{"thcode":23,"term":{"code":81,"name":"Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)","parent":80,"scope":"Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) data delineate areas where some or all of the natural and cultural resources are given a heightened level of protection through regulation or other effective means in order to achieve conservation or societal goals (http:\/\/marineprotectedareas.noaa.gov)."},"uf":[],"bt":[{"code":80,"name":"Governance","parent":6,"scope":"The boundaries of geographic areas that are defined for governmental, administrative, or management purposes. Governance data for marine planning are those that identify governance entities that have effects on environmental processes or human activities that impact the coast, Great Lakes, or ocean. Distributions are maps representing authoritative boundaries (for examples, see http:\/\/marinecadastre.gov). Assessments are maps showing theoretical boundaries resulting from models, evaluations, or scenario-testing; or they are modeled values of bounded regions. Predictions are maps showing predicted boundaries based on expected outcomes or driven by variable parameters; or they are models predicting impacts of moving boundaries. All Governance data share these definitions for Distributions, Assessments, and Predictions."},{"code":6,"name":"Data Content Subjects","parent":1,"scope":"Environmental characteristics and processes as well as human activities that use, rely on, or impact those features."},{"code":1,"name":"Data Categories for Marine Planning","parent":null,"scope":"Categories indicating the breadth of information types required for ocean planning from a national, multidisciplinary perspective. Published in USGS Open-File Report 2015-1046, doi:10.3133\/ofr20151046"}],"nt":[],"rt":[]}