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Europe’s four regional seas (Baltic, Black, Mediterranean and NE Atlantic) have suffered severe environmental degradation due to human pressure. Existing measures to manage pressures have proven inadequate and the EC has responded by proposing a new policy (Maritime Strategy Blue Book) and environmental legislation (Marine Strategy Directive), both currently close to adoption. These instruments rely on the Ecosystem Approach, a management paradigm that encompasses humans and the supporting ecosystem. But the science base for this approach needs strengthening and practical tools must be developed and tested for policy implementation. In particular, criteria for assessing costs and benefits of management actions are poorly developed, particularly in the complex marine environment where multiple uses and management conflicts are common. The KnowSeas consortium will strengthen the science base for managing Europe’s seas through the practical application of systems thinking. It will work at the two scales envisaged for emergent EU policy: the Regional Sea Scale and Member State Economic Exclusive Zones (EEZs). We have developed a new approach of Decision Space Analysis to investigate mismatches of scale. Knowledge created through the FP6 European Lifestyles and Marine Ecosystems project, augmented with necessary new studies of climate effects, fisheries and maritime industries - in EEZ case studies - will provide a basis for assessing changes to natural systems and their human causes. New research will examine and model economic and social impacts of changes to ecosystem goods and services and costs and benefits of various management options available through existing and proposed policy instruments. Institutional and social analysis will determine conflicts of interest and examine governance as well as stakeholder values and perceptions. Our research will develop and test an assessment toolbox through regional liaison groups and a multisectoral Project Advisory Board.
Dziedzina nauki
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Zaproszenie do składania wniosków
FP7-ENV-2008-1
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System finansowania
CP-IP - Large-scale integrating projectKoordynator
PA37 1QA Dunbeg Oban
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27570 Bremerhaven
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10691 Stockholm
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00185 Roma
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28006 Madrid
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2629 HV Delft
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2301EE LEIDEN
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21502 Geesthacht
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SW1W 9NF London
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9901-862 Horta
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9000 Varna
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1011 JV AMSTERDAM
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35122 Padova
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2460-207 ALFEIZERAO
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06800 Ankara
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2027 Kjeller
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5230 Odense M
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81-332 Gdynia
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00790 Helsinki
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29238 BREST
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T12 YN60 Cork
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NR4 7TJ Norwich
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5020 Bergen
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30123 Venezia
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BA2 7AY Bath
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1081 HV Amsterdam
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41004 Sevilla
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1113 Sofia
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