part with focus on the environmental reality of the MPA and surrounding area, Ecological and environmental criteria and data considered in the MPA process, The use of decision support tools for the integration and analysis of ecological and environmental data in the MPA process and information on available ecological and environmental data. Not all IS and LL answered all parts of the survey. The Baltic Sea MPA Network used a separate, condensed survey, which is attached as the last part of the dataset. moreThe dataset includes the AI-generated translation of each response that was not written in English. The translation is placed in the same field as the original answer and clearly marked. Scope Keywords: Marine protected areas (MPAs) · Questionnaires · European Continental Shelf · Fernando de Noronha Geographical coverage European Continental Shelf [Marine Regions] Fernando de Noronha [Marine Regions] Temporal coverage
22 November 2023 - 12 March 2024 Contributors
University of Southern Denmark (SDU), more, data creator
World Wide Fund for Nature Adria (WWF Adria), more, data creator
Universiteit Antwerpen; Faculteit Toegepaste Ingenieurswetenschappen; Department of Engineering Management, more, data creator
Finnish Environment Institute (FEI/SYKE), more, data creator
Submariner Network for Blue Growth (SUB), more, data creator
Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR), more, data creator
University of Tartu (UTEE), more, data creator
University College Dublin (UCD), more, data creator
Office Français de la Biodiversité (OFB), more, data creator
University of Palermo (UNIPA), more, data creator
MEDSEA Foundation, more, data creator
Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen (IRScNB/KBIN), more, data creator
IUCN Headquarters - International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), more, data creator
Helsinki Commission (HELCOM), more, data creator
Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC), more, data creator
Republic of Estonia Environmental Board, more, data creator
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more
Project
Blue4All: Blueprint demonstration for co-created effective, efficient and resilient networks of MPAs, more
Funding Horizon Europe
Grant agreement ID 101094014
Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Release date: 2026-03-04
Metadatarecord created: 2026-03-05
Information last updated: 2026-03-18
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