Environment sector in Sweden within the project BalticSCOPE www.balticscope.eu * The information presented is the working exercise of the cross-border maritime spatial planning discussions and can not be treated as the official opinion of the European Commission and the Member States involved in the consortium of the Baltic SCOPE project.

1. Marine environment– conditions &
characteristics for Sweden
Planners meeting 24-25 August 2015
Central Baltic case
Jan Schmidtbauer Crona
jan.schmidtbauer.cronal@havochvatten.se

2. Background
• Far from Good Environmental Status
Have to make things better  Promote
environmental protection in MSP
• CBD- 1992
• Ecosystem Approach CBD
• 16 National Environmental Quality Objectives
• Committed to protect 10 percent of valuable marine areas by 2020
• Connected representative and efficiently managed network
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Current Marine Protected
Areas

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5. National interests of
conservation
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6. Representativeness/
Future needs
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7. Nature conservation/
Ecosystem Approach
• Existing area protected 6,5%
• Goal: another 5700 km2 protected marine areas 2020 =
10%
• Qualitative target: ecological representative MPA network
and connectivity
• Sustainable use also in areas not protected
• Cumulative aspects to be considered

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10. Current mapped marine areas
Aquabiota Water Research 2015
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11. Upcoming issues
• Agency internal cooperation MPA-MSP
• National Strategy for MPA development
• National marin mapping plan
• Test Green Infrastructure concept at region level
• Develop Ecosystem Services Approach in MSP
• Develop and test Cumulative Effects Assessment
Possible Central Baltic issues:
• Coordinate MPA-dev.
• Make a presentation/report of the national Green Infrastructure method?
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