TY - JOUR
T1 - Coordination of pollution-related MSFD measures in the Mediterranean - where we stand now and insights for the future
AU - Gorjanc, Saso
AU - Klančniks, Katja
AU - Murillas-Mazas, Arantza
AU - Uyarras, Maria C
AU - Papadopoulou, Nadia K
AU - Paramana, Theodora
AU - Smith, Chris
AU - Chalkiadaki, Olga
AU - Dassenakis, Manos
AU - Peterlins, Monika
N1 - This work was supported by the European Commission DG Environment under grant agreement no 11.0661/2016/748067/SUB/ENV.C2–MEDCIS project (Support Mediterranean Member States towards coherent and Coordinated Implementation of the second phase of the MSFD).
PY - 2020/10
Y1 - 2020/10
N2 - Various pollutants keep threatening the environmental status of the Mediterranean Sea, while the Marine Strategy Framework Directive requires that Good Environmental Status needs to be achieved in European Seas by 2020. Previous reviews already established that the ambition levels of national Programmes of Measures (PoMs) are low. This study focuses on the analyses of the levels of coherence and coordination of the proposed PoMs in the Mediterranean, concentrating on nutrient, contaminant, and marine litter pollution, as well as the introduction of non-indigenous species. Coherence and pollinator analyses of the proposed measures of Mediterranean EU Member States (MS) were performed. The results demonstrate that while the current coordination between MS is almost non-existent, several measures are already addressing the same pressures in similar ways and could be easily coordinated on transnational level. Increased coordination and coherence of PoMs in the Mediterranean are vital for achieving good environmental status in future years.
AB - Various pollutants keep threatening the environmental status of the Mediterranean Sea, while the Marine Strategy Framework Directive requires that Good Environmental Status needs to be achieved in European Seas by 2020. Previous reviews already established that the ambition levels of national Programmes of Measures (PoMs) are low. This study focuses on the analyses of the levels of coherence and coordination of the proposed PoMs in the Mediterranean, concentrating on nutrient, contaminant, and marine litter pollution, as well as the introduction of non-indigenous species. Coherence and pollinator analyses of the proposed measures of Mediterranean EU Member States (MS) were performed. The results demonstrate that while the current coordination between MS is almost non-existent, several measures are already addressing the same pressures in similar ways and could be easily coordinated on transnational level. Increased coordination and coherence of PoMs in the Mediterranean are vital for achieving good environmental status in future years.
U2 - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111476
DO - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111476
M3 - Article
SN - 0025-326X
VL - 159
JO - Marine Pollution Bulletin
JF - Marine Pollution Bulletin
M1 - 111476
ER -
