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The 18th Annual Meeting of the Environment for Development (EfD) Initiative is organized by EfD-Kenya, the Department of Economics, and Development Studies, the University of Nairobi, and the EfD Global Hub in collaboration with the African Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AFAERE) on October 3-6, 2024.
Poverty and gender considerations in marine spatial planning
Summary
The report provides a framework for ensuring that marine spatial planning (MSP) does not worsen poverty and gender inequality in developing countries, and that potentially marginalised groups are appropriately considered and engaged in the MSP process.
This report provides guidelines for the steps of a more inclusive MSP process.
The findings indicate that a scorecard can be used to guide the social sustainability of the MSP process. The criteria in the scorecard include:
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EfD Central America researcher talks about climate change in ECO TV
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Researcher in environmental economics - research management, EfD Global Hub
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