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Comparison of Marine Spatial Planning Methods in Madagascar Demonstrates Value of Alternative Approaches 1 2 ´ ¨ 3 1 4,5 Thomas F. Allnutt *, Timothy R. McClanahan , Serge Andrefouet , Merrill Baker , Erwann Lagabrielle , 2 6 6 7 1 Caleb McClennen , Andry J. M. Rakotomanjaka , Tantely F. Tianarisoa , Reg Watson , Claire Kremen 1 Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America, 2 Marine Programs, ´ ´ Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, New York, United States of America, 3 Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement, Noumea Cedex, New Caledonia, 4 Institut de ´ Recherche pour le Developpement, Sainte-Clotilde, France, 5 Botany Department, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, George, South Africa, 6 Madagascar Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, Antananarivo, Madagascar, 7 Fisheries Center, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Abstract The Government of Madagascar plans to increase marine protected area coverage by over one million hectares. To assist this process, we compare four methods for marine spatial planning of Madagascar’s west coast. Input data for each method was drawn from the same variables: fishing pressure, exposure to climate change, and biodiversity (habitats, species distributions, biological richness, and biodiversity value). The first method compares vi