Getting better odds: a risk-based approach for the monitoring and assessment of biodiversity within the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive
The MSFD introduced a holistic approach to the management of anthropogenic activities that impact the marine environment. The ecosystem approach to management is based on 11 qualitative and interconnected Descriptors for the Good Environmental Status of the marine environment. The implementation of the MSFD generated a dynamic across the European seas where significant resources were invested to develop new methodological standards, exploit current knowledge, and increase regional coordination for monitoring, assessing, and managing the marine environment. The risk-based approach to management can contribute to efficient economic environmental monitoring and assessment, a necessity considering the wide spatial implementation of the MSFD across the European seas. However, the implementation of such tools from numerous authorities and institutions creates the need for harmonized, transparent, and consistent applications. To this end, we developed a conceptual framework and a proof-of-concept tool, in line with the MSFD requirements, to apply the risk-based approach for the MSFD biodiversity Descriptor. The operationalization of the tool could fit to any environmental management framework, where monitoring and assessment components demand harmonization and consistency for the sake of comparability and efficiency of the assessments.
PALIALEXIS Andreas;
BARNARD Steve;
SMITH Chris;
PAPADOPOULOU Nadia;
2022-10-17
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC130785
978-92-76-57512-2 (online),
1831-9424 (online),
EUR 31243 EN,
OP KJ-NA-31-243-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC130785,
10.2760/600038 (online),
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