Ecosystem integration of marine conservation and coastal development in Taiwan

To assess the systematic integration of Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) and Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures (OECMs) into Taiwan’s coastal and marine governance frameworks to balance marine conservation and coastal development. The study adopts a comparative mixed-methods design that combines quantitative statistical analysis of spatial and ecological-economic data with qualitative policy analysis of the two selected governance frameworks. The comparative aspect of the research design explores the performance of multiple hub cases across temporal, spatial and multimodal aspects, across 13 years (2010-2023) between Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong. The dependent variable is the Biodiversity Index…

• NS
  National Science and Technology Council
• NS
  National Science and Technology Council