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Planowanie przestrzenne obszarów morskich jest stosunkowo młodym procesem mającym swoje korzenie w zarządzaniu działalnością człowieka na obszarach cennych ekologicznie. W regionie Morza Bałtyckiego proces ten jest postrzegany jako narzędzie wspierające podejmowanie decyzji, ukazujące preferencje społeczne dotyczące obszarów morskich, minimalizujących konflikty z nich wynikające, przestrzennie i czasowo alokujące działalność człowieka, tak aby osiągać cele ekologiczne, gospodarcze i społeczne ustalone w ramach procesu politycznego. Niezależnie od definicji, jako podstawę prawidłowego procesu określa się dostęp do dobrej jakości informacji oraz rzetelną analizę uwarunkowań środowiskowych, gospodarczych i prawnych obszaru morskiego jak i przyległych obszarów lądowych. Doświadczenia zdobyte w Polsce w ramach opracowywania pilotażowych projektów planów morskich i Studium Uwarunkowań Zagospodarowania Przestrzennego Polskich Obszarów Morskich pozwalają na wyciągnięcie pewnych wniosków dotyczących potrzeby badań. Artykuł opisuje luki informacyjne hamujące morskie planowanie przestrzenne i oraz dynamikę ich zmian w ostatnich latach.

Blue growth is a relatively new policy of EU enhancing sustainable use of the sea resources. The relation between blue growth and maritime spatial planning (MSP) are not obvious. Both belong to a class of EU policies and both cover the sea space. Since maritime spatial planning in the Baltic Sea Region (BSR) has recently gained its momentum, the maritime spatial planners face the challenge of incorporating the concept of the blue growth into their planning processes. This paper facilitates this task by providing a comprehensive information on the international projects executed by the maritime spatial planners and the relations of those projects to the concept of the blue growth. This is important in order to capitalize on what has been achieved so far. However, it seems that has been so far no single "planning project" focusing exclusively on the blue growth and this growth has been tackled in such projects rather at ad hoc and non-systematic manner. Thus, the research on relations between MSP and blue growth seems to be still pending. Possible directions of its development are suggested in the final part of the paper ; Renata Kozak

This article shares the experiences, observations, and discussions that occurred during the completing of an ecosystem services (ES) indicator framework to be used at European Union (EU) and Member States' level. The experience base was drawn from 3 European research projects and 14 associated case study sites that include 13 transitional-water bodies (specifically 8 coastal lagoons, 4 riverine estuaries, and 1 fjord) and 1 coastal-water ecosystem. The ES pertinent to each case study site were identified along with indicators of these ES and data sources that could be used for mapping. During the process, several questions and uncertainties arose, followed by discussion, leading to these main lessons learned: 1) ES identification: Some ES that do not seem important at the European scale emerge as relevant at regional or local scales; 2) ES indicators: When direct indicators are not available, proxies for indicators (indirect indicators) might be used, including combined data on monitoring requirements imposed by EU legislation and international agreements; 3) ES mapping: Boundaries and appropriate data spatial resolution must be established because ES can be mapped at different temporal and spatial scales. We also acknowledge that mapping and assessment of ES supports the dialogue between human well-being and ecological status. From an evidence-based marine planning-process point of view, mapping and assessment of marine ES are of paramount importance to sustainable use of marine natural capital and to halt the loss of marine biodiversity. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2016;12:726-734. © 2016 SETAC.