Deliverable 5.3 showcases and demonstrates the results from the application and operationalization of the ESE Framework tools, which supported the development of test site–specific solutions for accelerating biodiversity protection and restoration in MSP under WP5, Task 5.3. The proposed solutions (spatial or strategic) were co-created and co-validated with the MSP4BIO Communities of Practice through a set of iterative interactions with the stakeholders in the test sites. The deliverable consolidates and synthesizes different solutions suitable for each site, such as proposals for new MPAs, enlargement of existing ones, restoration measures, and measures to specific sectors of interest. The main challenges and benefits for implementing the solutions, as well as the potentials and barriers for their uptake and replicability, have been identified, thus contributing to the following up Deliverable 5.4 in WP5.
Stancheva et al. (Fri,) studied this question.