Spatial Management Tools

This topic sheet summarises the methods and applications of a new tool, spmapper – developed in the ECOWINGS project – to assist with marine spatial planning of offshore wind farms and protected areas.

ECOWINGS Topic Sheet: spmapper – a spatial planning tool to indicate the foraging value of marine areas to breeding seabirds

This topic sheet summarises the methods and applications of a new tool, spmapper – developed in the ECOWINGS project – to assist with marine spatial planning of offshore wind farms and protected areas.

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Integrated Geospatial Dataset [CartOcean-DS-UK]

To Inform Marine Spatial Planning and Impact Assessment surrounding UK (Nov...

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Integrated geospatial datasets to inform marine spatial planning and impact assessment in waters surrounding the UK

Putuhena, H., Williams, T.J., Sturt, F., White, D., Solan, M., Godbold,...

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SPMAPPER: an R package spatial planning tool to indicate the foraging value of marine areas to breeding seabirds

Leedham O, Searle K, Caporusso C, Daunt F, Butler A (2025)

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Fishing, offshore wind energy, climate change and marine spatial planning: Is it possible to plan for a best use of space?

Trifonova, N. et al. (May 2025)

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The Use of Dynamic Bayesian Network Modelling for the Spatial and Temporal Understanding of Marine Ecosystem Dynamics

Chaired by Dr Neda Trifonova, University of Aberdeen (March 2025)

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ECOWINGS Topic Sheet: Compensatory measures for Offshore Wind Farm impacts on seabirds

This topic sheet is aimed at practitioners of public, private and academic institutions whose work involves understanding and assessing the impacts of offshore wind farms on seabirds and the wider ecosystem and who are seeking to develop effective compensatory measures that offset such effects.

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Cumulative effects of offshore renewables: From pragmatic policies to holistic marine spatial planning tools

Declerck, M. et al. (May 2023)

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PELAgIO-EcoNex Fisheries Displacement Workshop

On the 21st of February 2024, a workshop was conducted at...

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New ecosystem scenario model now online

New end-to-end marine ecosystem scenario model, StrathE2E, now available from ECOWINGS.

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