Transcript MSFD and links to MAES - CIRCABC

Marine Strategy Framework Directive:
issues related to ecosystems and their
services
European Commission
DG Environment Unit C.2
Marine Environment and Water Industry
Workshop: Mapping and Assessment of
Ecosystems and their Services (MAES) in
the marine environment
19 June 2013, Brussels
Outline
 MSFD – a brief introduction
 What can MSFD bring to the MAES
process?
 Where can MAES make a difference?
The Marine Strategy Framework Directive
EU’s legal instrument for the protection of our seas
 Overall objective: achieve or maintain Good Environmental
Status (GES) of all EU marine waters by 2020.
 Adoption of an ecosystem-based and
integrated
approach
to
the
management of all human activities
which have an impact on the marine
environment.
 Regional approach to implementation,
through establishment of Marine
Regions and Sub-regions
 Achieving
GES
should
enable
sustainable use of marine goods and
services
Overarching Goal:
Achieve GES of EU Marine
Waters by 2020
Protected
Ecosystems
Clean,
healthy,
productive
seas
Sustainable
Uses
of Europe’s
marine
resources
Common
Approaches
Cooperation
at the EU
and regional
level
Implementation Steps
Initial
Assessment,
determine GES,
set targets
2012
(+ 6 years)
Six-year review
2018 – 2021
Main steps of a
Marine Strategy:
• Initial assessment (IA) of
current environmental
status of MS waters
• Determination of GES
Implementation
of measures
Monitoring
Programmes
2016
2014
Programmes of
Measures
2015
• Establishment of
environmental targets and
associated indicators
• Monitoring programme for
ongoing assessment and
regular updating of targets
• Programme of measures to
achieve or maintain GES
• Review of the different steps
Regional approach/coordination
MSFD
regions and
subregions
40°N
Draft map:
October 2012
30°W
20°W
10°W
30°N
0°
10°E
20°E
30°E
MSFD Marine regions and sub-regions
(Light shading indicate areas of non-MS waters)
Baltic Sea
20°N
North-east Atlantic Ocean
Greater North Sea, incl. the Kattegat and the English Channel
30°W
20°W
10°W
0°
10°E
20°E
30°E
Celtic Seas
Bay of Biscay and the Iberian Coast
Macaronesia
MSFD Marine regions and sub-regions
•
Mediterranean Sea
Western Mediterranean Sea
Adriatic Sea
•
Ionian Sea and the Central Mediterranean Sea
Aegean-Levantine Sea
Black Sea
MS subsoil/seabed only areas (not formally agreed)
GES is determined at Region or Subregion level
Baltic Sea
(Art.
3.5)
North-east Atlantic Ocean
Coherent,
coordinated and common approaches
Greater North Sea, incl. the Kattegat and the English Channel
Celtic5.2)
Seas
(Art.
Bay of Biscay and the Iberian Coast
Achieved
through Regional Sea Conventions
Macaronesia
(Art.
6) &
Mediterranean
Sea Common Implementation Strategy
Western Mediterranean Sea
(CIS)
(Light shading indicate areas of non-MS waters)
•
What is GES?
GES definition (Art. 3.5)
• Ecologically diverse and dynamic seas which are
clean, healthy and productive
• Use of environment is at a sustainable level
• Fully functioning and resilient ecosystem
• Biodiversity decline is prevented, biodiversity is in
balance and protected
• Hydro-morphological, physical and chemical state
support above
• No pollution effects
What is GES? – Annex I Descriptors
No.
Topic
1
Biological diversity
2
Non-indigenous species
3
Commercial fish & shellfish
4
Food-webs
5
Eutrophication
6
Sea-floor integrity
7
Hydrography
8
Contaminants
9
Contaminants in seafood
10
Litter
11
Energy, incl. underwater noise
7
2012 reporting requirements
• Article 8 – Initial assessment of MS marine waters
• Characteristics and status of MS marine waters,
based on Annex III, Table 1
• Analysis of pressures and impacts, based on
Annex III, Table 2
• An economic & social analysis, and cost of
degradation
• Article 9 - Determination of GES
• Based on GES Descriptors (Annex I) and GES
criteria (Decision 2010)
• Article 10 – Series of environmental targets and associated
indicators
8
Reporting status
•
•
By June 2013, 20 MS have reported on Articles 8, 9 and 10
17 MS reported both paper report and reporting sheets –
information available on EEA CDR:
http://cdr.eionet.europa.eu/recent_etc?RA_ID=608
•
The reporting shows the huge amount of work that went into
preparing these reports in Member States
• Most recent information on state of marine environment, its
pressures and its uses
• Based on existing assessments or on new assessments
• New data collation and processing e.g. mapping of pressures
and activities (e.g. Harmony project for eastern North Sea)
A vast amount of quantitative and qualitative information on the
State of European Seas is gathered
Comparability of good environmental status, of data and an overall
lack of coherence make this information difficult to interpret
•
•
Initial Assessment
Litter
D.10
14%
Contaminants D.8
29%
17%
Hydrography D.7
43%
42%
38%
0%
14%
33%
13%
25%
50%
50%
75%
Level of impact assessed using GES Determination
Level of impact assessed using various standards
Level of impact not assessed
Unclear
8%
100%
Assessing pressures & impacts
Key MSFD requirements:
• To assess scale and levels of impact from
pressures
• To assess status of predominant habitat types
of water column and seabed
• To determine GES at level of region or
subregion
 Major new challenges for Member States at
this scale
 Mapping and modelling are important
Regional Sea
Convention
processes to
develop common
indicators and
assessments
HELCOM Baltic
Sea pressure
index
15
Baltic Sea
predominant
habitat types
60000
50000
40000
30000
20000
10000
Broad habitat type
Rock
Till
Mixed
Coarse
0
Sand
Red=high impact
Green=low impact
70000
Mud
Extent of all benthic
habitats impacted by
anthropogenic
pressures in
circalittoral zone
Extent of habitat type km2
80000
MSFD
predominant
habitat
typology
Predominant
habitat
types
Substrate
Zone
boundary
(approx. m)
0
50
200
1100
2700
Rock
incl. mixed hard
substrata,
Coarse
biogenic reefs
Sediment
Sand
Mud
Mixed
sediment
Water
column
Zone
Littoral
Sublittoral shallow
Sublittoral - shelf
Marine –
Coastal
Marine –
shelf
Bathyal – upper
Bathyal - lower
Abyssal
Marine Oceanic
MAES draft ‘ecosystem’ typology – very broad categories
Seabed + water column
Equates directly with MSFD predominant habitats
MAES marine ecosystem typology
Marine
inlets
Coastal
Shelf
50-70m
200m
5000m
Open ocean/
deep sea
MAES marine ecosystem typology
Estuary
Mm
Embayment
Marine inlets
Fjord
Lagoon
Next phases for MSFD
Monitoring programmes in 2014
Programme of measures by 2015
• Key focus on reductions in pressures from
human activities to reduce environmental
impacts and thus achieve GES
MAES and MSFD
Challenges:
• Definition of GES is unclear
• Actions needed to achieve GES are unclear
• Industries may see achieving GES as a
‘burden’ rather than a benefit
Where can MAES demonstrate:
• That achieving GES is important to ecosystem
structure and functioning?
• This, in turn, is important to delivery of
ecosystem services (goods and services)
• Where can MAES demonstrate benefits of a
good environmental status?
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/marine
Thank you for your attention