Protecting the marine eco-system - Lessons learned from project activities in Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian marine waters
27-28 October 2009, Sigulda, Latvia
The objective of the seminar was to present final results of LIFE Nature project “Marine protected areas in the Eastern Baltic sea”, interim results from the project “Implementation of Natura 2000 in Estonian marine areas: site selection, designation and protection measures – ESTMAR and experiences from other projects activities regarding marine nature protection, management and marine spatial uses & planning.
The main agenda topics was:
• Findings from inventories of species and habitats of Community interest and EC conservation requirements;
• Setting boundaries and designating sites based on project activities
• Protection regimes and management plans at proposed Marine Natura 2000 sites
• Stakeholder involvement: acceptance, communication and economic interests
• Sea uses as complex phenomena leading to marine spatial plannning
• Future needs for action.
For more information look in:
Agenda
Seminar report
Presentations in the seminar:
Opening and introduction, by Heidrun Fammler, BEF-Group
Current status of the Habitats Directive marine Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) network, by Otars Opermanis, European Topic Centre (Biodiversity)
Findings from the inventories carried out in the frame of the LIFE Nature grant “Marine Protected Areas in the Eastern Baltic Sea” and the EEA grant “Implementation of Natura 2000 in Estonian marine areas: site selection, designation and protection measures – ESTMAR”:
- Benthic habitats, by Georg Martin, Estonian Marine Institute of Tartu University, Estonia
- Birds (LIFE) & Birds (ESTMAR), by Mindaugas Dagys, Institute of Ecology, Vilnius University, Lithuania & Andres Kalamees, Estonian Ornithological Society, Estonia
- Marine mammals, by Ivar Jüssi, Environmental Board, Estonia
- Fish, by Markus Vetemaa, Estonian Marine Institute of Tartu University, Estonia
Designations of sites:
• Latvia, by Edgars Bojars, BEF Latvia
• Lithuania, by Liutauras Raudonikis, Institute of Ecology, Vilnius University, Lithuania & Zymantas Morkvenas, BEF Lithuania
• Estonia, by Merle Kuris, BEF Estonia
• Sweden, by Martin Isæus & Karl Florén, Aquabiota, Sweden
Sea Uses and conflicting interests, by Anda Ruskule, BEF Latvia
