BioProtect will co-develop and demonstrate transferable ecosystem-based solutions to accelerate the effective protection and restoration of biodiversity in marine and coastal ecosystems.

BioProtect will develop and promote the use of an area-based management decision support framework (ABM-DSF) to support ecosystem-based MSP (EB-MSP) and reduce multiple interacting pressures from human activities in European seas. The BioProtect ABM-DSF includes:

• Recommendations for good governance and management.
• Procedures and technologies to activate and engage citizens and
  stakeholders in co-design and decision-making.
• Strategies to map, monitor and forecast changes in marine biodiversity.
• Process to identify risks and adaptive measures to reduce pressures from
  human activities on marine biodiversity.
• Decision support tool (DST) for ecosystem-based conservation and
  restoration planning.
• Impact assessment workflows to understand the ecological and socio-
  economic consequences of management options.
• Capacity building to facilitate the use of the framework.