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Informational resources and needs of the Black Sea Commission

Informational resources and needs of the Black Sea Commission. Volodymyr Myroshnychenko Permanent Secretariat Black Sea Commission. Black Sea Commission.

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Informational resources and needs of the Black Sea Commission

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  1. Informational resources and needs of the Black Sea Commission Volodymyr Myroshnychenko Permanent Secretariat Black Sea Commission

  2. Black Sea Commission The Commission on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution (the Black Sea Commission or BSC) is the intergovernmental body established for implementation of the Convention on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution (Bucharest Convention, 1992).

  3. BSC mission Acting on the mandate of the Black Sea countries (Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russian Federation, Turkey and Ukraine) BSC implements provisions of the Bucharest Convention, including: • its Protocols (CBD, Dumping, LBSA, Emergency) • Strategic Action Plan (SAP) for the Environmental Protection and Rehabilitation of the Black Sea (latest version adopted in 2009)

  4. Priority transboundary problems • Eutrophication/Nutrient Enrichment • Chemical Pollution, including Oil • Changes in Marine Living Resources, Overfishing • Biodiversity Changes/Habitats Loss, including Alien Species Introduction • Climate Change

  5. Ecosystem Quality Objectives • EcoQO 1: Preserve commercial marine living resources. • EcoQO 2: Conservation of Black Sea Biodiversity and Habitats. • EcoQO 3: Reduce eutrophication. • EcoQO 4: Ensure Good Water Quality for Human Health, Recreational Use and Aquatic Biota.

  6. Advisory Groups & Data collection • ESAS - Environmental Safety Aspects of Shipping • PMA - Pollution Monitoring and Assessment • LBS - Control of Pollution from Land Based Sources • IDE - Information and Data Exchange • ICZM - Development of Common Methodologies for Integrated Coastal Zone Management • CBD - Conservation of Biological Diversity • FOMLR - Environmental Aspects of the Management of Fisheries and other Marine Living Resources

  7. Information and Data Exchange AG • The updated AG IDE ToR was approved at the 22nd BSC meeting in January 2010, however the group was not created • The basic AG IDE duties are carried out by the BSC PS staff • The RAC PMA (UkrSCES, Odessa, Ukraine) started works on update and maintenance of the pollution database of Black Sea Information System (BSIS)

  8. Black Sea Information System (BSIS) BSIS databases: • Pollution monitoring and assessment database (data since 2001) • Biodiversity Conservation database (2001); • Fisheries and Aquaculture database (1990); • Land-based pollution sources database (1991); BSIS data are comprised from: • Data obtained in framework of the Black Sea Integrated Monitoring and Assessment Programme (BSIMAP) • Data provided in national reports to BSC • Data obtained in framework of supportive activities/ projects

  9. BSIS data types • Sea water quality (hydro-physical and hydro-chemical parameters, with special attention to nutrients) • Contaminants in sea water, sediments and biota (TM, hydrocarbons, etc) • Pollution loads from LBS (including river, municipal and industrial discharges) • Hydrobiology samples (plankton, benthos, algae, mammals) • Fish stocks and catches, mariculture production

  10. Monitoring BSIMAP Monitoring Network

  11. National institutions involved *ODINBlackSea member

  12. Data flow National ministries and agencies BSC focal points Standardized format Implementing agencies and laboratories BSC PS BSIS (Black Sea Information System) Users: scientists, decision-makers, public

  13. Usage of monitoring data & information Transboundary diagnostic analysis State of Environment reporting (SoE) Monitoring data & information BSIS Assesment of SAP implementation and SAP revision Annual reports Trend analysis GIS, mapping

  14. State of Environment Report 2006/7 • More than 60 scientists involved • 12 chapters addressed to different environmental problems as well as socio-economic pressures and impact

  15. Important milestones • Next SoE Report – 2011/12, covering period 2006 - 2010 • RIP for monitoring of oil pollution - 2011 • Assessment of eutrophication and water quality – 2012 • Development of Regional Pollution Database and tools for assessment water quality - 2012 • Initial steps of modeling linking background pollutants values with requirements for reducing input of pollutants - 2012

  16. To be taken into consideration • MSFD process: initial assessment in 2012 • EMODNET • SeaDataNet/BlackSeaScene • SEIS • GMES/MyOcean

  17. Challenges (SoE) • Insufficient data in BSIS for indicator-based assessment • Insufficient time-series data in BSIS for trend analysis

  18. Major reasons for gaps in BSIS • Gaps in data availability (i.e. data have not been collected due to some reasons) • Gaps in data reporting (i.e. data are available in the country but due to lack of inter-agency coordination did not became available to AG members for including in reports) Additional data are available outside of BSIS  solution should be sought how these data can become a part of BSIS in a sustainable manner.

  19. Challenges (BSIMAP) • Gaps in countries’ monitoring programs: the monitoring is mainly not integrated. • Gaps in data flow • Difference in sampling and sample analysis techniques • Gaps in data availability for regional assessment • Different approach in assessment of environmental status • Insufficient financial support of monitoring

  20. Data availability & needs in details

  21. MONINFO project RIP (2009-2011) • Regional Information Platform data needs: • Operational data on SST and Chl-a; • Operational forecast of T, S, Sea level and sea currents; • Operational data on vessels traffic; • Operational data on oil spillage; • Oil spill propagation modeling.

  22. Near-term tasks in monitoring • Harmonization of monitoring programs conducted by countries to meet requirements of new LBS protocol and SAP • Standartization of sampling and sample analysis techniques • Improving of QA/QC • Ensuring sustainability of monitoring programs in the countries

  23. Ongoing and planned informational activities • Loading of the BSIMAP and other relevant data into BSIS for further utilization in SoE reports; • Development of Regional Pollution Database • Development of RIP for monitoring oil pollution • Integration of BSC PS datasets with the Black Sea Scene and SeaDataNet informational networks; • Integration of the BSC PS datasets in the Spatial Data Infrastructure of enviroGRIDS project;

  24. Coordination / cooperation with ODIN Black Sea • Enabling access to each-other’s web data services, including access to real time data if any (e.g. buoys data); • ODIN: to help BSC with covering data gaps, particularly for purposes of SoE reporting; • Informing on and coordinating ongoing activities; • Set up and sustain data flow from ODIN  BSIS ???

  25. Thank you for your attention http://www.blacksea-commission.org/

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