Marine Spatial Planning Framework

Marine Spatial Planning Framework

News: Puducherry has launched the country’s first Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) framework as part of a pact under the Indo-Norway Integrated Ocean Initiative.

What is MSP?
 Marine Spatial Planning(MSP) is a public process of analyzing and allocating the spatial and temporal distribution of human activities in marine areas to achieve ecological, economic and social objectives that have been specified through a political process.
 MSP is a practical way to create and establish a more rational use of marine space and the interactions among its uses, to balance demands for development with the need to protect the environment, and to deliver social and economic outcomes in an open and planned way.
 MSP will be implemented by the Ministry of Earth Sciences(MoES) through National Centre for Coastal Research(NCCR) for India.