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During 2023 in total 231 stakeholders were consulted in 15 research areas (Fig. 1) within the MARBEFES and Marine SABRES projects on their viewpoints regarding the balance between the ecology, society and economy in their marine coastal environment, and the pressures acting on it. The research areas were distributed over 5 major regions: Macaronesia, Mediterranean, […]

A total of 231 stakeholders were interviewed or surveyed at 15 study areas within the projects Marine SABRES and MARBEFES. The stakeholders perceived Nature, Biodiversity, Economy, Large-scale Tourism, and Pollution to be the most important factors in their socio-economic and ecological environment. For many environmental factors a clear north-south gradient in the importance was clear.