Cumulative Impact Assessment Experiences from Europe and the

Cumulative Impact Assessment Experiences from Europe and the Mediterranean Dania ABDUL MALAK, Ph. D Cumulative Impact Tools for MSP Expert Roundtable Venice, 18 January 2018

Outline ü Adequate Integration of Land Sea information in a meaningful way is key for understanding associated risks and opportunities on the LS continuum; ü Cumulative Impacts reduce the overall resilience of ecosystems. Such tools are essential to better understand more effectively manage holistically coastal and marine resources; ü Resilience of marine ecosystems to pressures need to be better studied and consideration of future threats need to be addressed more in depth and are yet unsolved

Outline ü Adequate Integration of Land Sea information in a meaningful way is key for understanding associated risks and opportunities on the LS continuum; ü Cumulative Impacts reduce the overall resilience of ecosystems. Such tools are essential to better understand more effectively manage holistically coastal and marine resources; ü Resilience of marine ecosystems to pressures need to be better studied and consideration of future threats need to be addressed more in depth and are yet unsolved

ESa. TDOR: Building Land-Sea typologies Development of: Simple maps on land sea | Multi-thematic indicators |Typologies on LSI

ESa. TDOR: Data Integration challenges Land based data • Admin. Units (NUTs); • Defined regions (coastal); • Alphanumerical stats Sea based data • No adm. Defined units; • Different data formats Marine Units of Territorial Space (MUTS)

Land-Sea typologies Cold and hot spots Typology

Outline ü Adequate Integration of Land Sea information in a meaningful way is key for understanding associated risks and opportunities on the LS continuum; ü Cumulative Impacts reduce the overall resilience of ecosystems. Such tools are essential to better understand more effectively manage holistically coastal and marine resources; ü Resilience of marine ecosystems to pressures need to be better studied and consideration of future threats need to be addressed more in depth and are yet unsolved

Med-IAMER: Assessing Environmental pressures

Results – Single Pressures Coastal Toursim Pollution from Maritime transport High levels of oil spills are located along the Sicilian channel Heavy constructions in The Western Mediterranean coast Marine Litter Sinks Accumulation of marine litter in the South-Eastern Mediterranean

Results Cumulative impact

Outline ü Adequate Integration of Land Sea information in a meaningful way is key for understanding associated risks and opportunities on the LS continuum; ü Cumulative Impacts reduce the overall resilience of ecosystems. Such tools are essential to better understand more effectively manage holistically coastal and marine resources; ü Resilience of marine ecosystems to pressures needs to be better studied and consideration of future threats have to be addressed more in depth and are yet unsolved

PANACe. A - Streamlining management efforts in protected areas for enhanced nature protection in the Mediterranean PANACe. A´s role is to synthesize results of relevant regional projects to: ü provide evidence and reliable data on effective transferable measures and protocols, ü reduce pressures on Mediterranean biodiversity and ü ensure the adequate provision of ecosystem services

Thank you for your attention! For more information: Dania Abdul Malak daniaabdulmalak@uma. es