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Roadmap for participatory environmental assessment

Marine ecosystem services. Assessment and valuation in support environnemental management

Marine ecosystem services. Assessment and valuation in support environnemental management

Coastal Systems Approach Framework

The Ocean and Me

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Lesson 22. Monitoring outcomes

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Lesson 21. Communicating outputs

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Lesson 20. Beware of ‘ready-made’ and of ‘Integronsters’

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Lesson 19. Walking all the way together

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Lesson 18. Due consideration to the social dimension

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Lesson 17. Mind the links

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Lesson 16. What do we call an assessment

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Lesson 15. Manage data gaps

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Lesson 14. Consider different cognitive channels

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Lesson 13. Structure knowledge in its key dimensions

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Lesson 12. Respect all knowledge

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Lesson 11. Celebrate the process

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Danube Delta

The Romanian Black Sea coast is the area most subject to freshwater flows, with the river loads of the Danube (Danube delta) contributing significantly to the degradation of the coastal ecosystem.
Stelios Zacharias

Izmit Bay

Although the Dilderesi river and the eastern canal are the main freshwater inputs to the bay, they both carry polluted water from surrounding industries, settlements and agricultural areas.

Thermaikos Gulf

Following a major change in the Gulf's natural environment, mussel production has declined, with socio-economic effects for the local population.
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Venice Lagoon

The presence of industrial and port activities, as well as increasing human pressures and intensive agriculture in the watershed, have highlighted the problem of eutrophication and pollution of water and sediments.
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Taranto Mare Piccolo

Numerous activities can cause unsustainable forcing in this site, including urbanization and industrial waste, intensive aquaculture and agriculture, and unresolved conflicts of use.
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Thau Lagoon

Most activities are potentially responsible for environmental pressure. The project involves the implementation of an initial integrated management plan (SMVM).
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Barcelona Coast

During rainy events, the coast is affected by urban storm drains, in addition to rivers. Projects are needed to reduce or avoid the problem.
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Guadiana Estuary

Agriculture involving eutrophication, aquaculture with effluent impacts, tourism and recreation generating habitat destruction, fishing leading to border conflicts.

Pertuis Charentais

Establishment of a “coastal water management plan” (SMVM) equivalent to the “terrestrial” plan, and negotiation procedures for freshwater management.
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Scheldt Delta

How to achieve truly sustainable development for the region: striking a balance between regional economic development, social well-being and the restoration of ecological values.
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Cork Harbour

Tourism, marine heritage, fishing and waste management are other key human activities associated with the port.
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Clyde Sea

Consequences for fishing and aquaculture of increased recreational boating activity. The role of marine protected areas in improving fishing and conservation. The consequences for the ecosystem of reducing wastewater inputs.
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Søndeled

There are cod fisheries in the fjord, and the shallow areas where eelgrass grows are important nursery grounds . In the Kranfjorden, chemical pollution of the sediment originates from the former wood-processing industry.
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Limfjord

A policy of increasing production through mussel farming has been implemented. A new land use policy is currently being proposed to redistribute land use according to watershed characteristics and the risks of runoff and nutrient leakage.
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Himmerfjärden

The estuary is strongly impacted by an intensive blue mussel commercial fishery causing habitat changes and heavy eutrophication resulting in frequent oxygen depletion events. The fjord is used for ship transport from the North Sea to the Kattegat and viceversa and water-related recreational activity.
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Oder Estuary

Human activities include tourism, agriculture, fishing and shipping. Impacts include eutrophication, nutrient loading, biochemical pollution, habitat destruction and loss of biodiversity.

Gulf of Gdansk

Impact of changes in land use and agriculture in the coastal zone and Vistula watershed on coastal water quality.
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Gulf of Riga

Human activities impacting the area include industry, agriculture, fishing and other sources.

Sustainable seafood

Sustainable fish and seafood? Understand in a few clicks the stakes of the seafood market in the European Union, the activities and the possibilities for action.

The wake-up call

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Micro plastics and their effects on marine organisms

40% of plastic production is dedicated to food packaging, for an average use of only a few minutes. Portrait serie
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Plastic is now found everywhere

Durable, malleable, cheap, plastic is now foundeverywhere. Portrait: Julien Guerrero
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Lesson 10. Communicate inside and outside the stakeholder forum

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Lesson 09. Build a common language

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Lesson 08. From stance to sharing positive experiences

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Lesson 07. Facilitation requires skills

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Lesson 06. Ground the assessment in the participation culture of the territory

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Lesson 05. Keep in step with the phasing

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Lesson 04. Participatory assessment is a social process

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Lesson 02. Integrate transdisciplinarity and participatory processes in academic research

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Lesson 01. Ensure shared leadership between science and management

In most cases, the initiative for participatory assessment comes from science, because of increasingly project - and policy-oriented research funding. The risk is that science imposes its own agenda and perspective, making managers feel that they are being instrumentalised.
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Step 15. Celebrate

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Why do we build scenarios?

The scenario building process can take several months but can be longer or shorter depending on the methodologies chosen, resources available and the required level of stakeholder participation
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Natural capital project InVEST

InVEST (Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade-offs) is a framework of “open source” models for mapping and valuing ecosystem services developed by Natural Capital Project.

The triage process

The triage process consists of carrying out steps to decide which assessment to carry out for which purpose and in which context
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What are scenarios?

Scenarios are a proven tool and one that produces results. The method is simple in that it invites the ‘audience’ to react to a plausible set of future events.
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Visualisation and communication

Communicating the concepts of ecosystem services and valuation will require different techniques and tools depending on the target audience.

Stated preferences: Choice experiment

Choice experiment may help to reveal people preferences for ecosystem services

Multi-criteria analysis

Multi-criteria analysis techniques are often used to support decision making as they provide a formal framework
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Habitat mapping: the EUNIS nomenclature

The European Nature Information System (EUNIS) habitat classification is a pan-European system, which covers all types of natural and artificial habitats, both aquatic and terrestrial

Synopsis platform

The SYNOPSIS platforms are organised around four main axes: Context knowledge, Conceptual models, Assessments and models, Scenarios

RUG

The Resources or Ecosystem Services/Uses/Governance (RUG) view of the system is an operational approach, based on system thinking, social-ecological systems, stemming from different operational management approaches

DPSIR assessment

The DPSIR framework has been adopted by the European Environment Agency. It is a general framework for organising information about state of the environment.

Couesnon river catchment

Major ecological concerns include the impact of intensive farming practices on all ecosystem functions: inputs of nitrogen and pesticides into ecosystems, loss of biodiversity, loss of species beneficial to agriculture.

Cognitive maps

Cognitive maps are an essential step towards system thinking approach, especially for complex systems with lack of data and knowledge.
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Stakeholder and institutional mapping

Societies can be mapped or modelled in terms of the relationships between institutions, and the ‘social capital’ of a society lies in its institutions and its local networks of trust

Forrester system mapping

A technique to visualise and identify the system feedback loops and management levers as well as to define the scope and limits of the considered system
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Semi-structured interview

Semi-structured interviews are commonly used in policy and environmental research to collect qualitative data

Post-it brainstorming

Brainstorming is a creative technique based on the production of ideas by a group of people. It is a good method for working closely with stakeholders and finding the most original ideas in the shortest period of time.

Common culture workshop

The ‘common culture’ workshop is an essential participatory and engagement tool
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Step 1. Form the project core team

Once the need for a strategy has emerged on a territory in answer to an environmental issue, the first step is to identify the project core team that will lead the process.

Step 2. Identify environmental issues

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Step 3. Grasp the socio-ecological system

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Step 4. Identify the stakeholder forum

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Step 5. Gather expert knowledge

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Step 6. Build a common culture

Step 7. Checkup and triage

Step 8. Select assessment tools and indicators

Step 9. Communicate with the stakeholder forum

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Step 10. Design scenarios

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Step 11. Gather focus groups

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Step 12. Gather socio-economic and environmental data

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Step 13. Build models and assessment tools

North Devon

The study considered the role of subtidal sedimentary habitats in carbon sequestration, waste remediation and the provision of nursery habitats for important commercial species.
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Step 14. Wrap up the assessment

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Poole Harbour

Provide information to support recreation management, particularly in terms of ensuring continued use and dealing with conflicts
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Plymouth Sound to Fowey

The site from Plymouth Sound to Fowey was defined for the purposes of the VALMER project as representative of a typical stretch of open coast with varied habitats and a range of issues and activities.
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Normand-Breton Gulf

The Norman-Breton Gulf is a proposed French Marine Protected Area. New elements are needed to feed the reflexion about the management of this large area.
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Iroise Marine Natural Park

The subject studied is the ecosystem services provided by kelp forest habitats.
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Regional Natural Park of the Gulf of Morbihan

Seagrass beds are sensitive to pressures impacting environment quality (e.g. lack of light, herbicides, trampling, grubbing, etc.).
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Carlingford Lough

The importance of Carlingford Lough and the need for environmental management is demonstrated by its protected status.
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Pas, Miera and Asón Catchments

The three estuaries in the study area experience a wide range of pressures from numerous human activities.
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Paiva River

However, the Paiva is under pressure from recurrent disturbances and human land use, such as forest fires, agricultural activities, urbanization and pressures affecting natural hydromorphological conditions and the continuity of water bodies.

Exploring the Cultural Ecosystem Services and Benefits of the Marine and Coastal Environment

Social and economic data management

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Practical approaches to the management of marine social and economic data

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Building Scenarios to Explore Marine Ecosystem Services

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Transnational scenario synthesis

Building site based scenarios

A summary of the lessons learnt from VALMER scenario development process

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The potential role of ecosystem service assessment in marine governance in the western Channel

Using ecosystem services valuation for marine management

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Improving stakeholder engagement in marine management through ecosystem service assessment

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Advice note for using ecosystem service assessment to support marine governance

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Marine ecosystem services

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Ecosystem Service Assessment in Practice: Lessons Learned

A Framework for the Operational Assessment of Marine Ecosystem Services

Valuing Marine Ecosystem Services in the Western Channel

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