Download Marine/coastal Chapter WG on Environmental Monitoring and

EEA 2007 Belgrade Report:
Marine/coastal Chapter
WG on Environmental Monitoring and
Assessment
Geneva, November 27 – 29
Peter Kristensen
EEA, Topic Centre on
water
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Eva Royo Gelabert
EEA, Project Manager
Marine assessments
Seas and coasts included
• North East Atlantic Ocean (North Sea,
Celtic-Biscay Shelf, Iberian Coastal)
• Baltic Sea
• Black Sea (& Sea of Azov)
• Mediterranean Sea
• Norwegian Sea
• Russian Arctic
• Barents Sea (& White Sea)
• Caspian Sea
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Environmental and other issues
covered
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6.
7.
Eutrophication
Fisheries and
aquaculture
Pollution from
hazardous substances
(& box on
radionuclides)
Oil pollution
Invasive alien species
Coastal zones
Climate change
8.
Policies and governance
3.
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Russian translation
Current situation
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Marine environmental
protection (and Maritime
policy) high in EU agenda
(But) EECCA
environmental strategy
does not give it so much
importance
(Therefore) High
importance given to the
sea in Report anyway
(Nevertheless) Chapter
was MUCH longer but has
been cut
It is still TOO LONG!!
We cannot add new text
unless we remove
something from the
existing text first
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Russian translation
Questions 1 (general)
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Structure: Are issues
the right ones?
(Key messages: Are
the key messages
complete and
adequate?) UNDER
DEVELOPMENT
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Length and
relevance: Where to
cut?
Graphs and tables:
Difficult to
read/understand?
Inaccuracies and
outdated
information: Where?
Use the commenting
tool http://belgrade-
consultation.ewindows.eu.
org/reports/rep285401
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Russian translation
Questions 2 (data)
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Fishing in European
seas: Data from Russian
Arctic Sea, Black Sea and
Caspian Seas over (20042006)?
Pollution and water
quality: Data for
Eutrophication, Hazardous
substances, and Oil
(2004-2006)?
Draft conclussions NGO
meeting
increase in the level of
Caspian sea may cause
possible flooding of
contaminated sites, a few
sentences can be added to
reflect the issue.
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Russian translation
Significance of issues in EECCArelated seas: Now and in the future
1. Eutrophication: Baltic, Black and Caspian seas
2. Fisheries and aquaculture:Barents, Black and Caspian
seas
3. Pollution from hazardous substances (& box on
radionuclides): Russian Arctic and Barents Sea
4. Oil pollution: Russian Arctic and Barents, Black and
Caspian seas
5. Invasive alien species: (Baltic, Barents), Black and
Caspian seas
6. Coastal zones: Black and Caspian seas
7. Climate change: Big threat everywhere, more in the Arctic
(= Russian Arctic, Barents Sea)
8. Policies and governance: Poor in EECCA generally
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