MSP as a step-by-step process - 1

POGO course on MSP

MSP as a step-by-step process - 1

Online, April 2021

Andreas Kannen, Kira Gee

Policy Cycle Frameworks

1) Agenda setting (problem identification) – Understand situation

2) Policy formulation – Identify potential solutions

3) Decision-making – Decide on solutions

4) Implementation – Do what you plan

5) Evaluation – Do your solutions work?

The Planning Wheelfor England’ MSPs (Source: Marine Management Organisation

Managing the maritime spatial planning process

Establishing the MSP context

EC Maritime Spatial Planning Directive EC Marine Strategy Framework Directive …

Relevant competent authorities Governance structure and secretariat functions Stakeholder consultation and feedback processes Scientific and technical advisory processes

Marine Spatial Planning

Cormier, R., Kelble, C.R., Anderson, M.R., Allen, J.I., Grehan, A., Gregersen, Ó., 2017. Moving from ecosystem-based policy objectives to operational implementation of ecosystem-based management measures. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 74, 406–413. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsw181

Strategic Goals

ConservationSustainabilityDevelopment

Tactical Objectives

EcosystemCultural

Socio-economic

Operational Outcomes

RegulationsStandardsGuidelines

Sustainable Development

Priorities


PermittingLicensing of

Activities

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Government

PublicPolicymaking

Administrations

Cross-Sector Integrated Planning

Authorities

Management Measures

Development

EU Maritime Spatial Planning Directive

Article 1 – What the EU wants to achieve by MSP

sustainable growth of maritime economies, sustainable development of marine areas sustainable use of marine resources.

EU Maritime Spatial Planning Directive

Integration of environmental concerns such as: Marine strategy framework directive Water directive Natural habitats, wild fauna and flora directive Conservation of wild birds directive Conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries

resources under the Common Fisheries Policy

Land-sea interaction Integrated coastal management recommendations

and agreements

Scope of Marine and Maritime policies

Marine Strategy Framework Directive Article 1 Achieve or maintain good

environmental status Annex III: Pressures and

Impacts Annex VI: Program of

measures Input controls Spatial and temporal distribution

controls Output controls

Maritime Spatial Planning Directive Article 1 Sustainable growth of maritime economies Sustainable development of marine areas Sustainable use of marine resources Article 5 land-sea interactions Environmental, economic and social

aspects Safety aspects Coherence with integrated coastal

management Article 8 Spatial and temporal distribution

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From legislative boundariesto

legislationto

statutory communication

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GREAT BARRIER REEF WORLD HERITAGE AREA

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Regulations 1983

Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976

Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Act 1981

Sea Installations Act 1987

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE

PARK AUTHORITY

DEPARTMENT OF THE

ENVIRONMENT

MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

AUSTRALIAN MARITIME

SAFETY

AUTHORITY

Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983

AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT

Sustainable Planning Act 2009

State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971

QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE

AND PLANNING

MINISTER FOR STATE DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE AND PLANNING

Economic Development Act 2012

MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT AND MAIN ROADSDEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT AND

MAIN ROADS

Transport Infrastructure Act 1994

MINISTER FOR NATURAL RESOURCES AND MINES

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL

RESOURCES AND

MINES

Water Act 2000

Wet Tropics World Heritage Protection and Management Act 1993

Vegetation Management Act 1999

Environment Protection Act 1994

Coastal Protection and Management Act 1995

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND

HERITAGE

MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE

MINISTER FOR AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FORESTRYDEPARTMENT OF

AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES

AND FORESTRY

Fisheries Act 1994

COASTAL AND CATCHMENT AREAS

Transport Operations (Marine Pollution) Act 1995

Maritime Safety Act 2002 MARITIME SAFETY

QUEENSLAND

MINISTER FOR NATIONAL PARKS, RECREATION, SPORT AND RACING

PARKS AND WILDLIFE

SERVICE

Marine Parks Act 2004

Nature Conservation Act 1992


COAST PARK MARINE PARK

Signatories to Intergovernmental Agreement

Prime Minister of Australia Queensland State Premier

Minister for the Environment

Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development

Cabinet of the Australian

Government

Department of the Environment

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

Australian Maritime Safety Authority

Minister for State Development, Infrastructure

and Planning

Minister for Environment and Heritage Protection

Cabinet of the Queensland Government

Minister for Natural Resources and Mines

Minister for National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing

Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Minister for Transport and Main Roads

Ministerial Forum

Standing Committee of Officials

Department of Environment and Heritage

Protection

Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service

Department of State Development,

Infrastructure and Planning

Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Department of Natural Resources and Mines

Department of Transport and Main Raods

Department of Premier and Cabinet

Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet

Intergovernmental Agreement

Intergovernmental Operations Committee

Reef Water Quality Protection Plan

North East Shipping Plan North East Shipping

Working Group

Maritime Safety Queensland

Queensland Local Government

Signatories to draft Bi-Lateral Agreement and

MoU

Local Marine Advisory Committees

Reef Advisory Committees

Field Management Strategy, Ops, Compliance)

Regional/Place Based Partnership Groups

(Gladstone Healthy Harbours

Partnership)

Consultation and Engagement with

Regional and Local Non-Government

Entities

Constitution of Australia Constitution of Queensland

Department of Agriculture, Forestry and

Fisheries

Partnership Committee (includes AgForce, QLD Farmers

Fed, Canegrower Rep, NRM reps, WWF, QLD Conservation

Council)


Marine spatial planning is a complex process that needs structured and defined steps

It is driven by legislation, terms of references, decision hierarchy, stakeholder representation, scientific and technical advice

The marine spatial plan needs an agreement by the jurisdiction that will be implementing the spatial and temporal allocations

Maritime Spatial Management Context

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Risk AssessmentRisk Identification

Risk Analysis

Risk Evaluation

MSP A9Competent Authorities

MSP A9Stakeholders

MSP A6(2)(b)

Maritime Safety

MSFD Ax III

Characteristics Pressures and

Impacts

MSP A6(2)(c)

Maritime Safety

MSP A7

Land-Sea Interactions

MSP A6(2)(c)

Trans-boundaryCoherence

Coordination

MSP A8

Multi-Purpose Uses

MSP (21)EconomicOperators

MSFD Ax VI

Program of Measures

Monitoring and Review

MSP (1)

Coastal ResourcesUnderwater

Cultural Heritage

MSFD Ax IV

Environmental Targets

UNCLOS

National Maritime Safety Regulations

Compliance

Vessel Monitoring System

MSP A1(1)

GrowthDevelopment

Use

MSP A2(1)(3)

Coastal WatersTown and Country

Planning

MSP A2(2)

DefenseNational Security

MSP A2(4)

Sovereign RightsJurisdiction

MSP A3(1)

CoordinatedCoherent

Decision-making

MSP A5

EcologicalEconomic

Social Objectives

MSP A3(3)(4)

Marine RegionMSFD A4

Marine Water A7

MSP A4

EstablishImplementPlanning

MSP A10Data use and

sharingAdvisory

Natural Sciences

Advisory

SocialSciences

Advisory

Economic

Advisory

Policy

MSP

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MSPCompetent Authority

MSP (14)

Marine Strategy Framework Directive

MSFD Ax I

Good Environmental

Status

MSFD Ax II

MSFDCompetent Authority

MSFD Ax V

Monitoring Program

MSP A14

MonitoringReporting

(4 Years)

MSP (23)

Environmental Assessment

MSP A6(2)(c)

Integrated Coastal Management

MSP A8(2)

Interactions Activities and Uses

MSP (8)(11)

ApportionmentMarine Space

MSP A11(1)

Coherence Coordinated

Marine region

MSP (16)

Coastal Ecosystems

Erosion

MSP A5(2)

Sustainable Development

Maritime Transport

Policy

WaterborneTransport

Policy

Blue Growth

MSP A4(6)

National policies, regulations or mechanisms

MSP A15(1)Laws, Regulations

Administrative Provisions(18 Sept 2016)

MSP A11

CooperationMember Countries

MSP A11

CooperationThird Countries

MSP A9Public

MSP A6(3)

Review(10 Years)

Cormier, R., Kannen, A., Elliott, M., and Hall. P. 2015. Marine Spatial Planning Quality Management System. ICES Cooperative Research Report No. 327. 106 pp.

Identifying the concerns

• Environmental aspects• Economic aspects• Social aspects• Cultural aspects• Safety aspects• Land-sea interactions in the coastal zones• Spatial and temporal distribution of existing and

future activities• Existing legislations and policy requirements

If context has been set and competent authority been assigned:

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Looking at the boundaries

GREAT BARRIER REEF WORLD HERITAGE AREA

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Regulations 1983

Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976

Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Act 1981

Sea Installations Act 1987

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE

PARK AUTHORITY

DEPARTMENT OF THE

ENVIRONMENT

MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

AUSTRALIAN MARITIME

SAFETY

AUTHORITY

Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983

AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT

Sustainable Planning Act 2009

State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971


DEPARTMENT OF STATE

DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE

AND PLANNING

MINISTER FOR STATE DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE AND PLANNING

Economic Development Act 2012

MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT AND MAIN ROADSDEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT AND

MAIN ROADS

Transport Infrastructure Act 1994

MINISTER FOR NATURAL RESOURCES AND MINES

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL

RESOURCES AND

MINES

Water Act 2000

Wet Tropics World Heritage Protection and Management Act 1993

Vegetation Management Act 1999

Environment Protection Act 1994

Coastal Protection and Management Act 1995

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND

HERITAGE

MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE

MINISTER FOR AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FORESTRYDEPARTMENT OF

AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES

AND FORESTRY

Fisheries Act 1994

COASTAL AND CATCHMENT AREAS

Transport Operations (Marine Pollution) Act 1995

Maritime Safety Act 2002 MARITIME SAFETY

QUEENSLAND

MINISTER FOR NATIONAL PARKS, RECREATION, SPORT AND RACING

PARKS AND WILDLIFE

SERVICE

Marine Parks Act 2004

Nature Conservation Act 1992


COAST PARK MARINE PARK

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Geodetic Datum: WGS 84Map Projection: Mercator (54°N)

Maritime Features Traffic separation zone Deep water routePrecautionary area Inshore traffic zoneShipping lane, recommended Shipping lane, not classified

BoundariesContinental Shelf/EEZ

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Analyzing the issues

Environmental considerationsPressures, Impacts on Ecosystem ServicesGood Environmental StatusNatural and climate change implications

Traditional and cultural considerationsplace attachmentattitudes, beliefs, values,

Socio-economic sustainability considerationsGrowth of marine economiesDevelopment of marine areasUse of marine resources

EU MSP Directive: Bowtie Risk Analysis linking pressures, measures and objectives and identifying measures

Evaluating management options

• Measures and targets• Spatial and temporal allocation to activities• Technical and administrative burden and cost• Incentives and attractiveness for investors• Scientific, management and operational uncertainties• Competent authorities for implementation• Enforcement and surveillance of activities• Environmental monitoring• Social, socio-economic, socio-cultural monitoring

Spatial management toolkit

There are various spatial and temporal management measures you can use:

Different spatial priorities(separate activities in separate spaces)

Different temporal priorities(separate activities in the same space but at different times)

Permits / approvals for an activitiy for a certain number of years (including re-building) (conditions for licensing)

Spatial safety procedures and enforced controls(e.g. emergency units, airborne surveillance)

Voluntary agreements with particular user groups (e.g. to not use a certainarea for recreation during a breeding season)

Deciding on base of the evaluated management optionsleads to a draft plan, which may go for public consultationand subsequent steps in the planning cycle

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The spatial plan for the German North Sea EEZ

From overview of the planning process

to a detailed look into conflict analysis and

how to identify compatibilities

between human activities in the sea

Now you have completed your initial assessmentof the planning area.

What do you do next?

Towards a draft plan

It is time to assesspressures andconflicts.

Source: Schultz-Zehden & Gee 2012

Pressures, impacts and conflicts

You may now want to think about:

1. What are the pressures and impacts of the various activities you have identified (direct, indirect, cumulative)?

3. How do you assess the conflict potential (or actual conflicts) between different activities or activities and the marine environment?

4. How do you identify hotspots of pressure?

5. How do you discuss various development options?6. How do you assess the risks associated with different development

options?

Source: www.marviva.net

This map shows therelative pressures on a planning area, indicated by thenumber of activitiesoccurringconcurrently

Pressure maps

http://www.marviva.net/

Impacts

Examples of impacts – direct and indirect:

• Environmental impacts of activities(e.g. pollution, destruction of seafloor habitats …)

• Ecological impacts of activities(e.g. impact on biodiversity, disruption of networks of habitats, indirect impacts of marine activities on fish distribution …)

• Spatial impacts of activities(e.g. one activity leads to the displacement of others, one activitymay need particularly large areas)

• Impacts of activities on other marine activities(e.g. activities preclude other activities due to some form ofincompatibility)

• many of the same activitye.g. one vs. many wind farms

• many different activitiese.g. wind farms plus shipping vs. bird habitats

• scaling: local vs. large scale effectse.g. a high local impact may be low at larger scale

Cumulative impacts are notoriously difficult to assess!

Cumulative impacts

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Cumulative Effects

Source: Busch et al. 2013

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Changes in speciescomposition due toincreasing watertemperatures can beobserved(Graphics: OSPAR 2010)

Impacts

Activities and installations in themanagement plan area (southern Norway) with impacts on theseabed (bottom trawling, petroleuminstallations, exploration wells, pipelines)

Source: Norwegian Ministry of theEnvironment 2013

Conflict analysis

Impact is not the same as conflict, although the two are obviously linked.

• There is no hard and fast rule for how to do a conflict analysis.• It is important to differentiate between real, potential and imagined

conflicts and scales of conflict (temporal and spatial)• It is important to rate conflicts in terms of their severity and relevance to

the planning area.

Importance of stakeholder involvement in conflict analysis!

Collating sectoral targets and priorities

• Sectoral targets and priorities are a useful indicator for potential conflicts• Can be collated from documents/policies, but more importantly from

stakeholder dialogue – e.g.:

Sector Issues Priorities

Fishery Maintaining fishery as partof local cultural heritage anda potential basis for tourism

Construction of small portsand marinas, modernisingthe fishing fleet

Tourism Strong role in regional development

Need for marinas for smalland recreational boats

Shipping and ports Increase in cargo turnover, need for port expansion, increased collision risk fromincreased shipping intensity

Modernisation of portinfrastructure, deepwaterport construction

Offshore wind Targets in MW to beachieved

Wind energy development

Adapted from Schultz-Zehden & Gee 2012

Compatibility types:

• uses that are in conflict with each other/with the environment• uses that are in conflict, but where management can enable co-existence• uses where one creates a risk for another, but where measures can

mitigate risks• uses where synergies may exist with other uses

This can be shown in matrices or maps.

Compatibilites and synergies

Tools for conflict analysis: Compatibilitymatrices


A spatialcompatibilitymatrix fordifferent uses in the Baltic

Tools for conflict analysis: Compatibilitymatrices

Compatibility of activities and habitats

Source: Punta Banco – Punta Burica MSP process, Costa Rica (www.marviva.net)

http://www.marviva.net/

Compatibility maps

Compatibility map expressing the levels of compatibility (or incompatibility) between activities and habitats

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Creating conflict maps

In a conflict map, existing and sometimes overlapping or conflicting uses, areas and interests are displayed. It becomes obvious where use conflicts arise and where solutions must be negotiated and decided (WWF 2010)

Note: Just because activities overlap does not automatically imply a conflict!

Creating conflict maps


Conflict map indicating the spatial location of conflicts between uses and nature conservation

Risk assessment (rating conflicts and impacts)

It may be worth discussing the risks associated with various conflicts and impacts.

Consider:

• Ecological risks• Economic risks• Social and cultural risks • What assets are to be protected?

This step should link back to the aims and objectives of the plan that have been developed previously.

The outcome of conflict analysis

• Important: Conflict analysis is a dynamic process! Views might change overtime and in the light of new knowledge

• Conflict analysis should leave planners with a specific task to be addressed.

Analysing spatial claims and needs

The diversity of uses takes place in four dimensions:• at different times, and possibly with different intensities at times• on the sea surface (e.g. shipping)• in the water column (e.g. fisheries)• on the seafloor (e.g. resource extraction)

Location of uses depends on the quality of that space – differs for each use:• Mining will only take place where high geological resource deposits exist• Conservation will only take place where valuable biodiversity is• Shipping does not need a good environmental status but uninhibited access to ports

and • Fishing and mariculture strongly depend on good environmental status and “intact”

habitat

Example: Namibia

The mere overlap of activities does not automatically imply they are in conflict.

Some uses can gladly co-exist in the same marine area – they simply do not interfere with each other, for example:

• Sustainable tourism, heritage and environmental protection

Other uses cannot occupy the same space at the same time and are mutually exclusive, leading to conflict, for example:

• Geological resource exploitation and environmental protection

Spatial compatibilities

A compatibility matrix

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Military training (activity) -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 0 -2 -2 -2 -1 0 -2 -2 0 0Mariculture (area) +1 +1 -2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 -2 -1 +2 -2 -2 0 0

Marine catamaran tours (activity) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +2 0 -2 +2 +2 0Kayak tours (activity) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +2 0 -2 +2 +2 0

Angling (ski boats and beach based) 0 0 0 0 -2 0 -2 -1 0 -2 0 0 0Mid-water trawling (activity) 0 -1 0 -2 0 -2 -2 0 -2 -2 0 0

Bottom trawling (activity) -1 0 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2Pole and line fishing (activity) 0 -2 0 -2 -1 0 -2 -2 0 0

Sea water abstraction/desalination (area) 0 0 -2 -1 -1 0 0 0 0

Seismic exploration (activity) 0 -2 -2 -1 -2 -2 -2 0Non-seismic exploration (activity) -2 0 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2

Mining exploitation (activity) -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2Species conservation (activity) +2 -1 -1 +2 0

Habitat conservation (area) 0 -1 +2 0Shipping routes (area) -2 0 0

Anchorage areas (area) -2 -2Marine heritage sites (shipwrecks) (area) -2

Underwater cable (area)47

Source: MSP Currentstatus report, Namibia (2018)

Activity Requirements Other uses affected and nature ofimpacts

Geological resource exploration

• Presence of geological resources (seafloor)

• Access to the resource/seabed

• Fishing: Seismic surveys affect fish species

• Conservation: seismic surveys affect fish (large pelagics) and mammal species

Geological resource exploitation:• Extraction

(dredging, drilling, etc.)

• Pipelines for oil exploration

• Presence of geological resources (seafloor)

• Unrestricted access to the resource

• Safe operating environment

• Other sectors using the seabed: Pipelines create exclusion areas

• Fishing: physical exclusion• Fishing and conservation: habitat

destruction, contamination and nutrient removal and disruption

• Affecting other mammal species

Current and future conflicts identified


Transport • Passage of ships• Anchoring

• Free and unhindered passage (UNCLOS)

• Efficient routes • Ports infrastructure and

safe port operating environment (incl. anchorage areas)

• Conservation: impacts of underwater noise on mammals and fish, ship strikes, pollution from ships

• Spatial incompatibility with geological resource exploitation

• Fishing: vessels can destroy long lines

• Underwater heritage and sea cables can be damaged by ships anchoring


Activity Synergy

Conservation Benefits for fishery in terms of preserving key habitats and related marine resources

Sustainable marine tourism Benefits from conservation in that tourists appreciate a healthy natural environment

Military exercise Benefits for conservation as closed training areas may act as de facto nature conservation areas

Mining Tidal energy as a future option; deserted coastal diamond areas for tourism and possibly mariculture

Marine and cultural heritage Benefits for conservation as shipwrecks represent artificial reefs; areas may be closed to other extractive or destructive activities

Synergies identified


Anchorage areas • Space in shallow and sheltered areas close to the port

• Conservation: possible impact on marine mammals (displacement) and possible environmental impact through pollution from vessels

• Mariculture: anchorage areas preclude expansion and encroach into designated mariculture sites

• Military: anchorage areas and military training areas are mutually exclusive


• Current levels of use are low, throughout the Namibian ocean space and inthe planning area, with the exception of Walvis Bay as hotspot area

• EBSAs have been identified which require protection• Fishing requires the greatest spatial flexibility due to the mobile nature of its

resource Protect key fish habitats and resources and secure key fishing areas

• Mining is spatially very extensive activity as it is determined in its feasibility bythe availability and accessibility of the resource:

Provisions need to be made to allow such exploitation to take place inareas where licences have already been awarded

Provisions need to be made for possible future exploitation wheremineable deposits are known

Issues identified

The key spatial conflicts that MSP in Namibia and the 1st Marine Spatial Plan canand should address therefore exist between mining, conservation and fisheries

Mining Conservation

Fisheries

Issues identified

Finally,

If a spatial plan is the output of the MSP process, what then is the outcome?

Who implements the plan?

Who decides on investments (public or private) and along which rules?

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Homework

Based on the overview of activities in your marine area, we now wantto know whether these are in conflict or not.

• Prepare your own compatibility matrix for the activitiesoccurring there.

• Highlight sectors that might be susceptible to climate changeor other relevant pressures – how will this affect themspatially?

• Are there any „hotspot“ areas where there are particularcumulative pressures?

Remember to focus on activities rather than sectors – fishing forexample can be many different types of fishing, each of which mayhave different compatibilities.

• From your analysis, develop planning recommendations: Whatissues and areas should MSP concentrate on?

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