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Linus Hammar W 2/2 Applying ecosystem approach Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (HELCOM-VASAB) #BalticMSP Symphony- a cumulative assessment tool for MSP Senior Analyst

Symphony- a cumulative assessment tool for MSP at the 2nd Baltic Maritime Spatial Planning Forum

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Linus Hammar

W 2/2 Applying ecosystem approach

Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management

(HELCOM-VASAB)

#BalticMSP

Symphony- a cumulative assessment

tool for MSP

Senior Analyst

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What is the problem?

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Symphony supports the Ecosystem

Approach in Swedish MSP

• We want to compare the environmental

impact of different plan alternatives

• Cumulative impact is what matters

• We develop a tool called Symphony

• Symphony is based on a scientifically

established method (Halpern et al 2008)

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How Symphony works

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Maps of ecosystem

components1Maps of marine

pressures2Sensitivity matrix

based on experts3Baseline

results4

Link pressures

to maritime plan5Results for plan

iteration6

A more sustainable

marine plan7

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Ecosystem components in Symphony

We have produced about 30 maps of

ecosystem components based on existing data

• Examples: Benthic habitats, fish spawning

areas, porpoises, seabirds, plankton

• Aggregated maps indicate biodiversity

hotspots and sensitive areas

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Ecosystem diversity

map (Swedish draft)Ecosystem sensitivity

map (Swedish draft)

Yellow more, blue lessThe maps do not fully cover areas outside Swedish waters and EEZ and do not represent the full Baltic Scope area

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Human pressures in Symphony

We have produced about 25 maps of

human pressures based on existing data

• Examples: Shipping noise, fishing,

military explosions, wind farm bird

avoidance, eutrophication, coastal

exploitation

• About a third of the pressures are

related to MSP

• Aggregated maps indicate areas where

pressures are many and intense

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Human pressure

map (Swedish draft)

Red more, blue lessThe maps do not fully cover areas outside Swedish waters and EEZ and do not represent the full Baltic Scope area

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Cumulative impact in Symphony

The cumulative impact is based on

• Number and intensity of ecosystem

components

• Number and intensity of human

pressures

• How sensitive each ecosystem

component is to each human pressure

This map helps to identify areas of

concern, and allows us to compare the

environmental impact of different plan

alternative

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Cumulative impact

map (Swedish draft)

Red more, blue lessThe maps do not fully cover areas outside Swedish waters and EEZ and do not represent the full Baltic Scope area

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Ecosystem sensitivity

map (Swedish draft)

Symphony for Ecosystem Approach• We identify areas of particular sensitivity

• We examine the cumulative impact of the MSP draft

• We identify areas where impact is too high

• We analyze which pressures that contribute to the bad situation

• We use this information to discuss with stakeholders

• We develop alternative plan

• We examine the cumulative impact of the new alternative plan

• We iterate until good plan is found

• The method is transparent

• The method can be used in any country and as a basis for transboundary consultations

• HELCOM is using similar method, for assessment

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Cumulative impact

map (Swedish draft)

Yellow more, blue less

Red more, blue less

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What do we want?

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