Professor Mike Elliott Mike.Elliott@hull.ac.uk
Emeritus Professor of Estuarine and Coastal Sciences/ Research Professor, Institute of Estuarine and Coastal Studies
Force majeure: Will climate change affect our ability to attain Good Environmental Status for marine biodiversity?
Elliott, Michael; Borja, Ángel; McQuatters-Gollop, Abigail; Mazik, Krysia; Birchenough, Silvana; Andersen, Jesper H.; Painting, Suzanne; Peck, Myron
Authors
Ángel Borja
Abigail McQuatters-Gollop
Dr Krysia Mazik K.Mazik@hull.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer. Marine Biology
Silvana Birchenough
Jesper H. Andersen
Suzanne Painting
Myron Peck
Abstract
© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. The EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) requires that Good Environmental Status (GEnS), is achieved for European seas by 2020. These may deviate from GEnS, its 11 Descriptors, targets and baselines, due to endogenic managed pressures (from activities within an area) and externally due to exogenic unmanaged pressures (e.g. climate change). Conceptual models detail the likely or perceived changes expected on marine biodiversity and GEnS Descriptors in the light of climate change. We emphasise that marine management has to accommodate '. shifting baselines' caused by climate change particularly during GEnS monitoring, assessment and management and '. unbounded boundaries' given the migration and dispersal of highly-mobile species. We suggest climate change may prevent GEnS being met, but Member States may rebut legal challenges by claiming that this is outside its control, force majeure or due to 'natural causes' (Article 14 of the MSFD). The analysis is relevant to management of other global seas.
Citation
Elliott, M., Borja, Á., McQuatters-Gollop, A., Mazik, K., Birchenough, S., Andersen, J. H., Painting, S., & Peck, M. (2015). Force majeure: Will climate change affect our ability to attain Good Environmental Status for marine biodiversity?. Marine pollution bulletin, 95(1), 7-27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.03.015
Journal Article Type | Article |
---|---|
Acceptance Date | Mar 30, 2015 |
Publication Date | Jun 15, 2015 |
Deposit Date | Aug 6, 2018 |
Journal | Marine Pollution Bulletin |
Print ISSN | 0025-326X |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 95 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 7-27 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.03.015 |
Keywords | Marine Strategy Framework Directive; European; Legislation; Habitat management; Climate change; Oceans Acts |
Public URL | https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/532238 |
Publisher URL | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X15001472?via%3Dihub |
You might also like
Effect of Operational Wind-Turbine Vibration on Surface-Dwelling Invertebrates
(2023)
Book Chapter
Temperate Estuaries: Their Ecology Under Future Environmental Changes
(2019)
Book Chapter
Temperate Estuaries: their ecology under future environmental changes
(2019)
Book Chapter
Downloadable Citations
About Repository@Hull
Administrator e-mail: repository@hull.ac.uk
This application uses the following open-source libraries:
SheetJS Community Edition
Apache License Version 2.0 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/)
PDF.js
Apache License Version 2.0 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/)
Font Awesome
SIL OFL 1.1 (http://scripts.sil.org/OFL)
MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html)
CC BY 3.0 ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
Powered by Worktribe © 2024
Advanced Search