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FOD Volksgezondheid, Marine Environmental and Marine Spatial Planning Unit
MAR
(FPS Public health, Marine Environmental and Marine Spatial Planning Unit)
Eurostation II
Victor Hortaplein 40, bus 10
1060 Brussel
Belgium
Type
Government
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Telephone
+32 2 524 97 97
Activities
The Belgian part of the North Sea covers only a small area, though the number of claims to this is very large, considering sea fishing, defence, sand extraction, shipping, wind farms, pipelines and cables etc. Marine spatial planning hence exists to accommodate these various interests.
Marine spatial planning is a process to allocate the space available on sea to certain actors within a certain time frame and at the same time to ensure that the ecological, economic and social objectives are achieved. An ecosystem vision and involvement of all stakeholders are hereby of great importance.