This report presents preliminary results from a methodology aimed at defining socio-economic and governance criteria for prioritizing proposals related to new areas, boundary adjustments, area relocations, and network corridors within marine management approaches. The study also focuses on identifying Ecosystem Services (ES) that encompass the social dimensions of various spatial management approaches in the marine realm. This method allows quantifying nature's significance to human communities, bridging the gap between human activities and the services provided by ecosystems. The objectives of this study are centred on defining essential socio- economic and governance criteria, identifying the corresponding ecosystem services, and assessing their societal values within the socio-ecological system of a specific area, thus enhancing the effectiveness of different marine management processes (e.g., Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) and Marine Protected Area (MPA)).
Gomes et al. (Sat,) studied this question.