HOLAS II and CORESET II Lena Avellan Project Manager CORESET II PRESSURE 1-2014 30-31 October Helsinki, Finland CORESET II 10/30/2014 Lena Avellan 1
This presentation • Present the HOLAS II project • Present the HELCOM core indicators and their link to HELCOM assessments CORESET II 10/30/2014 Lena Avellan 2
HELCOM Monitoring and Assessment Strategy (Attachment 3) HELCOM Monitoring and Assessment is carried out in six-year monitoring and assessment cycles which are further specified by HELCOM GEAR. CORESET II 10/30/2014 Lena Avellan 3
Second holistic assessment of ecosystem health in the Baltic Sea (HOLAS II) • Project running from late-2014 to mid-2018 • HELCOM HOD 46-2014 agreed in principle on the project, recognizing that the project core team will further need to elaborate some of the project details and descriptions • HELCOM GEAR 7-2014 agreed in principle that HOLAS II should be developed by 2017 so that Contracting Parties that are also EU Member States can use it as a roof report for the 2018 reporting obligations under MSFD Articles 8, 9, and 10 CORESET II 10/30/2014 Lena Avellan 4
HOLAS II background HELCOM Initial Holistic Assessment (HOLAS) published in 2010 as BSEP 122 – assessed the health of the marine environment for the years 2003-2007 – established a baseline for assessing the effectiveness of implementation of measures thought the BSAP – provided as a contribution to the EU MSFD implementation 2013 Ministerial Meeting agreed to develop a second HELCOM holistic assessment (HOLAS II) – the assessment should be developed so that it supports MSFD reporting for those Contracting Parties that are also EU Member State – HELCOM assessment tools are to be used after further development and testing – the Baltic Sea Impact Index is to be further developed – include economic and social analysis of the use of the Baltic Sea and of the cost of degradation of the marine environment CORESET II 10/30/2014 Lena Avellan 5
HOLAS II • To be based on the commonly agreed HELCOM core indicators and structured around the Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response framework (DPSIR) • Assessment tools will be used for making thematic assessments – HEAT (eutrophication): Current version 3.0. further developed in EUTRO-OPER – CHASE (hazardous substances): further developed in HARMONY – BEAT (biodiversity): currently further deevloped in EU-project DEVOTES – BSPI and BSII (Baltic Sea Pressure and Impact Index): further developed in HARMONY – HOLAS (integrated assessment): has not been further developed since last the holistic assessmen • The project will further develop the indicator-based assessment system moving HELCOM towards the goal of a fully operational and increasingly automated assessment system • The assessments will be based on the HELCOM assessment units and thereby also provide a possibility to disaggregate and use the results for national reporting purposes CORESET II 10/30/2014 Lena Avellan 6
Structure of HOLAS II based on the DPSIR-framework Name 10/30/2014 Surname 7
Working arrangements for HOLAS II late-2014 to mid-2018 late-2014 to mid-2018 on 50% basis 2015-2016 Name 10/30/2014 Surname 8
2010 Ministerial Declaration ”... we decide that core set indicators with quantitative targets shall be developed for each of the segments of the HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan, while ensuring that the indicators can also be used for the other international monitoring and reporting reuquirements inter alia the EU Marine Stategy Framework Directive, and that a full indicator-based follow-up system for the implementation of the HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan be further developed ...” 2013 Ministerial Declaration 2(K) ” We support the first set of core indicators of environmental status and pressures with the intention that they will form the basis of an indicator-based follow-up system for measuring progress towards achieving good environmental status with a full set of operational core indicators, and further STRESS that the joint coordinated monitoring by the Contracting Parties should provide the data necessary for regular updating of the HELCOM core indicators and assessments ” CORESET II 10/30/2014 Lena Avellan 9
HELCOM core indicators in the DPSIR – framework -a means for effective communication Drivers - Population growth - Economic activity - Climate change Pressure indicators with D river Response indicators Environmental Targets Measures implemented to e.g. Level of human activities e.g. activities - regulate fishing quotas - Emissions of hazardous substances, - establish marine protected areas excess nutrients or noise R esponse P ressure - implement best available practice - By-catch and best available technology - Habitat degradation - spatial- and mobility planning resilience Status - direct linke to pressures - Status of eutrophication (eutro-oligo scale) Impact on society measured by deviation in nutrient - Cost of degradation of ecosystem services I mpact S tatus ecosystem concentration from natural in water - Benefits of functioning ecosystem services service - Population size of marine mammals - Intrisic environmental value Environmental effects (impacts)- indirect link to Status indicators with pressures - chlorophyll-a concentration in the water GES-boundaries - bio-effect indicators e.g. Reduced breeding success due to hazardous substances CORESET II 10/30/2014 Lena Avellan 10
Status-Pressure-Response; what does it mean for indicators? Crude example S tatus P ressure R esponse Indicator GES-boundary Indicator Environmental Measure Target Radioactive Concentration at (supporting Declining trend Apply Best Available substanes: pre-Chernobyl level paramenter) Techniques at nuclear Caesium-137 in fish Liquid discharges of facilities to minimize and seawater CS-137, SR-90 and discharge CO-60 into the Baltic Sea from local nuclear installations Scenario 1 sub-GES Environmental Enforce BAT → Target exceeded Scenario 2 sub-GES Environmental No new measure → Target achieved triggered Wait for the substance to (very slowly) disappear from the environment, pace due to halving-time CORESET II 10/30/2014 Lena Avellan 11
Indicator definitions MONAS 19-2013 defined the following terms relevant for indicators Measures progress The table is only descriptive, and not an official definition towards GES or environmental target Commonly agreed Core indicator Yes Yes Pre-core indicator Partially Candidate indicator No Yes, among relevant Supplementary indicator Yes CPs Supporting parameter Yes No CORESET II 10/30/2014 Lena Avellan 12
CORESET II in a nutshell • A project for Operationalization of HELCOM core indicators for hazardous substances and biodiversity. Now also umbrella for pressure indicators • Project running September 2013 - June 2015 • Supervized by HELCOM GEAR HELCOM STATE comments on technical aspects communication also with HELCOM PRESSURE, MARITIME and RESPONSE • Close cooperation with HELCOM project EUTRO-OPER developing eutrophication core indicators CORESET II 10/30/2014 Lena Avellan 13
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