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Sandra Thornton Whitehouse, PhD Senior Advisor to the Ocean Conservancy
Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning: Reactions to the Interim - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning: Reactions to the Interim - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning: Reactions to the Interim Framework Ocean Leadership 2010 Public Policy Forum March 10 th , 2010 Sandra Thornton Whitehouse, PhD Senior Advisor to the Ocean Conservancy ENGO Community CMSP Working Group Ecosystem
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Ecosystem‐based Management
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Example of the Potential Benefits of CMSP: Stellwagen Bank
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COASTAL AND MARINE SPATIAL PLANNING A process for balancing multiple uses of oceans and coasts and ocean health CMSP identifies areas most suitable for various types or classes of activities in order to reduce conflicts among uses, reduce environmental impacts, facilitate compatible uses, and preserve critical ecosystem services
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Elements of the Interim Framework essential to success of CMSP
THE WHITE HOUSE COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Interim Framework for Effective Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force December 9, 2009
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Coordination
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Science‐based decision making
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Improve ecosystem health and services
Facilitate sustainable economic growth
Goals
Interim Framework CMSP is intended to:
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Improve ecosystem health and services
Facilitate sustainable economic growth
Goals
Interim Framework CMSP is intended to:
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Protect, Maintain and Restore Native Species Diversity (Biodiversity)
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Native species diversity
Non‐native zebra mussels clogging pipes in the Great Lakes
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Habitat Diversity and Heterogenity Important Ecological Areas Representative habitats
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Key Species and Interaction Webs
Keystone species Foundation species Top predators
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Connectivity
Breeding Grounds Migratory Routes Feeding Grounds Source Areas
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Resilience and Resistance
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Ecosystem Services
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Ocean Economy
Fishing Aquaculture Tourism
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Cumulative Impacts
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Precautionary approach
Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost‐effective measures to prevent environmental degradation.
– Rio Declaration 1992
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Recommendations to Clarify and Strengthen the CMSP Framework
THE WHITE HOUSE COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Interim Framework for Effective Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force December 9, 2009
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Prioritize protection, maintaining, and restoring ecosystem health Establish environmental criteria to guide plan certification and determine indicators to evaluate ecosystem health
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Provide direction to: define, identify, protect, maintain and restore
Important Ecological Areas
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Ensure that plans are multi‐objective
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Specify that National Ocean Council members are bound to plans to limits of statutory authority
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Clarify that NEPA will apply
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Coordinate CMSP work with strategic plans for
- ther priority objectives
Interim Report of the Ocean Policy Task Force
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Ensure robust public and stakeholder participation
Roger Williams University Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation Monkfishermen's Association Surfrider Foundation National Grid Rhode Island Wind Alliance Aquaculture Association Atlantic Offshore Lobster Association Chamber of Commerce Audubon Society The Nature Conservancy Save the Bay Town Planning Councils Narragansett Indian Tribe Commercial Fishermen's Assoc Sierra Club Northeast Marine Pilots Lobstermen's Association Party & Charter Boat Assoc Historical Society Fishermen's Alliance Tourism Councils Conservation Law Foundation Marine Trades Association AFL CIO People's Power & Light Saltwater Anglers Association
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Governance Advisory Committee
Regional Planning Body (Nine Regions) National Ocean Council OSTP and CEQ chairs
Ocean Resource Management Interagency Policy Committee Ocean Science and Technology Interagency Policy Committee Ocean Research and Resources Advisory Panel
Regional Science Advisory Council (SAC) Regional Public Advisory Council (PAC)
Require PACS
Energy and Climate Economic Council Security Council
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THE WHITE HOUSE COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Ocean Policy Task Force
Interim Report (National Ocean Policy) September 10, 2009 Interim Framework for Effective Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning December 9, 2009
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THE WHITE HOUSE COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Ocean Policy Task Force
Interim Report (National Ocean Policy) September 10, 2009 Interim Framework for Effective Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning December 9, 2009
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