Marine Spatial Planning supported by EU

environmental legislation
Andrej Abrami

European Commission
Joint Research Centre
Institute for Environment and
Sustainability
Digital Earth and Reference Data
Unit
www.jrc.ec.europa.eu
Why we need Marine Spatial Planning?

Conflicts between multiple users are more frequent

To coordinate and minimize conflicts of multiple users (energy,

industry, government, conservation, recreation.) that utilize same
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What is Marine Spatial Planning?

Legislation

Methodolgy
Process

Tools
&
Data

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Where is necessary to implement MSP

1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) - defines the rights and
responsibilities of nations with respect to their use of the world's oceans,
Need for legislation, methodology, tools & data
establishing guidelines for businesses, the environment, and the
management of marine natural resources.
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 Legislation

1. Legislation
USA - 2013 National Ocean Policy Implementation Plan related
to the ocean, coasts, and the Great Lakes.
Marine planning is a science and information based tool that can
help advance local and regional interests
to improve collaboration and coordination among all coastal and
ocean interests
Marine planning is a voluntary regional process.
Marine planning is a common sense
Introduce Marine Planning Handbook 2013

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 Legislation

EU legislation
Roadmap for Maritime Spatial Planning: Achieving Common Principles in the
EU - COM(2008) 791
Directive 2014/89/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July
2014 establishing a framework for maritime spatial planning

Marine Spatial Planning VS Maritime Spatial Planning

The term maritime spatial planning is favored over marine spatial planning to
'marine' directly relates to the sea, while 'maritime' relates to
underline the holistic cross-sectorial approach of the process.
things associated with the sea.
Support sustainable development & environment
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MSP European view
Maritime Spatial Planning part of the Integrated Maritime Policy, helps
public authorities and stakeholders to coordinate their action and optimizes
the use of marine space to benefit economic development and the marine
environment.
MSP is a tool for improved decision-making
Framework for arbitrating between competing human activities and managing
their impact on the marine environment
Managing competition between sectorial interests, such as shipping and
maritime transport, offshore energy, ports development, fisheries and
aquaculture and environmental concerns

The term maritime spatial planning is favored over marine spatial planning to
Marine Spatial Planning VS Maritime Spatial
underline the holistic cross-sectorial approach of the process.
Planning
'marine' directly relates to the sea, while 'maritime' relates to
things associated with the sea.
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 Meth.

2. Methodology
UNESCO IOC Marine Spatial Planning Initiative
Operationalize ecosystem-based management by finding space for
biodiversity conservation and sustainable economic development in
marine environments.

Developing a step-by-step approach for

implementing marine spatial planning;
Documenting marine spatial planning
Charles Ehler and Fanny Douvere
initiatives around the world;
Analyzing good practices of marine spatial
planning;
Collecting references and literature on
marine spatial planning;
Enhancing understanding about marine spatial
planning through publications;
Developing capacity and training for marine
spatial planning.

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 Meth.

Step by step - Ecosystem-based management approach

DATA

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 Data required for MSP
Marine and Maritime data
Analayze current conditios & state of environment
Analayze future conditions planning scenarios
apply ecosystem approach and to develop sustainable development of the
maritime activities
Active ecosystem monitoring

VS

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Marine data
Marine Strategy Framework Directive
2008/56/EC
Obtain Good Eenvironmnetal Status (GES)
2020 for all European marine waters

To mange GES established the group of 11

quality descriptors/criteria/indictors (>50)
For each QD should be established monitoring
programme
For each indictor should be established sub-
programme

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11QD monitoring programmes supporting ecosystem
approach
Applying the ecosystem approach possible due continues data flow from monitoring
programmes
MSFD 11 QD 22criteria- >50 indicators
Descriptor 1. Biodiversity is maintained
Descriptor 2. Non-indigenous species do not adversely alter the ecosystem
Descriptor 3. The population of commercial fish species is healthy
Descriptor 4. Elements of food webs ensure long-term abundance and reproduction
Descriptor 5. Eutrophication is minimised
Descriptor 6. The sea floor integrity ensures functioning of the ecosystem
Descriptor 7. Permanent alteration of hydrographical conditions does not adversely affect
the ecosystem
Descriptor 8. Concentrations of contaminants give no effects
Descriptor 9. Contaminants in seafood are below safe levels
Descriptor 10. Marine litter does not cause harm
Descriptor 11. Introduction of energy (including underwater noise) does not adversely
affect the ecosystem
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Marine data form MSFD should be shared
using INSPIRE
What is INSPIRE???
INfrastructure for SPatial InfoRmation in Europe(an Community)

Framework Directive environmental Directive (DG ENV)

Technical Directive - Implementation
Development of the European distributed Spatial Data
Infrastructure (SDI)
To share the data on environment and data that describes
activities that have an impact on the environment

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Distributed infrastructure

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 INSPIRE
To share data on and related to the environment
Data should be discoverable threw INSPIRE discover services
Data should be viewable threw threw INSPIRE view services
Data should be availble for download threw INSPIRE download
services

Geoportals and applications

Service Bus

View Download Transformation Registry

Discovery Service Other SDS
Service Service Service Service

Network services Spatial Data Services

Data & Service

Spatial Data Set Registers
Metadata

Metadata Data

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 INSPIRE data scope
Annex I Annex III
11. Area management/
1. Coordinate reference systems 1. Statistical units restriction/regulation
2. Geographical grid systems 2. Buildings zones & reporting units
3. Geographical names 3. Soil 12. Natural risk zones
4. Administrative units 4. Land use 13. Atmospheric conditions
5. Addresses 5. Human health and safety 14. Meteorological
6. Cadastral parcels 6. Utility and governmental geographical features
7. Transport networks services 15. Oceanographic
8. Hydrography 7. Environmental monitoring geographical features
9. Protected sites facilities 16. Sea regions
8. Production and industrial 17. Bio-geographical regions
Annex II facilities 18. Habitats and biotopes
1. Elevation 9. Agricultural and 19. Species distribution
2. Land cover aquaculture facilities
20. Energy Resources
3. Ortho-imagery 10.Population distribution
21. Mineral resources
demography
4. Geology

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 Marine and Maritime data covered by INSPIRE data scope
Annex I Annex III
1. Coordinate reference systems 1. Statistical units
2. Geographical grid systems 2. Buildings
3. Geographical names 3. Soil
4. Administrative units 4. Land use
5. Addresses 5. Human health and
6. Cadastral parcels safety
7. Transport networks 6. Utility and
8. Hydrography governmental services
9. Protected sites 7. Environmental
monitoring facilities
Annex II 8. Production and industrial
1. Elevation facilities
2. Land cover 9. Agricultural and
aquaculture facilities
3. Ortho-imagery
10.Population distribution
4. Geology demography
11. Area management/
restriction/regulation
zones & reporting units
12. Natural risk zones
13. Atmospheric conditions
14. Meteorological
geographical features
15. Oceanographic
geographical features
16. Sea regions
17. Bio-geographical
regions
18. Habitats and biotopes
19. Species distribution
20. Energy Resources
21. Mineral resources
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 Tools
&
Data

INSPIRE thematic scope is covering the Maritime data

a) aquaculture areas
b) fishing areas
c) exploration, exploitation and
extraction of oil, of gas and other
energy resources
d) maritime transport routes
e) raw material extraction areas
f) military training areas
g) scientific research
h) submarine cable and pipeline
routes
i) tourism
j) underwater cultural heritage

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Establishing spatial data inventory within
INSPIRE for development of MSP

Discovery of the data therew INSPIRE geoportal - INSPIRE discovery

service
Required data for the process of MSP should be easily
discoverable, viewable and accessible to download into a
harmonized and interoperable format. Establishing data
inventory should be exceptionally more efficient, without
spending large amount of time and resources.

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 Tools
&
Data

Establishing spatial data inventory within INSPIRE

Article 10: Data use and sharing

Paragraph 1: MS shall organize the use of the best available data, and decide
how to organize the sharing of information, necessary for MSP
Paragraph 3: MS shall use instruments and tools, including those already
available under the Intergrated Maritime Policy and INSPIRE

Required data for the process of MSP should be easily discoverable,

viewable and accessible to download into a harmonized and
interoperable format. Establishing data inventory should be
exceptionally more efficient, without spending large amount of
time and resources.

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 Tools
&
Data

Sustainability evaluation analysis and conflicts

management

Aquaculture
Fisheries

Energy
Development areas & Land Reclamation
Conservation areas: Natural,Heritage

Research
Bunkering and shipping
Tourism
Harbours

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 Tools
&
Data

MSP Malta (scenario/strategy)

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 Tools
&
Data

Advanced examples
in EU

Common data models

Common encodings
(formats)
Common symbologies

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 Tools
&
Data

INSPIRE Planned Land/

Marine use data model
class Planned Land Use
featureType
SpatialPlan
+ extent: GM_MultiSurface
+ inspireId: Identifier
+
+
levelOfSpatialPlan: LevelOfSpatialPlanValue
officialTitle: CharacterString
+ planTypeName: PlanTypeName
voidable
+ alternativeTitle: CharacterString
+ backgroundMap: BackgroundMapValue
+ ordinance: OrdinanceValue [1..*]
+ processStepGeneral: ProcessStepGeneralValue
+ validFrom: Date [0..1]
+ validTo: Date [0..1]
INSPIRE data model for spatial planning have 4
feature types:
featureType
ZoningElement
1. SpatialPlan: indicates a strategic direction for
+ geometry: GM_MultiSurface
+ hilucsLandUse: HILUCSValue [1..*]
+
+
inspireId: Identifier
regulationNature: RegulationNatureValue
the development of a given geographic area,
+member voidable
+plan
1
+ backgroundMap: BackgroundMapValue
+ dimensioningIndication: DimensioningIndicationValue [0..*] within distribution of people and activities.
0..* + hilucsPresence: HILUCSPresence
+ processStepGeneral: ProcessStepGeneralValue
+ specificLandUse: LandUseClassificationValue [1..*]
+ specificPresence: SpecificPresence
2. ZoningElement: Homogeneous spatial object
+ validFrom: Date [0..1]

based on zoning conecpt which separate one set

lifeCycleInfo, voidable + validTo: Date [0..1]
+ beginLifespanVersion: DateTime lifeCycleInfo, voidable
+ endLifespanVersion: DateTime [0..1] 1 + beginLifespanVersion: DateTime
+ endLifespanVersion: DateTime [0..1]
+plan of uses from another.
1
+officialDocument
1..*
+officialDocument
voidable
voidable
3. OfficalDocumentation: includes official
featureType
+restriction
0..*
1..* OfficialDocumentation
documentation that composes the spatial plan
+ inspireId: Identifier
featureType
voidable
SupplementaryRegulation
+ legislationCitation: LegislationCitation [0..1]
+ planDocument: DocumentCitation [0..1]
4. SupplemantaryRegulation:A spatial object
+ geometry: GM_Object
+ inspireId: Identifier + regulationText: CharacterString [0..1]
+
+
regulationNature: RegulationNatureValue
supplementaryRegulation: SupplementaryRegulationValue [1..*] 1..*
(point, line or polygon) of a spatial plan that
+officialDocument
voidable voidable

provides supplementary information and/or

+ backgroundMap: BackgroundMapValue
+ dimensioningIndication: DimensioningIndicationValue [0..*]
+ inheritedFromOtherPlans: Boolean
+ name: CharacterString [0..*]
+ processStepGeneral: ProcessStepGeneralValue
+ specificRegulationNature: CharacterString
limitation of the use of land/water /sea
+ specificSupplementaryRegulation: SpecificSupplementaryRegulationValue [1..*]
+ validFrom: Date [0..1]
+ validTo: Date [0..1] necessary for spatial planning reasons or to
lifeCycleInfo, voidable
+ beginLifespanVersion: DateTime
+ endLifespanVersion: DateTime [0..1] formalise external rules defined in legal text.
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INSPIRE Planned Land/Marine use data
model
class Planned Land Use

featureType
SpatialPlan
+ extent: GM_MultiSurface
+ inspireId: Identifier
+
+
levelOfSpatialPlan: LevelOfSpatialPlanValue
officialTitle: CharacterString
+
SpatialPlan
planTypeName: PlanTypeName
voidable
+ alternativeTitle: CharacterString
+ backgroundMap: BackgroundMapValue
+ ordinance: OrdinanceValue [1..*]
+ processStepGeneral: ProcessStepGeneralValue
+ validFrom: Date [0..1]
+ validTo: Date [0..1]
lifeCycleInfo, voidable
+ beginLifespanVersion: DateTime
+ endLifespanVersion: DateTime [0..1]
+plan
featureType
ZoningElement
+ geometry: GM_MultiSurface
+ hilucsLandUse: HILUCSValue [1..*]
+
+ ZoningElement
inspireId: Identifier
regulationNature: RegulationNatureValue
+plan
+member voidable
+ backgroundMap: BackgroundMapValue
+ dimensioningIndication: DimensioningIndicationValue [0..*]
1
0..* + hilucsPresence: HILUCSPresence
+ processStepGeneral: ProcessStepGeneralValue
+ specificLandUse: LandUseClassificationValue [1..*]
+ specificPresence: SpecificPresence
+ validFrom: Date [0..1]
+ validTo: Date [0..1]
lifeCycleInfo, voidable
1 + beginLifespanVersion: DateTime
+ endLifespanVersion: DateTime [0..1]

1
+officialDocument
+officialDocument 1..*
voidable
voidable

+restriction featureType
1..* OfficialDocumentation
0..*
+ inspireId: Identifier
featureType
voidable
SupplementaryRegulation

OfficalDocumentation
+ legislationCitation: LegislationCitation [0..1]
+ geometry: GM_Object + planDocument: DocumentCitation [0..1]
+ inspireId: Identifier + regulationText: CharacterString [0..1]
+ regulationNature: RegulationNatureValue
+ supplementaryRegulation: SupplementaryRegulationValue [1..*] 1..* +officialDocument

SupplemantaryRegulation
voidable voidable
+ backgroundMap: BackgroundMapValue
+ dimensioningIndication: DimensioningIndicationValue [0..*]
+ inheritedFromOtherPlans: Boolean
+ name: CharacterString [0..*]
+ processStepGeneral: ProcessStepGeneralValue
+ specificRegulationNature: CharacterString
+ specificSupplementaryRegulation: SpecificSupplementaryRegulationValue [1..*]
+ validFrom: Date [0..1]
+ validTo: Date [0..1]
lifeCycleInfo, voidable
+ beginLifespanVersion: DateTime
+ endLifespanVersion: DateTime [0..1]
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Development of the various scenarios of
MSP

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Tools
&
Data

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Stakeholders

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Conclusions
MSP is process within the legal framewok
MSP process requires methodlogy, tools and data
For the developemn of the MSP there is req. On marine and
maritime data
Marine data enabled by MSFD, but with INSPIRE as a tool
MSFD provide monitoring data frequent update assessment of
the Maritime activities impacts
Maritime data enabled due INSPIRE legisltion but also threw
INSPIRE
INSPIRE provide data model for MSP
Using the INSPIRE data model for MSP secured good intehgration
of the land/marine planning (land sea interactions )
Ensure trans-boundary cooperation

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Thank you 4 your attention
abramic@vik-ing.eu

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