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Filling in socio-ecological knowledge gaps to support marine spatial planning in data-scarce areas: Example from Zanzibar
Tekijät: Virtanen, Elina A.; Käyhkö, Niina; Khamis, Zakaria; Muhammad, Muhammad Juma; Muumin, Hashim; Habib, Mohammed; Karvinen, Ville; Lappalainen, Juho; Koskelainen, Meri; Kulha, Niko; Viitasalo, Markku
Kustantaja: WILEY
Kustannuspaikka: HOBOKEN
Julkaisuvuosi: 2025
Journal: Conservation Science And Practice
Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimi: CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE
Lehden akronyymi: CONSERV SCI PRACT
Artikkelin numero: e13284
Vuosikerta: 7
Numero: 1
Sivujen määrä: 16
eISSN: 2578-4854
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13284
Verkko-osoite: https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13284
Rinnakkaistallenteen osoite: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/478044552
Marine spatial planning (MSP) is one of the most important tools for ensuring sustainable use of marine areas. Although MSP is a well-established method, its adoption in rapidly developing countries is a challenge. One of the main concerns is data adequacy, as the MSP process typically requires a large amount of spatial data on human activities, biodiversity, and socio-ecological interactions within the planning area. Drawing from an institutional cooperation project in Zanzibar, Tanzania, we share our experience and demonstrate how to fill in socio-ecological data gaps to support the development of MSP in areas with limited data availability. We developed a rapid and cost-effective system for collecting biological data, which, together with remote sensing and place-based participatory mapping, helped formulate the first pilot ecologically informed MSP for Zanzibar. By sharing our results and experiences, we aim to provide best practices, lessons learned, and recommendations for future projects with a similar ecological setting and socio-economic context.Upangaji wa eneo la Baharini (MSP) ni miongoni mwa zana muhimu ya kuhakikisha matumizi endelevu ya maeneo ya bahari. Wakati mbinu za upangaji wa eneo la bahari zimeanzishwa vizuri, changamoto kwa nchi zinazoendelea kwa haraka inakuja kwenye kuasili. Moja katika wasiwasi mkubwa unaosababisha hilo ni utoshelevu wa taarifa, kama ilivyo upangaji wa eneo la bahari ni mchakato unaohitaji kiasi kikubwa cha taarifa za anga katika shughuli za binaadamu, viumbe hai na muingiliano wa kijamii na kiikolojia katika eneo linalopangwa. Kutokana na uzoefu wetu kutoka katika mradi wa ushirikiano wa Taasisi wa Zanzibar, Tanzania, tunakushirikisha katika utambuzi wetu tulioupata kutoka katika upangaji wa eneo la bahari tulioutengeneza kwa ushirikishwaji unaofaa katika maeneo yenye uhaba wa upatikanaji wa taarifa. Tumetengeneza mfumo wa haraka na wenye gharama nafuu kwa ajili ya kukusanyia taarifa za kibiolojia, ambazo pamoja na taarifa za mbali na eneo maalum la ramani shirikishi, imetusaidia kutengeneza eneo la kwanza la Zanzibar lenye taarifa za kiikolojia za baharini. Kwa kuwapatia matokeo na uzoefu wetu, tunalenga kutoa mfano bora, mafunzo yaliyopatika na mapendekezo kwa ajili ya miradi ijayo yenye mipangilio ya kiikolojia inayofanana na muktadha wa siasa za jamii husika.
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This study was institutional co-operation between the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar and Finland (the Finnish
Environment Institute, FGI and University of Turku), funded by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland (project
ZAN-SDI, MFA intervention code 28235797). The study received also funding from the Ministry of Higher Education
of the Government of the Sultanate of Oman (through the Oman Academic Fellowship), and the Department of
Geography and Geology, University of Turku, Finland (project GESEC, funding decision 4253/31/2016). We express
our thanks to the NESAP stakeholders and diving operators for collaboration. We also wish to thank Emma de Carvalho for language editing. Source of base maps used in the article: Esri, DigitalGlobe, GeoEye, Earthstar Geographics, CNES/Airbus DS, USDA, USGS, AeroGRID, IGN, and the GIS User Community.
