Belgrano, A., Novaglio, C., Svedang, H., Villasante, S., Melian, C.J., Blenckner, T., Bergstrom, U., Bryhn, A., Bergstrom, L., Bartolino, V., Skold, M., Tomczak, M., Wikstrom, S.A., Hansen, A.S., Linke, S., Emmerson, R., Morf, A. & Tonnesson, K. 2021. Mapping and Evaluating Marine Protected Areas and Ecosystem Services: A Transdisciplinary Delphi Forecasting Process Framework. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9, 652492.
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are an important tool for management and conservation and play an increasingly recognised role in societal and human well-being. However, the assessment of MPAs often lacks a simultaneous consideration of ecological and socio-economic outcomes, and this can lead to misconceptions on the effectiveness of MPAs. In this perspective, we present a transdisciplinary approach based on the Delphi method f...