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Presentation given in the Finnish Ministry of the Environment in September 2012. The audience was a working group preparing the national Marine Strategy Framework Directive.TRANSCRIPT
Project MORE
We are revising the strategy to monitor and assess the
healthof the Baltic Sea
Manuel FriasProject Coordinator, HELCOM20.8.2012
2009 2010 2011 2012
My former projects in HELCOM
Improving the HELCOM GIS system
Maritime Spatial Planning
We will update the
HELCOM Monitoring
and Assessment STRATEGY
MOnitoring
REvision
2012 2013
It is a plan to check whether
we are reaching these
objetives
HELCOM objectives
OBJECTIVES of the
strategy
Produce targeted environmental assessment
Facilitate implementation of ecosystem
approachCoordinatio
n very
important
Target on
eutrophication,
biodiversity,
hazardous substances
But there are PROBLEMS! Coordination
not working so
well
Old document (2005)
I doesn’t fully
reflect MSFD (2008)
Let’s renew the strategy!
It’ll cover GES
objectives and
targetsSupport of BSAP and
MSFD
Cost effective!
Focus on joint
monitoring
(MSFD
requirement!)Andreas Karsten
HOW?
We are reviewing the existing strategy and
identifying gaps
Lleyleyn Williams
We will analyze
how to improve
monitoring
We will study the availability of
alternative methods
JustinM
FINAL RESULT
RevisedMonitoring
and Assessment
Strategy
+ Strategic guideline
sKatja Massing
We all should take the same road in the same direction!
What’s in it for you?
All HELCOM countries revising
the common strategy means...
What’s in it for you?
...knowing what, when, where
and how much others are
monitoring.