Science for Good Environmental Status: A European Joint Action to Support Marine Policy

Mario Sprovieri, Maurizio Ribera d’Alcalà, Patrick Roose, Aldo Drago, Karien De Cauwer, Federico Falcini, Inga Lips, Chiara Maggi, Aourell Mauffret, Jacek Tronczynski, Christina Zeri and Pier Francesco Moretti
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Mario Sprovieri: Istituto per lo Studio degli Impatti Antropici e Sostenibilità in Ambiente Marino (IAS-CNR), Torretta Granitola, 91021 Trapani, Italy
Maurizio Ribera d’Alcalà: Istituto per lo Studio degli Impatti Antropici e Sostenibilità in Ambiente Marino (IAS-CNR), Torretta Granitola, 91021 Trapani, Italy
Patrick Roose: Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Aldo Drago: Department of Geosciences, University of Malta, MSD 2080 Msida, Malta
Karien De Cauwer: Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Federico Falcini: Istituto di Scienze Marine (ISMAR-CNR), Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Roma, Italy
Inga Lips: European Global Ocean Observing System, EuroGOOS AISBL, Rue Vautier 29, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Chiara Maggi: Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA), 00144 Roma, Italy
Aourell Mauffret: Ifremer, Unit of Biogeochemistry and Ecotoxicology, 44311 Nantes, France
Jacek Tronczynski: Ifremer, Unit of Biogeochemistry and Ecotoxicology, 44311 Nantes, France
Christina Zeri: Institute of Oceanography, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), 19013 Anavyssos, Greece
Pier Francesco Moretti: JPI Oceans/National Research Council of Italy (CNR-UREI), Rue de Trone 4, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 15, 1-14

Abstract: In the last decade, several initiatives have been taken at a European level to adopt the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) by promoting coordination and stimulating integrated actions leading to consistent views on its final goal: the achievement of good environmental status (GES). In its holistic approach, the MSFD fully acknowledges the complexity and variability of marine ecosystems and demands constant scientific support for its actual implementation. Recently, the Joint Programming Initiative on “Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans” (JPI Oceans) launched the joint action “Science for Good Environmental Status” (Science4GES), building on the contribution of different scientific disciplines and communities to better fulfill the scope of the MSFD. In this paper we illustrate and discuss a few crucial aspects of endeavors to implement the MSFD specifically implied in the definition of the metrics for the 11 descriptors and GES in its complexity, as well as improving the strategy governing its implementation. This presentation also describes the challenges, aims and implementation plan for the JPI-O joint action, where a transdisciplinary approach may help in progressing from the comprehensive and far-reaching vision of the MSFD to the achievement of a durable GES.

Keywords: Marine Strategy Framework Directive; S4GES JPIO action; Good Environmental Status; science-based support for MSFD (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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