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Introduction to Maritime Spatial Planning and BaltSeaPlan, Dr. Nico Nolte, BSH

Introduction to Maritime Spatial Planning and BaltSeaPlan, Dr. Nico Nolte, BSH. Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP). The sea - an open space? Or an intensively used area?. Traditional sea-uses. Traditional uses, activities and functions shipping fisheries oil and gas industry

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Introduction to Maritime Spatial Planning and BaltSeaPlan, Dr. Nico Nolte, BSH

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  1. Introduction to Maritime Spatial Planning and BaltSeaPlan, Dr. Nico Nolte, BSH

  2. Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) The sea - an open space? Or an intensively used area?

  3. Traditional sea-uses Traditional uses, activities and functions • shipping • fisheries • oil and gas industry • sand and gravel extraction • pipelines • power & telecommunication cables • military training • scientific research • nature protection sites

  4. New trends in sea-uses Approach of new uses • offshore wind farms • production of hydrogen • storage of CO 2 Other important factors influencing the marine environment • climate change • illegal fisheries • invasion of alien species • eutrophication

  5. Why MSP? • Because of increasing use demands and potential conflicts between different uses and/or with marine nature conservation there is a need for integrated, comprehensive sustainable management of human activities • Maritime Spatial Planning is a supporting tool

  6. Policy developments • EU Blue Paper (October 2007): proposing Integrated Maritime Policy, key instrument MSP • EU Roadmap for MSP (November 2008): Achieving Common Principles in the EU • EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (June 2009): horizontal action: “Encourage the use of MSP in all Member States around the Baltic Sea and develop a common approach for cross-border co-operation” • HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan (November 2007): recommendation 28E/9 on Development of Broad-Scale MSP Principles • VASAB: preparation of Long Term Perspective for the spatial development of the Baltic Sea Region

  7. Benefits of MSP in short: • forward looking • long-term planning gives security to stakeholders • cross-sectoral, not fragmented • co-ordination of uses, thus minimising conflicts

  8. However… • Little experience in the BSR with MSP • National as well as trans-national co-operation is very important

  9. Information Needs Do we really know the planning area? • lack of knowledge concerning some potentially important scientific parameters • existing and approved uses, example: where are the shipping routes?

  10. Challenge AND Chance MSP - transnationally wanted, however • Nationally only few Baltic Sea Region countries introduced regulations on maritime spatial planning yet • National maritime strategies - existing? This is a chance • to create a joint understanding • to learn together from pilot initiatives • to base new approaches on transnational, coherent principles Can BaltSeaPlan create enough impetus? • Make use of BaltSeaPlan! - Not only a matter of direct project partners, but all potential MSP stakeholders...

  11. The MSP Cycle(Source: PlanCoast Handbook on IMSP www.planocoast.eu)

  12. BaltSeaPlan Objective Develop, introduce and implement Maritime Spatial Planning throughout the BSR in a coherent matter. In short: BaltSeaPlan will support BSR countries to turn this MSP cycle into reality !

  13. Facts & figures Project preparation started as early as 2005 ! Approved on 24 October 2008 within 1st call of the Baltic Sea Region Programme (former INTERREG) • project duration 2009 - 2012 • budget: 3.7 m Euro • originally 18 partners • 4 Russian partners had to drop-out due to unavailability of ENPI funds

  14. Partners Germany: • Lead Partner: Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency / BSH • World Wildlife Fund Germany, Baltic Sea Unit / WWF • Ministry of Transport, Building and Regional Development of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Poland: • Maritime Office in Szczecin • Maritime Office in Gdynia • Maritime Institute in Gdansk Denmark: • National Environmental Research Institute / NERI Sweden: • Royal Institute of Technology / KTH • Swedish Environmental Protection Agency / SEPA Estonia: • Baltic Environmental Forum / BEF Estonia • Estonian Marine Institute of University of Tartu Lithuania: • Coastal Research and Planning Institute / CORPI • Baltic Environmental Forum / BEF Lithuania Latvia: • Baltic Environmenatal Forum / BEF Latvia

  15. What will BaltSeaPlan do? Pilot Projects: Pomeranian Bight DE/PL/SE Western Gulf of Gdansk PL Middle Bank PL/SE Western Baltic T-Route DK Pärnu Bay EE Hiiuma & Saaremaa Islands EE Western Coast of Latvia Lithuanian Sea

  16. MSP Pilot Projects

  17. Thank you for attention! nico.nolte@bsh.de

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