wake up call: healthy oceans - productive ecosystems
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This presentation was produced for the ‘Healthy oceans – productive ecosystems’ (HOPE) conference. The conference discusses progress made over the past 5 years, the problems that still remain and the solutions for improved coherence and better marine governance in the context of the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Check against delivery.TRANSCRIPT
Wake up callHealthy oceans - productive ecosystems
Dr Hans Bruyninckx Executive Director, European Environment Agency
Brussels, 3rd March 2014
The speech for this presentation can be viewed in the slide notes below.
The diversity of Europe’s regional seas
Marine climate change impacts
European Seas
Global Ocean
Clean and undisturbed seas?
Marine knowledge: towards a baseline
• Reporting under the MSFD shows that less than 20% of biodiversity features reported on are considered in Good Environmental Status.
• 70% of the marine species assessments and 40% of the marine habitats assessments were considered unknown in 2008.
• Half of all fish landings in the European Atlantic and Baltic waters come from stocks that are not assessed.
• The EEA is supporting the development of a European marine baseline as part of the information system WISE-Marine.
Ensuring sustainable use of the seas
Offshore wind: annual growth rate 21.7%
Growth in maritime monitoring and surveillance Cruise tourism:
12% annual growth rate
Fisheries: 25% decline since 1993,potential to reverse trend and rebuild fish stocks
Short sea shipping up 100% by 2050
Transitions to a better marine environmentSUSTAINABILITY
2050
2014/2018
WFD targetsNature Directives targetsMSFD Baseline
2020 targetsMSFD target (Good Environmental Status)Halt biodiversity lossFisheries below Max. Sustainable Yield20-20-20 targets
Vision in 7EAPReduce GHG 80-95%Water blueprintZero impacts (air)SDGs ?
TIME2014-2018 thematic policies timelines and deadlines
2020/2030 comprehensive policies (Europe 2020, 7th EAP), or specific targets
2050 long term visions and targets with a societal transition perspective
2020/2030
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