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Towards a marine information system for Europe

Towards a marine information system for Europe. WG DIKE 29-30 September 2014, Brussels. Future perspectives. Building towards: 2018 – second round of MSFD reporting by MS on Art. 8, 9 and 10 (Art. 17)

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Towards a marine information system for Europe

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  1. Towards a marine information system for Europe WG DIKE 29-30 September 2014, Brussels David Connor European Commission DG Environment Unit C.2 Marine Environment and Water Industry

  2. Future perspectives • Building towards: • 2018 – second round of MSFD reporting by MS on Art. 8, 9 and 10 (Art. 17) • 2019 – Commission’s first evaluation report to the European Parliament and to the Council (Art. 20(1)), in particular Art. 20(3b): the review of the status of the marine environment, undertaken in coordination with the EEA and the relevant regional marine and fisheries organisations and conventions • Based on: • Revised Decision and Annex III • Regional reports, incl. RSC ‘roof reports’ • Improved data and assessment methods (e.g. common indicators of RSCs) • More focused reporting from MS (incl. via RSCs) to EU level, with specific ‘products’ to demonstrate current environmental status and progress towards GES • Use of other reporting (e.g. fish stock assessments under CFP), where possible

  3. Towards a marine information system (MIS) for Europe • MIS is focused on MSFD (whole marine environment, pressures and activities – ecosystem-based) and hence on environmental status and achieving GES, including sustainable uses • MIS is needed for compliance (Commission) and state of marine environment (EEA) • MIS will be a holistic data/information model – but is not a huge database – and identify where data/information are held and accessible • MIS will help structure WISE-Marine (as a front-end portal) • MIS will build upon data and information from MS/RSC/other reporting (MSFD reports, RSC roof reports, reports to other Directives/Conventions) • MIS will need dialogue with MS and RSCs (and others) to define its content and what can be made available (e.g. in Art. 8 assessments) • For MS and RSCs, MIS can define data/information products from regional and national assessments – and provide a basis for regional and national information systems

  4. Exceptions (Art. 14) Programme of measures (Art. 13) Are any exceptions applicable? Prevent deterioration Yes No 2015 Are measures sufficient to achieve GES? Yes 2015/16 Achieve and maintain GES To assess effectiveness of measures Good EnvironmentalStatus (Art. 9) 2012 Identify cost-effective measures, in addition to existing measures (including MPAs) 2012 Assessment (Art. 8) Assess current status in relation to definition of GES Define / adapt definition of GES Environmental targets (Art. 10) Assess: current environmental status; pressures and impacts; uses and activities; costs of degradation Identify targets to improve and maintain environmental status 2014 2012 Monitoring programmes (Art. 11) To assess environmental status and distance to GES To assess progress with targets 1. MSFD implementation is under-pinned by information - reported for compliance checking (Commission) and state of the environment (EEA) needs – WISE-Marine

  5. 2. Information at each stage needs to link to other parts of MS marine strategies and in WISE-Marine Exceptions (Art. 14) Good EnvironmentalStatus (Art. 9) Assessment (Art. 8) Programme of measures (Art. 13) Competent Authorities (Art. 7) Monitoring programmes (Art. 11) Environmental targets (Art. 10)

  6. 3. Need to avoid double reporting, drawing upon reporting under other policies MSFD WFD International Conventions Integration across policies

  7. 4. RSCs becoming a key player in regional reports for MSFD Integration between MS, RSCs & EU Contracting Parties Regional Sea Conventions Convention obligations Similar objectives Similar data European Commission/ European Environment Agency Member States EU Directives RSCs

  8. 5. Complimentary integrated data and information to meet needs at each level – MS implementation, RSC objectives, EU compliance, EEA state of environment EU/EEA data & information RSC roof reports Finland Estonia Latvia Lithuania Poland Sweden Denmak Germany Netherlands Belgium UK Ireland Portugal France Spain Italy Mallta Slovenia Croatia Greece Cyprus Bulgaria Romania National marine strategies

  9. Draft MSFD regions map28 May 2014 6. Information linked to relevant geographic scales North East Atlantic Ocean region Baltic Sea region A. MSFD regions and subregions – GES determination, coherence, largest reporting scale Black Sea region Mediterranean Sea region

  10. B. MS marine waters – jurisdictional and administrative areas Water column + seabed Seabed only (continental shelf areas)

  11. C. Assessment and reporting areas (Art. 8) –> needs development: HELCOM nested system is a good model

  12. Good EnvironmentalStatus (Art. 9) Member State 7. Information and data needs to be synthisized for use at higher levels Assessment (Art. 8) Regional Sea Conventions European Commission European Environment Agency Environmental targets (Art. 10) Monitoring programmes (Art. 11) Programme of measures (Art. 13) Exceptions (Art. 14) Synthesize, summarise Competent Authorities (Art. 7) Push systems Pull systems - INSPIRE

  13. economic Socio- 8. How to organise the information benefits Art. 8(1c) CIS RSCs MS -CAs Management (Policies & Governance) Measures Monitoring Art. 8(1b) Framework for information system Art. 8(1a) Art. 8(1c) Ecosystem Art. 13+14 Environmental impacts service Art. 11 benefits

  14. 2. Information at each stage needs to link to other parts of MS marine strategies and in WISE-Marine Exceptions (Art. 14) Good EnvironmentalStatus (Art. 9) Assessment (Art. 8) Programme of measures (Art. 13) Competent Authorities (Art. 7) Monitoring programmes (Art. 11) Environmental targets (Art. 10)

  15. Main topic areas

  16. Outline information needs for EC/EEA A B C D E F G H I

  17. A Outline information needs for EC/EEA Pressure: Nutrient enrichment B C

  18. Outline information needs for EC/EEA D E C Pressure: Nutrient enrichment

  19. Outline information needs for EC/EEA H I F G Pressure: Nutrient enrichment

  20. Summary • Accommodate MSFD needs (compliance, SoE) • DPSIR framework • Developing marine information system to accommodate all elements of MSFD process • Make effective use of information from RSCs and other policies (Directives, CFP etc) • Start to define key information needed at EU level, what should sit at regional and national level

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