ESTABLISHMENT OF ECOLOGICAL QUALITY OBJECTIVES (EcoQOs)

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FOR A REGIONAL ECOSYSTEM APPROACH IN THE BALTIC SEA.

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Helsinki Commission

2003

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LIST OF CONTENTS

TITLE PAGE 1

COPY RIGHT STATEMENT 2

ABSTRACT 3

LIST OF CONTENTS 4

LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES USED 6

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 7

1.0 INTRODUCTION 8

1.1 SUSTAINABILITY 8

1.2 THESIS OVERVIEW 9

2.0 BACKGROUND – THE CONTEXT 10

2.1 RELAVANT GLOBAL CONVENTIONS 11

2.2 REGIONAL CONSIDERATIONS 13

2.2.1 THE BALTIC SEA 13

2.2.1.1 ABIOTIC VARIABILITY 14

2.2.1.2 BIOTIC VARIABILITY 15

2.2.1.3 A UNIQUE AND VULNERABLE MARINE ENVIRONMENT 15

2.2.2 SOCIO-ECONOMIC DIVERSITY 15

2.2.3 INTERACTION WITH THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT 17

2.2.4 INTERLINKED SUSTAINABILITY 18

2.2.5 A REGIONAL INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK 18

2.2.5.1 TWO MAJOR PLAYERS 18

2.2.5.2 OTHER INSTITUTIONAL COOPERATING BODIES 19

2.3 TOWARDS A REGIONAL ECOSYSTEM APPROACH 21

3.0 METHODOLOGY 21

3.1 THE STUDY 21

3.1.1 INTERVIEWEES 21

3.1.2 THE QUESTIONNAIRE 22

3.1.3 QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS 22

4.0 RESULTS 22

4.1 BARRIERS TO THE ECOSYSTEM APPROACH 22

4.2 ATTITUDES ON ASSESSEMENT AND MANAGEMENT 23

4.3 CRITERIA FOR GOOD EcoQOs 24

4.4 PRIORITIZATION OF KEY ISSUES 25