Data about marine area-based management tools to assess their contribution to the UN sustainable development goals

Elena Gissi; Frank Maes; Zacharoula Kyriazi; Ana Ruiz-Frau; Catarina Frazão Santos; Barbara Neumann; Adriano Quintela; Fátima L Alves; Simone Borg; Wenting Chen; Maria da Luz Fernandes; Maria Hadjimichael; Elisabetta Manea; Márcia Marques; Froukje Maria Platjouw; Michelle E Portman; Lisa P Sousa; Luca Bolognini; Wesley Flannery; Fabio Grati; Cristina Pita; Natașa Văidianu; Robert Stojanov; Jan van Tatenhove; Fiorenza Micheli; Anna-Katharina Hornidge; Sebastian Unger

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2021.107704

Data about marine area-based management tools to assess their contribution to the UN sustainable development goals

Data Brief. 2021 Dec 11:40:107704. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.107704. eCollection 2022 Feb.

Authors

Elena Gissi^{1

2

3}, Frank Maes⁴, Zacharoula Kyriazi⁵, Ana Ruiz-Frau⁶, Catarina Frazão Santos^{7

8}, Barbara Neumann⁹, Adriano Quintela¹⁰, Fátima L Alves¹⁰, Simone Borg¹¹, Wenting Chen¹², Maria da Luz Fernandes¹⁰, Maria Hadjimichael¹³, Elisabetta Manea², Márcia Marques¹⁰, Froukje Maria Platjouw¹², Michelle E Portman¹⁴, Lisa P Sousa¹⁰, Luca Bolognini¹⁵, Wesley Flannery¹⁶, Fabio Grati¹⁵, Cristina Pita^{10

17}, Natașa Văidianu^{18

19}, Robert Stojanov²⁰, Jan van Tatenhove²¹, Fiorenza Micheli^{1

22}, Anna-Katharina Hornidge²³, Sebastian Unger⁹

Affiliations

¹ Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, 120 Ocean View Blvd, Pacific Grove, CA 93950, USA.
² National Research Council, Institute of Marine Science, CNR ISMAR, Arsenale, Tesa 104 - Castello 2737/F, 30122 Venice, Italy.
³ University IUAV of Venice, Santa Croce 191, 30135 Venezia, Italy.
⁴ Faculty of Law and Criminology, Maritime Institute, Ghent University, Universiteitstraat 6, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
⁵ Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR), University of Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros de Leixões. Av. General Norton de Matos s/n, 4450-208 Matosinhos Portugal.
⁶ Department of Marine Ecosystem Dynamics, IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), Miquel Marqués, 21, 07190, Esporles, Spain.
⁷ Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Nossa Senhora do Cabo 939, 2750-374 Cascais, Portugal.
⁸ Environmental Economics Knowledge Center, Nova School of Business and Economics, New University of Lisbon, Rua da Holanda 1, 2775-405 Car cavelos, Portugal.
⁹ Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS), Berliner Str. 130, D-14467 Potsdam, Germany.
¹⁰ CESAM-Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, Department of Environment and Planning, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitàrio de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
¹¹ Department of Environmental and Resources Law, University of Malta, Msida, MSD 2080, Malta.
¹² Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Gaustadalléen 21, NO-0349 Oslo, Norway.
¹³ Independent Researcher, Nicosia, Cyprus.
¹⁴ Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Kiryiat HaTechnion, Haifa 32000 Israel.
¹⁵ National Research Council (CNR), Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnologies (IRBIM), Largo Fiera della Pesca 1, 60125 Ancona, Italy.
¹⁶ School of Natural and Built Environment, David Keir Building, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, BT9 5AG, United Kingdom.
¹⁷ International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), 235 High Holborn, Holborn, London WC1V 7DN, U.K.
¹⁸ Faculty of Natural Sciences and Agricultural Sciences, Ovidius University of Constanța, Aleea Universității 1, 900470, Constanța, Romania.
¹⁹ Interdisciplinary Center for Advanced Research on Territorial Dynamics, University of Bucharest, Regina Elisabeta 4-12, 030018, Bucharest, Romania.
²⁰ Faculty of Business and Economis, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 61300 Brno, Czech Republic.
²¹ Centre for Blue Governance, Department of Planning, Aalborg University, Rendsburggade 14, 9000 Aalborg, Denmark.
²² Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions, 120 Ocean View Blvd, Pacific Grove, CA 93950, USA.
²³ German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), Tulpenfeld 6, D - 53113 Bonn, Germany.

Abstract

The dataset presented in this article contains information about marine Area-Based Management Tools (ABMTs) used to assess their contribution to the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. Following the scope of the analysis, ABMTs were identified by scrutinizing international and regional legal sources related to ocean management in the fields of marine conservation, fisheries, deep sea bed mining, underwater natural and cultural heritage, environmental conservation, and marine spatial planning. Legal sources were screened to depict the following characteristics of individual ABMTs: i) management objectives; ii) authorities responsible for delivering such objectives; iii) the system of management and planning entailed in the ABMT including the zoning type; and iv) the specific spatial scope and domain each ABMT refer to in vertical depth and horizontal domain. Data were generated through an internal expert elicitation. Experts, initially trained in the data analysis and related protocol, contributed to the data production because of their specific knowledge and experience in ocean management. This dataset represents a unique source of information for advancing research about monitoring and assessment of the achievement of sustainable development goals that encompasses different types of ABMTs.

Keywords: Deep seabed mining; Fisheries management; International and regional agreements; Marine protected areas; Marine spatial planning; Shipping; Underwater cultural heritage.