Coastal and Marine Environment Protection
International Roundtable on Protection and Sustainable Use of Trans-boundary Waters in South East Europe, 15-16 December 2011, Zagreb, Croatia
Meeting at the North American Wildlife & Natural Resources Conference in Denver, CO Thursday, March 13, the National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative (NBCI) Management Board, comprised of the wildlife agency directors or their surrogates from 25 states, voted to approve the first significant addition to the 2011 national restoration plan for bobwhite quail.
The board put its stamp on the NBCI Coordinated Implementation Plan (CIP), a specific methodology for coordinated, state-level implementation of the national strategy for landscape-scale restoration of bobwhites. And the plan’s benefits will extend well beyond bobwhites, to include grassland birds, pollinators, soil health, and water quality.
Keynote presentation at HydroMedIT, Volos Nov 2018. Exploration of rationale for, and science approach required, for ecosystem based fisheries management
The report "Development of a Maritime Spatial Plan: The Latvian Recipe" is a draft for the maritime spatial plan for the Republic of Latvia. It describes the methodology used in it to include the internal and territorial waters and Exclusive Economic Zone in the Maritime Spatial Planning.
During the process, certain priorities took shape: four sector-based and two cross-cutting. The sectors were maritime transport, fishery, tourism and production of renewable energy, while the cross-cutting included environment and state security.
www.balticscope.eu
Marine Knowledge Meeting, 11-12 Oct 2012, Brussels: JPI Healthy and Productiv...saragara3
Rudy Herman, Flemish Government of Belgium and Angell-Hansen Katherine, JPI Oceans - The Research Council of Norway, gave the presentation: JPI Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans - A New Frontier at the Marine Knowledge All Projects meeting held on the 11-12 October 2012 in Brussels.
Cross-border cooperation in the Celtic Sea area and intended activities of the SIMCelt project by Joseph Ansong Onwona and Celia Le Lievre, Marine and Renewable Energy Ireland Centre, University College Cork at the workshop 'Past two years all over the Europe: case studies (part 2)' at the 2nd Baltic Maritime Spatial Planning Forum in Riga, Latvia on 23-24 November 2016 (the final conference of the Baltic SCOPE collaboration).
Video and other presentations - www.balticscope.eu
www.vasab.org
International Cooperation in Water Management and Pollution Control in the Da...Iwl Pcu
The Danube River Basin,a cultural and historical centre of Europe. The Danube River Protection Convention is a legal frame for co-operation to assure the protection of water and ecological resources and their sustainable use in the Danube River Basin.
Coastal and Marine Environment Protection
International Roundtable on Protection and Sustainable Use of Trans-boundary Waters in South East Europe, 15-16 December 2011, Zagreb, Croatia
Meeting at the North American Wildlife & Natural Resources Conference in Denver, CO Thursday, March 13, the National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative (NBCI) Management Board, comprised of the wildlife agency directors or their surrogates from 25 states, voted to approve the first significant addition to the 2011 national restoration plan for bobwhite quail.
The board put its stamp on the NBCI Coordinated Implementation Plan (CIP), a specific methodology for coordinated, state-level implementation of the national strategy for landscape-scale restoration of bobwhites. And the plan’s benefits will extend well beyond bobwhites, to include grassland birds, pollinators, soil health, and water quality.
Keynote presentation at HydroMedIT, Volos Nov 2018. Exploration of rationale for, and science approach required, for ecosystem based fisheries management
The report "Development of a Maritime Spatial Plan: The Latvian Recipe" is a draft for the maritime spatial plan for the Republic of Latvia. It describes the methodology used in it to include the internal and territorial waters and Exclusive Economic Zone in the Maritime Spatial Planning.
During the process, certain priorities took shape: four sector-based and two cross-cutting. The sectors were maritime transport, fishery, tourism and production of renewable energy, while the cross-cutting included environment and state security.
www.balticscope.eu
Marine Knowledge Meeting, 11-12 Oct 2012, Brussels: JPI Healthy and Productiv...saragara3
Rudy Herman, Flemish Government of Belgium and Angell-Hansen Katherine, JPI Oceans - The Research Council of Norway, gave the presentation: JPI Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans - A New Frontier at the Marine Knowledge All Projects meeting held on the 11-12 October 2012 in Brussels.
Cross-border cooperation in the Celtic Sea area and intended activities of the SIMCelt project by Joseph Ansong Onwona and Celia Le Lievre, Marine and Renewable Energy Ireland Centre, University College Cork at the workshop 'Past two years all over the Europe: case studies (part 2)' at the 2nd Baltic Maritime Spatial Planning Forum in Riga, Latvia on 23-24 November 2016 (the final conference of the Baltic SCOPE collaboration).
Video and other presentations - www.balticscope.eu
www.vasab.org
International Cooperation in Water Management and Pollution Control in the Da...Iwl Pcu
The Danube River Basin,a cultural and historical centre of Europe. The Danube River Protection Convention is a legal frame for co-operation to assure the protection of water and ecological resources and their sustainable use in the Danube River Basin.
Integrated management and sustainable development of ecosystems and environmental living and non-living resources is a major challenge for governments. Their decision making, planning, and policy development, on local, national, regional and world-wide scales require a solid base of updated, complete and reliable data on environment and ecosystems, including biodiversity, and needs to comply with strict conditions with respect to quality, consistency and continuity.Currently, monitoring of environment and ecosystems is mostly irregular and scattered, covers a wide range of purposes, designs and needs, and almost always depends on the availability of external project funding. Furthermore, access to existing data and its integration over time and space, is difficult for various reasons, such as the reluctance to share data, and the fact that different methods and technologies are being used for measurements and observations.
In this paper, the focus is on the process of boundary construction between science and policy in the domain of fisheries management. The implemention of the precautionary approach within the ICES advisory framework was initiated in the mid 1990s and resulted in a system of biological reference points that were intended to guide biological advice and fisheries management. This meant that the precautionary approach came to be a boundary ordering device between science and policy. The ICES interpretation of the precautionary approach meant the pre-existing advisory framework could be slightly amended to include the new “requirements”. The discussion about the so-called “limit reference points” and “precautionary reference points” clearly illustrates how these concepts where intended to divide responsibilities between science and policy. Nevertheless, the introduction of the precautionary approach resulted in a shift of policy responsibility into the scientific realm. The interests and positions of management authorities and stakeholders were often pre-judged in the process of defining precautionary reference points. The lack of transparency about the the scientific basis of precautionary reference points has contributed to a detoriation of credibility of scientific advice on fisheries management.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
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GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
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The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
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Bob Boule
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Gopinath Rebala
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The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
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In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
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DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
14. Regional Global
Conventions treaties
DGs
DGs
DGs
European European European Court of
Council Commission Parliament Justice
Committees
NGOs
Member
States
Research
Sectors
(industry)
Regions
15. Marine policy domains
Integrated Common
Maritime Policy Fisheries Policy
(IMP) (CFP)
Marine Strategy
Framework
Natura2000
Directive
(MSFD)
Water
Labour Spatial Framework
Transport Energy Regions
conditions planning
Directive
16. Integrated Maritime Policy (IMP)
• DG MARE „Communication‟
• Vision, not law
• “policy framework that will allow
for the optimal development of all
sea-related activities in a
sustainable manner”
• Action: marine spatial planning,
coordinating research, ...
• No direct effects on Member
States
17. Common Fisheries Policy (CFP)
• DG MARE „Regulation‟
• EU competentence
• GVB 1982, 1992, 2002, 2012 (?)
• Aim: sustainable fisheries
• Member States implement EU
policy
• Pillars
– Conservation
– Structure
– Market
– International
19. Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD)
Kaderrichtlijn Mariene Strategie (KRM)
• DG ENV „Directive‟
• Aim for 2020:
– Good Environmental Status (GES)
• Member States need to develop
regulations
• Regional coordiantion
• 11 descriptors (themes) with
indicators
• Measures via other policy
domains (e.g. CFP)
26. MSFD and institutional ambiguity
1. Establishment of marine regions (who
has competence and authority)
2. A framework directive vis-a-vis other
(common) marine policies and directives
(Member States in charge?)
28. Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD)
Kaderrichtlijn Mariene Strategie (KRM)
• DG ENV „Directive‟
• Aim for 2020:
– Good Environmental Status (GES)
• Regional coordination
• 11 descriptors (themes) with
indicators
• Member States need to develop
regulations
• Measures via other policy
domains (e.g. CFP)
29. Status of the directives
• MSFD
– Commitment for actions
• WFD (Water Framework Directive)
– Commitment for results
31. MSFD „speak‟
Good Environmental Status Environmental status of marine waters where
these provide ecologically diverse and dynamic
oceans and seas which are clean, healthy and
productive ....
Descriptor Qualitative descriptors for determining good
environmental status; i.e. themes
Indicator Operationalizing descriptors; things you can
„measure‟
Target Target value for an indicator
Measure Means to change the system and achieve
targets
32. MSFD: what came before?
2008
2008
Request for scientific
MSFD agreed
advice to ICES/JRC
2010
ICES/JRC specify indicators
and potential targets
2012 July 2010
National Initial EC: criteria and
Assessments standards
33. NL Initial Assessment
Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Milieu. 2012.
Ontwerp Mariene Strategie voor het Nederlandse deel van de Noordzee 2012-2020.
34. Stakeholder involvement
• Varying involvement
• Shipping, Oil&gas, Wind energy, NGOs
actively involved
• Fisheries and Tourism limited involvement
Ounanian, K., Delaney, A., Raakjær, J., and Ramirez-Monsalve, P. 2012. On unequal footing: Stakeholder
perspectives on the marine strategy framework directive as a mechanism of the ecosystem-based approach to
marine management. Marine Policy, 36: 658-666.
35. Policy involvement
• Common Implementation Strategy (CIS)
– Marine Environmental Policy Makers from
Member States.
36. MSFD = management by indicator
• Science:
– Defining good environmental status
– Defining indicators
• Policy
– Selecting indicators
– Getting the indicator at the right level
• Stakeholders
– Comment on proposals
37. Governance aspects of MSFD
• Command-and-control policy
• Regional coordination (new!)
• Emphasis on ecological targets
• Integration limited
• Instrumental participation process
(reflecting not shaping)
39. Baltic Sea: HELCOM
• Helsinki Convention
• 8 EU Member States
+ Russia
• Baltic Sea Action Plan
(2007)
– Eutrophication
– Biodiversity
– Maritime activities
– Hazardous substances
40. HELCOM coordination of MSFD
• Strong link between Baltic Sea Action Plan
and MSFD
• Low institutional ambiguity
41. North Sea: OSPAR
• 1992 Oslo Paris
convention
• 2010 Northeast Atlantic
Environmental Strategy
– Biodiversity
– Eutrophication
– Oil and Gas
– Radiation
– Integrated management
42. OSPAR coordination of MSFD?
• OSPAR adapted to MSFD requirements
• Different implementation phases in
Member States
• Institutional ambiguity
– OSPAR vs. Member States
– Who deals with what topics?
43. Mediterranean Sea:
Barcelona convention
• Many non-EU countries
• 2008 Mediterranean
Action Plan (MAP)
– Ecosystem approach
– 7 steps
• No formal link to MSFD
44. Barcelona Convention and MSFD?
• Substantial Institutional Ambiguity
• Many non-EU countries
• Will MAP be adapted to MSFD?
• Will EU-regional coordination develop?
45. Black Sea: Bucharest Convention
• 1992 Convention
• 1996 Strategic Action
Plan
• 2009 new Strategic
Action Plan
– Ecosystem approach
• No references to
MSFD
46. Bucharest Convention and MSFD?
• Many non-EU countries
• Will the Convention be coordinating?
• Role still needs to be decided / developed
47. Comparing Regional
Conventions
EU countries Mismatch with Institutional
GES objectives Ambiguity
HELCOM Majority Low Low
OSPAR Majority Low Low-moderate
Barcelona Minority Moderate High
Bucharest minority High Moderate
Van Leeuwen, J., Van Hoof, L. J. W., and Van Tatenhove, J. 2012. Institutional ambiguity in implementing the
European Union Marine Strategy Framework Directive. Marine Policy, 36: 636-643.
50. Marine policy domains
Integrated Common
Maritime Policy Fisheries Policy
(IMP) (CFP)
Marine Strategy
Framework
Natura2000
Directive
(MSFD)
Water
Labour Spatial Framework
Transport Energy Regions
conditions planning
Directive