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Measuring effectiveness of MPA management What is OSPAR doing and can we transfer it to HELCOM? Definition Aim: Well-managed MPA network Management effectiveness is the decree to which management actions are achieving the goals and


  1. Measuring effectiveness of MPA management What is OSPAR doing and can we transfer it to HELCOM?

  2. Definition Aim: Well-managed MPA network “Management effectiveness is the decree to which management actions are achieving the goals and objectives of a protected area. The evaluation of management effectiveness provides a formal way to learn from successes and failures and help people understand how and why management practices are being adapted.” (IUCN)

  3. OSPAR approach • So far there is no agreed method to measure management effectiveness in OSPAR • As first step a questionnaire has been designed to measure management quality in 2016 OSPAR_MPA_StatusReport_2016

  4. OSPAR approach  Have specific management actions  Has information concerning been identified and put into place by site the management of an OSPAR managers, a legal mechanism or other MPA has been published? effective means to address known pressures and threats?

  5. OSPAR approach  Is specific monitoring focused on  Results show the achievement, ecological status of protected or indicate movement towards features? achieving, a sites conservation  Or monitoring of the compliance of objectives? site users with implemented measures?

  6. New proposal • Has the conservation objective X been achieved? Response Score • Based on monitoring data or expert Yes 3 judgement Partial 2 • Assign a score to the answer and calculate No 1 the average of the score for all No response / conservation objectives 0 no data • Colour code • Repeated every two years • After the 2 nd assessment a trend can be calculated

  7. HELCOM MPA Database Which data is already collected?  Questions 1-3 can partially be answered  Only if the 3 questions are answered with yes, we can start to evaluate effectiveness We need more details:  Specific conservation objectives  Conservation measures  Detailed monitoring information

  8. Possible next steps  Establish a HELCOM working group to develop a method in cooperation with OSPAR  Identify / summarize conservation objectives from existing plans • BSEP 105  Collect objectives and harmonize them  Make them comparable and measurable

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