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Human–environment interaction in the Baltic Sea
In: Marine policy, Band 43, S. 46-54
ISSN: 0308-597X
Human–environment interaction in the Baltic Sea
In: Marine policy: the international journal of ocean affairs, Band 43, S. 46-54
ISSN: 0308-597X
Indicators for Transboundary River Management
In: Environmental management: an international journal for decision makers, scientists, and environmental auditors, Band 28, Heft 1, S. 115-129
ISSN: 1432-1009
Sustaining Europe's seas as coupled social-ecological systems
In: Ecology and society: E&S ; a journal of integrative science for resilience and sustainability, Band 20, Heft 1
ISSN: 1708-3087
Marine spatial planning and Good Environmental Status: a perspective on spatial and temporal dimensions
12 páginas, 5 tablas, 1 figura ; The European Union Marine Strategy Framework Directive requires the Good Environmental Status of marine environments in Europe's regional seas; yet, maritime activities, including sources of marine degradation, are diversifying and intensifying in an increasingly globalized world. Marine spatial planning is emerging as a tool for rationalizing competing uses of the marine environment while guarding its quality. A directive guiding the development of such plans by European Union member states is currently being formulated. There is an undeniable need for marine spatial planning. However, we argue that considerable care must be taken with marine spatial planning, as the spatial and temporal scales of maritime activities and of Good Environmental Status may be mismatched. We identify four principles for careful and explicit consideration to align the requirements of the two directives and enable marine spatial planning to support the achievement of Good Environmental Status in Europe's regional seas. ; This work was part of the EU-funded FP7 Knowledge-based Sustainable Management for Europe's Seas (KnowSeas-226675) project. The KnowSeas project is affiliated with LOICZ and LWEC. ; Peer reviewed
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Marine spatial planning and Good Environmental Status: a perspective on spatial and temporal dimensions
In: Ecology and society: E&S ; a journal of integrative science for resilience and sustainability, Band 20, Heft 1
ISSN: 1708-3087
Challenges of achieving good environmental status in the Northeast Atlantic
In: Alexander , K A , Kershaw , P , Cooper , P , Gilbert , A J , Hall-Spencer , J M , Heymans , J J , Kannen , A , Los , H J , O'Higgins , T , O'Mahony , C , Tett , P , Troost , T A & van Beusekom , J 2015 , ' Challenges of achieving good environmental status in the Northeast Atlantic ' , Ecology and Society , vol. 20 , no. 1 , 49 . https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-07394-200149
The sustainable exploitation of marine ecosystem services is dependent on achieving and maintaining an adequate ecosystem state to prevent undue deterioration. Within the European Union, the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) requires member states to achieve Good Environmental Status (GEnS), specified in terms of 11 descriptors. We analyzed the complexity of social-ecological factors to identify common critical issues that are likely to influence the achievement of GEnS in the Northeast Atlantic (NEA) more broadly, using three case studies. A conceptual model developed using a soft systems approach highlights the complexity of social and ecological phenomena that influence, and are likely to continue to influence, the state of ecosystems in the NEA. The development of the conceptual model raised four issues that complicate the implementation of the MSFD, the majority of which arose in the Pressures and State sections of the model: variability in the system, cumulative effects, ecosystem resilience, and conflicting policy targets. The achievement of GEnS targets for the marine environment requires the recognition and negotiation of trade-offs across a broad policy landscape involving a wide variety of stakeholders in the public and private sectors. Furthermore, potential cumulative effects may introduce uncertainty, particularly in selecting appropriate management measures. There also are endogenous pressures that society cannot control. This uncertainty is even more obvious when variability within the system, e.g., climate change, is accounted for. Also, questions related to the resilience of the affected ecosystem to specific pressures must be raised, despite a lack of current knowledge. Achieving good management and reaching GEnS require multidisciplinary assessments. The soft systems approach provides one mechanism for bringing multidisciplinary information together to look at the problems in a different light.
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Challenges of achieving Good Environmental Status in the Northeast Atlantic
In: Alexander , K A , Kershaw , P , Cooper , P , Gilbert , A J , Hall-Spencer , J M , Heymans , J J , Kannen , A , Los , H J , O'Higgins , T , O'Mahony , C , Tett , P , Troost , T A & van Beusekom , J 2015 , ' Challenges of achieving Good Environmental Status in the Northeast Atlantic ' , Ecology and Society , vol. 20 , no. 1 , 49 . https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-07394-200149
The sustainable exploitation of marine ecosystem services is dependent on achieving and maintaining an adequate ecosystem state to prevent undue deterioration. Within the European Union, the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) requires member states to achieve Good Environmental Status (GEnS), specified in terms of 11 descriptors. We analyzed the complexity of social-ecological factors to identify common critical issues that are likely to influence the achievement of GEnS in the Northeast Atlantic (NEA) more broadly, using three case studies. A conceptual model developed using a soft systems approach highlights the complexity of social and ecological phenomena that influence, and are likely to continue to influence, the state of ecosystems in the NEA. The development of the conceptual model raised four issues that complicate the implementation of the MSFD, the majority of which arose in the Pressures and State sections of the model: variability in the system, cumulative effects, ecosystem resilience, and conflicting policy targets. The achievement of GEnS targets for the marine environment requires the recognition and negotiation of trade-offs across a broad policy landscape involving a wide variety of stakeholders in the public and private sectors. Furthermore, potential cumulative effects may introduce uncertainty, particularly in selecting appropriate management measures. There also are endogenous pressures that society cannot control. This uncertainty is even more obvious when variability within the system, e.g., climate change, is accounted for. Also, questions related to the resilience of the affected ecosystem to specific pressures must be raised, despite a lack of current knowledge. Achieving good management and reaching GEnS require multidisciplinary assessments. The soft systems approach provides one mechanism for bringing multidisciplinary information together to look at the problems in a different light.
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Challenges of achieving Good Environmental Status in the Northeast Atlantic
In: Ecology and society: E&S ; a journal of integrative science for resilience and sustainability, Band 20, Heft 1
ISSN: 1708-3087