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For the attention of DG Environment and DG Research, the UNEP MAP Coordinating
Unit, the RAC/SPA, the MAP and SPA National Focal Points, the Governments of the Adriatic
Countries
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM
THE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP “TOWARDS
A REPRESENTATIVE NETWORK OF MARINE
PROTECTED AREAS IN THE ADRIATIC”
held in Piran, Slovenia, 28th and 29th October 2010
Taking into account the “Regional Working Programme for the Coastal and Marine
Protected Areas in the Mediterranean including the High Sea”, adopted by the Contracting
Parties to the Barcelona Convention during their last Meeting in Marrakech in November
2009, the 2012 target was adopted within the framework of the Convention on Biological
Diversity as well as within the environmental policy of the European Union.
The participants to the international workshop “Towards a representative network of MPAs
in the Adriatic”, through their interventions and discussions, agreed on the following:
The current situation of MPAs in the Adriatic (Mediterranean) is unsatisfactory in terms
of their representativity and management.
The MPA agenda is progressing too slowly to be able to accomplish the goal of protecting
the region’s biodiversity in order to halt and reverse degradation effectively.
An evaluation at the national level of the status, the representativity and the effectiveness of
the marine and coastal protected areas should be carried out throughout the Adriatic countries
as soon as possible. National strategies that aim to ensure conservation for all types of marine
biodiversity, including resources, should be elaborated, ensuring also that appropriate human
and financial resources are made available to protected areas so they can meet their goals.
An ad hoc multi-disciplinary working group of experts should be set up that would:
– take stock of existing habitat inventorying and/or mapping initiatives in the area;
– initiate studies on connectivity throughout the Adriatic (habitat mapping, tagging, genetics
etc.) and agree on a common assessment methodology and on a monitoring plan that could
be conducted on a regular basis,
– use a precautionary approach when data limitation cannot be overcome within an
appropriate time frame;
– identify missing scientific information concerning EBSAs and propose ways and means to
secure this missing information, and
– based on the EBSA defined in the Adriatic, and the findings of the relevant recent
investigations, further develop the identification of marine areas that could be proposed
as SPAMIs.
The relevant organizations such as RAC/SPA, IUCN, WWF, etc. are invited to provide
support and facilitate the setting up of this working group as well as the progress of the work.
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Conclusions and recommendations ...
The administrative and legal constraints to the establishment of SPAMIs in areas beyond
the territorial waters, including deep waters, should be identified.
Based on the national strategies and regularly updated with newly achieved scientific
information, a sub regional (Adriatic) strategy with the aim to ensure conservation for all types
of marine habitats in the Adriatic should be elaborated and implemented through existing or
newly developed frameworks.
Beside the development of a representative network of MPAs, it is of uttermost importance
in terms of conservation that the national strategies, as well as the regional one, focus also on
a better governance system outside MPAs. In this context, the EU Integrated Maritime Policy,
in particular Marine Spatial Planning (MSP), has the potential to help further integrating
the MPAs with the other sea uses. Identification, design and effective management of MPAs
should be included as a priority in the process of Marine Spatial Planning.
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V vednost naslednjih inštitucij:
DG Environment in DG Research, UNEP MAP Coordinating Unit, RAC/SPA, MAP in
SPA National Focal Points, vlade jadranskih držav
ZAKLJUČKI IN PRIPOROČILA Z MEDNARODNE DELAVNICE
“OBLIKOVANJE REPREZENTATIVNE MREŽE MORSKIH
ZAVAROVANIH OBMOČIJ V JADRANSKEM MORJU”,
ki je potekala 28. in 29. oktobra 2010 v Piranu
Upoštevaje “Regionalni delovni program za obrežna in morska zavarovana območja v
Sredozemlju, vključno z odprtim morjem”, ki so ga sprejele države podpisnice Barcelonske
konvencije na svojem 9. rednem srečanju, ki je potekalo novembra 2009 v Marakešu, so bili
začrtani cilji 2012 v okviru Konvencije o biotski pestrosti in tudi v okviru okoljske politike
Evropske unije.
Udeleženci delavnice “Oblikovanje reprezentativne mreže morskih zavarovanih območij v
Jadranu” so se med razpravami strinjali o naslednjem:
Trenutno stanje morskih zavarovanih območij je nezadovoljivo glede na njihovo upravljanje
in reprezentativnost.
Program morskih zavarovanih območij poteka prepočasi, da bi lahko dosegli zastavljeni cilj
zaščite biotske raznovrstnosti v regiji in učinkovito zaustavili proces degradacije okolja.
V vseh jadranskih državah bi morali na nacionalni ravni kar najhitreje opraviti oceno stanja,
reprezentativnosti in učinkovitosti morskih in obrežnih zavarovanih območij. Pripraviti bi
morali nacionalne strategije, ki naj bi zagotovile ohranitev vseh tipov morske biotske pestrosti,
vključno z naravnimi viri, in zagotoviti vse ustrezne človeške in finančne vire za zavarovana
območja, če želimo doseči zastavljene cilje.
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V ta namen bi morala biti ustanovljena multidisciplinarna delovna skupina izvedencev, ki bi:
popisala obstoječe habitate in pobude v območju;
spodbudila študije o povezanosti prek celega Jadrana (kartiranje habitatov, obročkanje,
genetika itd.) in se dogovoriti o skupni metodologiji ocenjevanja kot tudi o načrtu
monitoringa, ki bi ga lahko izpeljali na redni osnovi,
uporabiti varnostni pristop, kadar omejitve podatkov ni mogoče premagati v ustreznem
časovnem okviru;
opredeliti manjkajoče znanstvene podatke glede EBSA (ecologically and biologically
significant areas )in predlagati načine, kako zagotoviti manjkajoče podatke, in
na osnovi EBSA, opredeljenih v Jadranu, in ugotovitev nedavnih pomembnejših raziskovanj
nadalje razviti identifikacijo morskih območij, ki bi jih lahko predlagali kot sredozemsko
pomembna posebna območja varstva (SPAMI - Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean
Importance).
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Zaključki in priporočila ...
Za podporo in pomoč pri ustanavljanju te delovne skupine in njenem delu so vljudno
vabljene pomembne organizacije, kot so RAC/SPA, IUCN in WWF.
Identificirane bi morali biti administrativne in pravne ovire pri ustanavljanju SPAMI-jev v
območjih onkraj teritorialnih voda, vključno z globokomorskimi območji.
Na osnovi nacionalnih strategij, redno “posodobljenih” z na novo doseženimi znanstvenimi
informacijami, bi bilo treba z namenom, da se zagotovi zaščita za vse tipe morskih habitatov v
Jadranu, pripraviti in tudi uresničiti subregionalno (jadransko) strategijo znotraj že obstoječih
ali na novo razvitih okvirov.
Poleg razvoja reprezentativne mreže morskih zavarovanih območij je v naravovarstvenem
pogledu nadvse pomembno, da se nacionalne strategije (in regijska) osredotočijo tudi na boljše
upravljanje sistema zunaj morskih zavarovanih območij. V tem kontekstu ima enotna morska
politika Evropske unije (EU Integrated Maritime Policy) , še posebej pa morsko prostorsko
načrtovanje (Marine Spatial Planning - MSP), vse možnosti, da pomaga pri nadaljnjem
združevanju morskih zavarovanih območij z drugimi rabami morja. V proces morskega
prostorskega načrtovanja bi morali prednostno vključiti opredelitev, označevanje in učinkovito
upravljanje morskih zavarovanih območij.