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