The document discusses the ecosystem approach in maritime spatial planning. The ecosystem approach focuses on preserving marine ecosystem structure and function, maintaining ecosystem services to support human needs, and providing spatial solutions for human activities that are compatible with achieving good environmental status and allowing ecosystems to adapt to human changes. It then lists questions that the ecosystem approach in maritime spatial planning should seek to answer, such as how best knowledge and practices are being applied, how ecosystem services and alternatives are being included, and how adaptation, participation and coherence across levels are being considered.

1. Jan Schmidtbauer Crona
jan.schmidtbauer.crona@havochvatten.se
The Ecosystem
Approach
in Maritime Spatial
Planning
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IT MAKES
A DIFFERENCE

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The Ecosystem Approach in MSP is a holistic approach
with focus on:
• preserving/restoring (structure and functioning of)
marine ecosystems;
• maintaining ecosystem services to support human
needs;
• providing spatial solutions for management of
human activities in a way that is compatible with
achievement of good environmental status and the
capacity of marine ecosystems to respond to human-
induced changes.

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1. Ecosystem Approach
in MSP - general checklist
2. Planning support
checklists
3. SEA-Checklist

5. 1. Ecosystem Approach
in MSP - general checklist
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Questions to answer
Environmental objective Do spatial solutions support the achievement and/or contribute to maintain
good environmental status?
Best knowledge and practice How is best knowledge and practice applied in planning?
Identification of ecosystem services How have ecosystem services been included in planning?
Precaution How is the precautionary principle considered in planning?
Alternative development How are alternatives used in planning?

6. Questions to answer
Mitigation How is mitigation applied in planning?
Relational understanding How is a holistic systems perspective created in planning?
Participation and communication How is participation and communication provided for in planning?
Subsidiarity and coherence How is the subsidarity aspect and coherence between levels considered in
planning?
Adaptation How is adaptation considered in planning?
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