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Summary |
Regarding the implementation of the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive it is stated that the determination of ‘good environmental status’ should be accompanied by clear information on the causative pressures and resulting impacts. Therefore, each European member state needs to perform an initial assessment of marine activities intended for the implementation of the Marine Strategy.
Under the authority of DG Environment, IMARES is currently working on a 9-month project to identify and evaluate impacts of sector activities on the marine environment. The project aims at identifying causal chains between marine activities in the four European marine regions (Baltic, North east Atlantic, Black sea and Mediterranean sea) and its related pressures and impacts using an ecosystem based approach. The linkages (causal chains) between activities, pressures and ecosystem elements (Good Environmental Status descriptors) will be described in several in depth reviews, accompanied by synthesis reports. Discussion of articles 9, 10 and 11 (comprising e.g monitoring) of the Marine framework directive are part of this project.
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