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Big Insights From a Small Country: The Added Value of Integrated Assessment in the Marine Environmental Status Evaluation of Malta
| العنوان: | Big Insights From a Small Country: The Added Value of Integrated Assessment in the Marine Environmental Status Evaluation of Malta |
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| المؤلفون: | Angel Borja, Iratxe Menchaca, Joxe Mikel Garmendia, Javier Franco, Joana Larreta, Yolanda Sagarminaga, Yasmin Schembri, Rocío González, Rocío Antón, Tamara Micallef, Sarah Camilleri, Oihana Solaun, Ainhize Uriarte, María C. Uyarra |
| المصدر: | Frontiers in Marine Science, Vol 8 (2021) |
| بيانات النشر: | Frontiers Media S.A., 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Science LCC:General. Including nature conservation, geographical distribution |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | marine strategy framework directive, ecosystem-based approach, NEAT, ocean status, integrative assessment, Science, General. Including nature conservation, geographical distribution, QH1-199.5 |
| الوصف: | In the last few years, the concept of ecosystem-based approach has led to the need for developing integrative assessments that consider the different ecosystem components all together. In Europe, the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) aims at achieving the Good Environmental Status for all regional seas. This requires Member States (MS) to implement monitoring networks and assess the status in 6-years management cycles, based on 11 qualitative descriptors, ranging from biodiversity to noise. For that assessment MS must apply criteria and methodological standards, following certain specifications. However, the number of MS which have undertaken quantitative assessments, or aggregated the different criteria and/or descriptors in holistic assessments, remains low. This is probably due to the few available tools that enable the aggregation of information at different scales (spatial and temporal) and the integration of a diverse range of indicators. In order to identify the main constraints tied to the integration of data from different indicators, criteria and descriptors, this study involved a comparative analysis of a national assessment of official marine data reported by Malta with the integrative Nested Environmental status Assessment Tool (NEAT). In total, we have used 282 indicators, 24 criteria, seven descriptors, and 12 ecosystem components. The results showed a good agreement in the assessment at the indicator level (as applied in the national assessment) and threw light on the advantages of integrating the information at criteria, descriptor or ecosystem component levels, when using NEAT. Such integration allows for a global assessment of status of Malta’s marine waters whilst allowing for the identification of management measures at different spatial levels and for different ecosystem components. Lessons learnt from this case study are applicable to remaining assessments for other European MS. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2296-7745 |
| Relation: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.638232/full; https://doaj.org/toc/2296-7745 |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fmars.2021.638232 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/253b986109e442eebfff1abc11acadf9 |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.253b986109e442eebfff1abc11acadf9 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 22967745 |
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| DOI: | 10.3389/fmars.2021.638232 |