REVIEW OF (Document 2-4, HELCOM 40-2019) OBJECTIVES updated BSAP MAPPING OF objectives AGREEMENT ACTIVITIES & activities & pressures ON BSAP PRESSURES vs for BSAP segments STRUCTURE HELCOM ACTIONS gaps in HELCOM list of HELCOM outline of BSAP actions agreements document ANALYSIS OF AGREEMENT contribution of activities to pressures, SUFFICIENCY OF ON BSAP gaps in measures to reach GES MEASURES CONTENTS potential new potential new HELCOM actions existing HELCOM HELCOM actions actions to include UPDATED BSAP PRODUCTION OF REVIEW OF SYNOPSES ON CURRENT BSAP NEW ACTIONS Ulla Li Zweifel HELCOM GEAR 20-2019
REVIEW OF (Document 2-4, HELCOM 40-2019) OBJECTIVES updated BSAP MAPPING OF objectives AGREEMENT ACTIVITIES & activities & pressures ON BSAP PRESSURES vs for BSAP segments STRUCTURE HELCOM ACTIONS gaps in HELCOM list of HELCOM outline of BSAP actions agreements document ANALYSIS OF AGREEMENT contribution of activities to pressures, SUFFICIENCY OF ON BSAP gaps in measures to reach GES MEASURES CONTENTS potential new potential new HELCOM actions existing HELCOM HELCOM actions actions to include UPDATED BSAP PRODUCTION OF REVIEW OF SYNOPSES ON CURRENT BSAP NEW ACTIONS Ulla Li Zweifel Ulla Li Zweifel HELCOM GEAR 20-2019 HELCOM GEAR 20-2019
VISION (HOD 55-2018 agreed that the Vision of the current BSAP will be maintained): A healthy Baltic Sea environment, with diverse biological components functioning in balance, resulting in good environmental/ecological status and supporting a wide range of sustainable human economic and social activities SEGMENT and GOALS (original): Favourable status of Baltic Sea unaffected Baltic Sea undisturbed by Environmentally friendly Baltic Sea biodiversity by eutrophication hazardous substances maritime activities SEGMENT and GOALS (as implied by GEAR 19-2018): Baltic Sea undisturbed by Baltic Sea unaffected Environmentally friendly Favourable status of hazardous substances by eutrophication maritime activities Baltic Sea biodiversity pollution New objectives: New objectives: - loss and disturbance - marine litter to the seabed - underwater noise SEGMENT and GOALS (as implied by HOD 55-2018): Baltic Sea undisturbed by Environmentally friendly Baltic Sea unaffected Favourable status of hazardous substances maritime sea-based Baltic Sea biodiversity by eutrophication and marine litter activities New objectives: New objectives: - marine litter - loss and disturbance to the seabed - underwater noise To support agreement: clarify activities and pressures that would be covered by each segment of the BSAP document Ulla Li Zweifel HELCOM GEAR 20-2019
Activity-pressures mapping • e.g. from HELCOM TAPAS project >300 potential linkages • What are the activities that • contribute most to the pressures? Carried out as part of the • analyses of sufficiency of measures Ready in autumn 2019 • Matrices in Annex 1 • document 5-5 are provisional to guide further discussion on the BSAP structure and disposition of the BSAP document Ulla Li Zweifel HELCOM GEAR 20-2019
Background HELCOM 39-2018 adopted a proposal for the BSAP update that states that • existing segments should remain while new ecological objectives can be developed for additional issues, for example, marine litter, underwater sound and seabed damage and disturbance Discussion points: Is it important that the structure of the updated BSAP (segments and • goals) stay close to the structure of the current BSAP? Should the ambition remain that goals should be easy to communicate? • Is it important that outward communication of the ‘BSAP structure’ and • ‘BSAP document’ follow the same outline; or would it be acceptable for them to differ? Ulla Li Zweifel HELCOM GEAR 20-2019
Activity-pressures matrices (Annex 1) Provisional agreement by HOD 55-2018 used as a starting point • Sea-based activities mapped against tentative segment on ’Sea-based • activites’ Land-based activities mapped against tentative segments on • ’Eutrophication’ and ’Hazardous substances and marine litter’ Conservation activites mapped against segment on ’Biodiversity’ • Main overlaps: eutrophication, hazardous substances and marine litter • originate from both land-based and sea-based activities Sea-based activities are likely to cause more types of pressures of concern • Maritime Spatial Planning linked to segment on sea-based activities • Biodiversity segment focused on conservation and protection activites, • including Marine Protected Areas Ulla Li Zweifel HELCOM GEAR 20-2019
Activity-measure linkage (Annex 2) Segment Activity Tentative type of measures Reduce nutrient pollution from agriculture (2) Urban land use Measures to reduce sediment from soil erosion and surface run-off (17) EUTROPHICATION Natural water retention measure (23) HAZ SUBSTANCES, MARINE LITTER Agriculture Reduce pesticides pollution from agriculture (3) Measures to prevent or control the input of pollution from forest (22) Forestry Remediation of contaminated site (4) Measures to prevent or control the input of pollution from urban areas, transport and built infrastructure (21) Waste treatment and disposal Measures for the phasing-out and reduction of emissions, discharges and losses of priority hazardous substances Industrial uses Upgrades or improvements of industrial wastewater treatment plan (16) Construction or upgrades of wastewater treatment plant (1) Tourism and leisure infrastructure and activities Measures to prevent or control the adverse impacts of recreation including angling (19) e.g. fossil fuel Measures to reduce litter in the marine environment (29) Production of energy SEA-BASED ACTIVITIES Measures to reduce physical damage in marine waters (27) e.g.w ind farms Measures to reduce physical loss of seabed habitats in marine waters (26) Shipping Measures to reduce inputs of energy, including underwater noise (28) Extraction of living resources Measures to reduce contamination by hazardous substances and their systematic and/or intentional release from sea-based or air-based sourc Measures to reduce other types of biological disturbance (36) Extractive activities Measures to reduce sea-based accidental pollution (32) Physical restructuring of coastline and seabed Measures to reduce nutrient and organic matter inputs to the marine environment from sea-based or air-based sources 33) Measures to reduce the introduction and spread of non-indigenous species in the marine environment and for their control (34) Aquaculture Measures to reduce biological disturbances in the marine environment from the extraction of species, including incidental non-target catches ( Measures related to Spatial Protection Measures for the marine environment (38) – Relevant for all sea-based activities Type of measures/actions will to a large degree differ between the segments Ulla Li Zweifel HELCOM GEAR 20-2019
Box 1. Eutrophication segment Goals addressed: - Baltic Sea unaffected by Eutrophication [Cross-reference to goal on ‘Sea-based activities’ for achieving the goal and objectives on eutrophication, Cross-reference to goal on ‘Biodiversity’ on need to achieve the goal and objectives] Pressures addressed: - Input of nutrients and organic matter [Management objectives and Ecological objectives to be added at a later stage] Tentative activities addressed: - Agriculture - Forestry - Urban land uses (e.g. stormwater) - Waste treatment and disposal - Aquaculture Tentative action areas: - Sustainable agriculture, aquaculture* and forestry practices - Effective treatment of waste water and airborne pollutants - Well planned urban land use Ulla Li Zweifel HELCOM GEAR 20-2019
Box 2. Hazardous substances and marine litter segment Goals addressed: - Baltic sea undisturbed by Hazardous substances and marine litter [Cross-reference to segment on ‘Sea-based activities’ for achieving the goal and objectives for achieving the goals for hazardous substances and marine litter, Cross-reference to segment on ‘Biodiversity’ on need to achieve the goal and objectives] Pressures addressed: - Input of hazardous substances - Input of marine litter [Management objectives and Ecological objectives to be added at a later stage] Tentative activities addressed: - Agriculture - Forestry - Industrial uses (e.g. oil and gas refineries, industrial plants) - Waste treatment and disposal - Tourism and leisure infrastructure and activities - Production of energy (fossil fuel, nuclear) Tentative action areas: - Sustainable agriculture and forestry practices - Effective treatment of waste water and airborne pollutants - Life cycle management of products - Responsible tourism Ulla Li Zweifel HELCOM GEAR 20-2019
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