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Part-financed by the European Union(European Regional Development Fund)
Pan-Baltic stakeholder workshop on
The role of Maritime Spatial The role of Maritime Spatial Planning as a management tool for Planning as a management tool for
Nature ProtectionNature ProtectionRiga, 31st Oct - 1st Nov 2013
E.Veidemane, LIAEPalanga, 2 December, 2013
Participants at the workshop - 42:
Partners: 23Other institutions: 19
• Session 1: Principles for sustainable management of human activities in marine space
• Session 2: Nature Conservation and Network of marine protected areas
• Session 3: MSP as tool for achievement of good environmental status of the Baltic Sea
• Session 4: Case studies on management of sea use impact by application of MSP
– Ecosystem approach in MSP for achieving GES– Common Vision from BaltSeaPlan
– A coherent network of well managed BSPAs - one cornerstone in ecosystem based marine spatial planning
– Baltic Sea Protection Areas and Nature2000– Connectivity and blue corridors
– Role of MSP to achieve environmental objectives and targets
– Baltic Sea Action Plan in MSP context– Resilience and limits of environment
– GORWIND - modeling experience in Gulf of Riga – COEXIST - Interaction in European coastal waters - case
study: Baltic Sea – Choosing conservation objectives in relation to achieving
GES (Belgian experience)
Key findings:
“Guidelines on the application of Ecosystem Approach in transnationally coherent MSP” - is very welcome! Spatially relevant ecological information is an essential need.MSP is important tool for nature conservation, but MSP is not a tool for designating MPA! Co-existing uses are required by MPA's management plansCoverage of BSPA's in the EEZ (4.6%) should be improved.MSFD descriptors directly could be applied in MSP process as an objective as well as tool for monitoring