Marine protected areas as living labs? Lessons learned & future perspectives

Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) management usually involves bringing multiple stakeholders together, to construct policy-relevant research programs and science-based tools for adaptive management. Here, we present the conclusions of a transdisciplinary workshop that aimed at reviewing experiences in the co-design of EBM research in MPAs. We find that MPAs represent powerful instruments for conducting real-world experiments, de facto acting as living labs in support of ocean governance.

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npj Ocean Sustainability
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2026-01-06
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-025-00175-w
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Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
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Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) management usually involves bringing multiple stakeholders together, to construct policy-relevant research programs and science-based tools for adaptive management. Here, we present the conclusions of a transdisciplinary workshop that aimed at reviewing experiences in the co-design of EBM research in MPAs. We find that MPAs represent powerful instruments for conducting real-world experiments, de facto acting as living labs in support of ocean governance.

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Universidade da Coruña (ES), Parks Canada (CA), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (AU), Sea Turtle Conservancy (US), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR), Dalhousie University (CA), Ifremer (FR), Université de Bretagne Occidentale (FR), École nationale d'ingénieurs de Brest (FR), University of Hull (GB), Aix-Marseille Université (FR), Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Kiel (DE), Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (DE), GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (DE), North Devon Biosphere Foundation (GB), Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve (CN), French National Agency for Water and Aquatic Environments (FR), Centre Méditerranéen de Médecine Moléculaire (FR), Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Brest (FR), National Marine Sanctuary Foundation (US), Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat : Expérimentations et Approches Numériques (FR), Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer (FR), Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin (FR), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (FR), Littoral, Environnement, Télédétection, Géomatique (FR)
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