By Teresa Pastor, Project and Policy Development Manager at the EUROPARC Federation, Spain.

1. EUROPARC Webinar, 18th July 2017
Impact of human activity on fragile
marine ecosystems - an overview

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Mediterranean monk seal hunting

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Whaling

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Overexploitation
FAO - 75% of the major marine fish
stocks are either depleted,
overexploited or being fished
at their biological limit

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Damage to marine habitats

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Habitat loss & degradation

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Pollution
Plastic and micro-plastic debris Persistent chemical pollutants
Ship ballast water
discharges
Accidental oil spills
Sewage discharges
Eutrophisation => algal blooms

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Global change
Caulerpa taxifolia
Global warming
Invasive allien species

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Legal framework
at least 10% of the oceans and seas in the form of MARINE PROTECTED
AREAS by 2020.
Habitats and Birds Directives
Aichi target
INTERNATIONAL
EU
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2
Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD)
Natura 2000 network
1 2
MPAs network

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Marine Protected Areas

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European Charter Sustainable Tourism
good for Parks,
good for People

12. EUROPARC Webinar, 18th July 2017
• Case Study 1 – The underwater trail for disabled scuba divers
by Claudio Valerani, Cinque Terre National Park, Riomaggiore - La Spezia, Italy
• Case Study 2 – Management and promotion of sustainable tourism activities in
the MPAs around the Strait of Gibraltar
by Soledad Vivas, Agency of Environment and Water, Regional Government of
Andalucía, Spain