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The Environmental standing of the Baltic Sea: from political proposal to practical projectCopenhagen 17 March, 2008
The Baltic Sea Regional Project, BSRP
Activities and Results 2003 -2007
Jan ThulinICES
Major Threats to the Baltic
Eutrophication
Overfishing
Chemical pollution
Biological diversity
All caused byHuman Behaviour
The Environmental standing of the Baltic Sea: from political proposal to practical projectCopenhagen 17 March, 2008
BSRP Goals:
- To introduce and apply the Large Marine Ecosystem To introduce and apply the Large Marine Ecosystem (LME) concept in the Baltic(LME) concept in the Baltic
- To develop preconditions and start implementing the To develop preconditions and start implementing the Ecosystem-based Approach to Management (EAM) in the Ecosystem-based Approach to Management (EAM) in the BalticBaltic
- To build-improve monitoring and assessment capacity To build-improve monitoring and assessment capacity necessary for EAM (focus on Eastern Baltic states)necessary for EAM (focus on Eastern Baltic states)
GEF/WB - HELCOM/ICES + 9 Baltic states +NOAAGEF/WB - HELCOM/ICES + 9 Baltic states +NOAA
Budget: 12,5 Million US$Budget: 12,5 Million US$
The Environmental standing of the Baltic Sea: from political proposal to practical projectCopenhagen 17 March, 2008
LL Biodiversity
St. PetersburgCo-LPM SOOP
TallinnCo-LPM
CZMCo-LPMMMED
BSRP Working Structure
LIU and CCFisheries
Riga
LLICES surveysKaliningrad
LLCoast. Activ.
Tallinn
LLFish age/
Stomach analRiga
LLSalmon restor
Riga
CCEcosystem
HealthGdynia
LLAlien Spec.Klaipeda
LLFish diseaseKaliningrad
LIU and CCProductivity
Riga
LLZooplankt.
Gdynia
LLPhytob.mon
SOOPTallinn
LIU andCCGIS & Data
Vilnius
LIU and CCSocio-economy
Tallinn
Coordinators, C1, C2
C; Component
CC: Coordination Centre - C1
LL: Lead Laboratory – C1
LIU: Local Implem. Unit – C2
Institutes in Denmark, Finland, Germany, Sweden and USA+
The Environmental standing of the Baltic Sea: from political proposal to practical projectCopenhagen 17 March, 2008
Some of the activities
and
Some of the results
of the BSRP
The Environmental standing of the Baltic Sea: from political proposal to practical projectCopenhagen 17 March, 2008
Meeting name Time Venue
IOC/BSRP Ocean Teachers Data training October, 2005 Vilnius
ICES/BSRP workshop on FishFrame and DATRAS October, 2005 Gdynia
Workshops on environmental genotoxicity and selected enzyme biomarkers in fish and mollusks Autumn 2005 Gdynia, PL
Final workshop on zooplankton indicators November, 2005 Gdynia
Sea-going training workshop on fish pathology December, 2006 R/W W.Herwig/Germany
Sprat & Flounder Age Reading workshops January/February 2006 Riga
BSRP/HELCOM Third Coastal Fish Monitoring workshop January, 2006 Helsinki
BSRP/HELCOM meeting on Alien Species Introductions in the Baltic Sea Area January, 2006 Helsinki
BSRP Introductory workshop on Acoustic data processing Winter 2005/2006 Kaliningrad
BSRP Training workshop on using Sonar-DataEcho_View Spring 2006 Kaliningrad
BSRP/HELCOM Zooplankton workshop Spring, 2006 Warnemuende, DE
Gear inter-comparison to quantify the accuracy of the gear used within the Zooplankton part of COMBINE Summer, 2006 Helsinki, FI
Some of the activities 2005-2006
Source: European Commission, http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/press_corner/press_releases/archives/com06/com06_51_en.htm
M/S STENA NordicaGdynia-Karlskrona
AN UNATTENDED OBSERVATION SYSTEM INSTALLED ON THE SOUTHERN TRANSECTAN UNATTENDED OBSERVATION SYSTEM INSTALLED ON THE SOUTHERN TRANSECT
ICESICES
DEVELOPED A PROPOSAL TO MAKE DEVELOPED A PROPOSAL TO MAKE HELCOMHELCOM ””COMBINECOMBINE”” USABLE FOR INVASIVE USABLE FOR INVASIVE SPECIES MONITORING SPECIES MONITORING
Invasion of ctenophoreMnemiopsis leidyi
Map from N.Aladin, 2005, LL BIODIVERSITY
2007
BSRP Collection of Reports and Presentations
available on CD and at http://www.ices.dk/projects/balticsea.asp
SSomeome direct outcomes of the BSRPdirect outcomes of the BSRP
• Preconditions for EAM of human activities in Preconditions for EAM of human activities in the Baltic created (ICES 2006)the Baltic created (ICES 2006)
• Significant support during development of Significant support during development of the HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan (Baltic the HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan (Baltic SAP) SAP)
• Assessment capacity, esp, in eastern countries Assessment capacity, esp, in eastern countries significantly improved :significantly improved :
- indicator-based assessment introduced;- indicator-based assessment introduced;
- quality of input data for fish stock assessment - quality of input data for fish stock assessment improved; improved;
- coastal fish monitoring started;- coastal fish monitoring started;
- phytobenthos monitoring started;- phytobenthos monitoring started;
- integrated assessment of the Baltic continues;- integrated assessment of the Baltic continues;
- SOOP network further developed.- SOOP network further developed.
The science network established will long survive The science network established will long survive the project.the project.
SSomeome indirect outcomes of the BSRPindirect outcomes of the BSRP
The 9 Baltic countries have started a joint The 9 Baltic countries have started a joint comprehensive research programme (BONUS+) to comprehensive research programme (BONUS+) to support cooperative marine science. support cooperative marine science. The BONUS Science Plan is built on the LME concept The BONUS Science Plan is built on the LME concept and designed to address EAM needsand designed to address EAM needs
• The work of the Baltic Science Community at ICES The work of the Baltic Science Community at ICES has been reorganized to better address EAM needs.has been reorganized to better address EAM needs.
• HELCOM and ICES are cooperating as closely as HELCOM and ICES are cooperating as closely as never before.never before.
• The BSRP are being used in other GEF/LME projects The BSRP are being used in other GEF/LME projects as and example of a success story as and example of a success story
The Environmental standing of the Baltic Sea: from political proposal to practical projectCopenhagen 17 March, 2008
• So – we made some differences !
• But what about drawbacks and major problems during implementation and in the future ??
• Scientists/farmers
• Politicians
• Conventions –
International organizations
Cooperators
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+
+
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Strengthened
Cooperation,coordination
MoU , LoA , + network
+ EU , Reg. Program
Evaluation of Actors of the BSRP 2003 - 2007
Too much nationalistic
Key-words:
Major challenge:
Finally:
BSRP has been a Catalyser
Major stength:
Politicians and decision-makers (national owners)
INTEGRATION and OUTREACH
Organization
The Environmental standing of the Baltic Sea: from political proposal to practical project Copenhagen 17 March, 2008
The Environmental standing of the Baltic Sea: from political proposal to practical projectCopenhagen 17 March, 2008
Thank you