Disclaimer: This is a deliverable not yet approved by the European Commission. This page presents two documents: the MPA Europe Deliverable 6.1 Policy Brief and a shortened version of the MPA Europe Deliverable 6.1 Policy Brief. The Policy Brief presents policy recommendations for stakeholders of MPA Europe on how to use our analysis and results of standardised environmental and species distribution data, mapped distribution of organic carbon content in the seabed, and representative biodiversity areas, which show an optimal network for Marine Protected Areas (MPA) in science-based marine and maritime spatial planning (MSP) in Europe. How to site:Bramley, B., Smanis, T., Urgeghe, A.M., Addamo, A.M., Stephenson, F., Lønborg, C. & Costello, M.J. 2026. How a proposed MPA network supports Marine Spatial Planning in Europe with regard to biodiversity and blue carbon. MPA Europe Policy Brief. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19590261