Ángel Borja
Marine management - Towards an integrated implementation of the European marine strategy framework and the water framework directives
Borja, Ángel; Elliott, Mike; Carstensen, Jacob; Heiskanen, Anna Stiina; van de Bund, Wouter
Authors
Professor Mike Elliott Mike.Elliott@hull.ac.uk
Emeritus Professor of Estuarine and Coastal Sciences/ Research Professor, Institute of Estuarine and Coastal Studies
Jacob Carstensen
Anna Stiina Heiskanen
Wouter van de Bund
Abstract
Through implementing environmental Directives, Europe has moved towards coordinated and integrated catchment-to-coast management, following the most novel legislation on ecosystem-based approaches worldwide. The novel joint synthesis of this direction reviewed here allows us to regard the Water Framework Directive (WFD) as a '. deconstructing structural approach' whereas the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) is a '. holistic functional approach', i.e. the WFD has split the ecosystem into several biological quality elements, then it compares the structure of these (such as species complement) individually before combining them and attempting to determine the overall condition. In contrast the MSFD concentrates on the set of 11 descriptors which together summarize the way in which the whole system functions. We emphasize that both Directives are frameworks on which many other directives are linked but that they need to be fully and seamlessly integrated to give a land to open sea system of assessment and management. Hence, by taking account of the experience gained in the WFD implementation, together with that from regional sea conventions, such as OSPAR (North East Atlantic) or HELCOM (Baltic Sea), we propose in this contribution an integrative approach for the environmental status assessment, within the MSFD. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd.
Citation
Borja, Á., Elliott, M., Carstensen, J., Heiskanen, A. S., & van de Bund, W. (2010). Marine management - Towards an integrated implementation of the European marine strategy framework and the water framework directives. Marine pollution bulletin, 60(12), 2175-2186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.09.026
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Online Publication Date | Oct 20, 2010 |
Publication Date | Dec 1, 2010 |
Deposit Date | Jun 1, 2022 |
Journal | Marine Pollution Bulletin |
Print ISSN | 0025-326X |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 60 |
Issue | 12 |
Pages | 2175-2186 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.09.026 |
Public URL | https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/532602 |
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