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organism with very high power, and influence over integrated sectors, it must be well framed
from the beginning, and efforts need to be made at all levels to optimise its effectiveness.
Moreover, it is recommended to replicate the present study on the rest of the littoral and, if ever
there is the political will to engage in an MSP process, further studies need to be conducted to:
- Develop a database of the country‟s maritime and coastal space conditions, and
use
- Specifically determine how far Algerian policies and management system are from
the regional, and in the long-term international requirements of MSP guidelines in
order to efficiently address the gaps, and optimize time, and effort
- Evaluate the financial aspect of a potential MSP framework
- Find solutions to overcome legislative, regulatory, and institutional weaknesses
- Adapt the MSP concept to the administrative, and social regimes of the country
- Integrate MSP in the management of MCPAs in practice
- Identify other benefits of MSP than those related to biodiversity conservation
- Study the need for a bottom-up approach to manage maritime and coastal space
- Evaluate the transboundary considerations regarding the role of Algeria in the
Mediterranean MSP framework