Water resources and Ecosystem Services

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1 the Joint Research Centre and Portugal Water resources and Ecosystem Services Ana Isabel Lillebø CESAM

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4 Case study Ria de Aveiro coastal lagoon

5 THE PROJECT AT A GLANCE Full Title: Integrated water resources and coastal zone management in European lagoons in the context of climate change Proposal acronym: LAGOONS Instrument: FP7, Collaborative Project - Small or medium-scale focused research project Work programme topics addressed: ENV Lagoons in the context of climate change Project Coordinators: Ana Isabel Lillebø, University of Aveiro (coordinator) Per Stålnacke, Bioforsk (co-coordinator)

6 PROJECT PARTNERS University of Aveiro Bioforsk- Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research Institute of Hydro-Engineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences Atlantic Branch of P. P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of Russian Academy of Sciences Sea Fisheries Institute in Gdynia University of Dundee Odessa State Environmental University Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research Universidad de Murcia

7 THE CHALLENGE In the context of climate change, the environmental issue of concern of the LAGOONS project is the anthropogenic deterioration and climate change impacts - especially the effects of extreme weather events - on surface water and on the ecological services provided by lagoons ecosystems. The knowledge produced by different scientific disciplines will be combined and integrated with local knowledge and the views of stakeholders in order to produce integrated, participatory scenarios. To use a qualitative-quantitative-qualitative scenario approach supplemented with the science modeling inputs, of future possible trends and conditions in coastal lagoons in the context of climate change.

8 OBJECTIVES The main and overall objective of the LAGOONS project is to develop sciencebased strategies and decision support frameworks for the integrated management of lagoons, based on an increased understanding of land-sea linkages processes and the science-policy-stakeholder interface. The project will seek to contribute to interface between the EU Water Framework Directive, the Habitat Directive, the EU s integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) Recommendation, and the EU Marine Strategy Directive.

9 METHODOLOGY Four case study lagoons have been selected to represent a set of "hotspot" coastal lagoons with a wide and balanced geographical distribution and different characteristics. The lagoons included are: Vistula Lagoon in the Baltic Sea (Poland/Russia); Tylygulskyi Lagoon in the Black Sea (Ukraine); Ria de Aveiro Lagoon in the Atlantic Ocean (Portugal), and Mar Menor in the Mediterranean Sea (Spain).

10 EXPECTED RESULTS The integrated and participatory scenarios will be formulated to develop strategies and methodologies for integrated decision support for stakeholders, as well as with special focus on recommendations of suitable use of ecosystem services. In management terms, LAGOONS will contribute to the decisionsupport methodologies for a coordinated approach to the Water Framework Directive and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive. In addition, LAGOONS will propose actions to tackle bottlenecks in the context of climate change, i.e., LAGOONS will propose actions foreseen in the goals of the Europe 2020 strategy - A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.

11 Case study Ria de Aveiro coastal lagoon Marine Strategy Framework Directive (Directive 2008/56/EC) Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) (COM(2007)308 final, ) WFD (Directive 2000/60/EC) LAGOONS will propose actions foreseen in the goals of the Europe 2020 strategy Habitats Directive (Directive, 92/43/EEC)

12 Case study Ria de Aveiro coastal lagoon The precise effects of CC cannot be known, but some major challenges can be identified: Coping with the impact of extreme weather events Evaluate coastal systems economies' resilience to climate risks Promoting coastal systems environmental resilience to climate risks Promoting ecosystem service tradeoffs Foreseeing Europe to emerge stronger from the economic and financial crisis, the Europe 2020 strategy, defines A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth (COM(2010) 2020, )

13 Portugal-Galiza transboundary case study Spain Portugal

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16 Spain CASE STUDY: Minho River Portugal

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19 Portugal-Galiza potential pilot area Spain Portugal

20 Transboundary Planning in the European Atlantic including Celtic Sea and Bay of Biscay A project aiming at a commonly-agreed approach to cross-border MSP in the European Atlantic region, in two distinct geographical and political contexts, linked by their shared regional identity, and providing detailed recommendations for its evaluation MARE/2012/08

21 PROJECT PARTERNS UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL (UL) Coordinator, Stephen Jay - stephen.jay@liv.ac.uk DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT NORTHERN IRELAND (DOE) DIREÇÃO-GERAL DE POLÍTICA DO MAR (DGPM) UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO (UAVR) - Coordinator of UAVR partner, Fátima Alves - malves@ua.pt UNIVERSIDADE DO ALGARVE (UAlg) MINISTERIO DE AGRICULTURA, ALIMENTACIÓN Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (MAGRAMA) INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA (IEO) CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS Y EXPERIMENTACIÓN DE OBRAS PUBLICAS (CEDEX) UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA (US) UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, CORK (UCC) MARE/2012/08

22 PROJECT OBJECTIVES 1. To develop recommendations for a cross-border Maritime Spacial Planing (MSP) process for application within project region sea areas that are characterised by multiple demands and potentials. 2. To demonstrate the wider potential for cross-border MSP. 3. To investigate the relationship between MSP and Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) and recommend means for their closer integration. MARE/2012/08

23 Geographical contexts Potential pilot areas 1) PT Guadiana 2) SP Galiza 3) IRL Foyle 4) IRL-UK@ Carlingford MARE/2012/08

24 Actions by UAVR Overview of legislation, policies and strategies in the project region Analysis of legal possibilies, restrictions and provisions on MSP in cross border areas Review of legal established rights and policies for different sectors and marine uses MARE/2012/08

25 Portugal SP Galiza Spain Spain PT Guadiana

26 EXPECTED RESULTS The integrated and participatory scenarios will be formulated to develop strategies and methodologies for integrated decision support for stakeholders, as well as with special focus on recommendations of suitable use of ecosystem services. In management terms, LAGOONS will contribute to the decisionsupport methodologies for a coordinated approach to the Water Framework Directive and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive. In addition, LAGOONS will propose actions to tackle bottlenecks in the context of climate change, i.e., LAGOONS will propose actions foreseen in the goals of the Europe 2020 strategy - A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.

27 Costanza et al. [1997] Costanza, R., d Arge, R., de Groot, R.S., Farber, S., Grasso, M., Hannon, B., Limburg, K., Naeem, S., O Neill, R.V., Paruelo, J., Raskin, R.G., Sutton, P. and van den Belt, M. (1997), The value of the world s ecosystem services and natural capital, Nature, 387(6630):

28 MEA [2003] MEA (2003), Ecosystems and Human Well-being: A Framework for Assessment, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Series, Washington, DC (Island Press).

29 TEEB [2010] TEEB (2010), The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity: Ecological and Economic Foundations, Kumar, P., ed., London (Earthscan).

30 CICES [2011] Roy Haines-Young and Marion Potschin (2011), Common International Classification of Ecosystem Services (CICES): 2011 Update. European Environment Agency.

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36 RESEARCH STRUCTURE OF CESAM (Source: CESAM report 2010)

37 the Joint Research Centre and Portugal Thank you Ana Isabel Lillebø CESAM