Partial Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment - Amendment of the West of Scotland Nature Conservation Marine Protected Area (NCMPA) site boundary
This assessment is undertaken to estimate the costs, benefits and risks of the proposed boundary amendment for the West of Scotland MPA that may impact the public, private or third sector.
Footnotes
1 Final Report - The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
3 Sheehan et al, 2021 Rewilding of Protected Areas Enhances Resilience of Marine Ecosystems to Extreme Climatic Events
4 The definition of the ecosystem-based approach used in the HELCOM-VASAB Guideline, as adopted jointly by HELCOM-OSPAR in 2003: "the comprehensive integrated management of human activities based on the best available scientific knowledge about the ecosystem and its dynamics, in order to identify and take action on influences which are critical to the health of marine ecosystems, thereby achieving sustainable use of ecosystem goods and services and maintenance of ecosystem integrity." Ecosystem-based approach | The European Maritime Spatial Planning Platform (europa.eu)
Contact
Email: marine_biodiversity@gov.scot
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