Why do we do Maritime Spatial Planning in the Baltic Sea? The Plan Bothnia test case

Manuel FriasMaster on MSPSeville 3-6 February 2014

MSP in the Baltic SeaMSP coherent accross borders – dream or reality

Cut to pieces

WHY

is Maritime Spatial Planning important?

The Baltic Sea:a quiet corner of Northern Europe

Manuel Frias. Data available in HELCOM GIS

Really?

The Baltic Sea:a quiet corner of Northern Europe?

Really?

Oil rigs



Really?

Oil rigsWind farms (current and projects)



Really?


Baltic Sea Protected Areas



Really?


Baltic Sea Protected AreasNatura 2000



Really?



Shipping accidents (2009)



Really?




Illegal oil spills (2009)



Really?





Fisheries (Surface and mid. gear 2007)



Really?





Fisheries (Surface and mid. gear 2007)Shipping density (2009)

and much more...Manuel Frias. Data available in HELCOM GIS


Really?





Fisheries (Surface and mid. gear 2007)Shipping density (2009)

Not really...The Baltic Sea is busy – and getting busier!

and much more...Manuel Frias. Data available in HELCOM GIS

How is MSP doingin the Baltic Sea?

”...achieve a Baltic Sea in good environmental status by 2021”

Remember

the HELCOM

”bible”?

Where is Maritime

Spatial Planning

mentioned?

Under Biodiversity!

Why? No idea!

”...develop by 2010 marine spatial planning principles based on the Ecosystem Approach...”

”To this en WE ADOPTHELCOM RECOMMENDATION 28E/9...”

HELCOM RECOMMENDATION 28E/9

• Fill in ____ gaps in spatial ____

• Solve access to ____

• Provide relevant ____

• Develop further HELCOM GIS as a ____source

• Carry out consultations on activities with transboundary negative effect on environment

Fill in the blank spaces

• Develop MSP broad-scale principles

HELCOM RECOMMENDATION 28E/9

• Fill in ____ gaps in spatial ____

• Solve access to ____

• Provide relevant ____

• Develop further HELCOM GIS as a ____source

• Carry out consultations on activities with transboundary negative effect on environment

data

data

data

data

Strong emphasis on data!!

data

• Develop MSP broad-scale principles

HELCOM SCALE2008-2009

They did

the MSP

principles

Sustainable management

Ecosystem approach

Long term perspective and objectives

Precautionary Principle

Participation and Transparency

High quality data and information basis

Transnational coordination and consultation

Coherent terrestrial and maritime spatial planning

Planning adapted to characteristics and special conditions at different areas

Continuous planning

10 principles

Want to know the detail? http://goo.gl/psCloI

HELCOM VASAB

In 2010 the HELCOM-VASAB

MSP Work Group was createdPam Culver

And now that you know what the principles of MSP in the Baltic Sea are...

...let’s see the story of a projectwhich aimed to test those principles

The fascinating story of how we made a MSP test

planbothnia.org

Area: 60.000 Km2

Area: 60.000 Km2

50% Norwegian50% FinnishMarine BiologistMaster course of LawSpeaks Japanese!

100% SpanishLiving in FinlandWife: Swedish-speaking FinnGeographerGIS and data visualization freak

Qperello

Lead partner: an exotic cultural

coctel

6 partners

18 organization

s

DG MARECo-funded under

European Integrated Maritime Policy

Phase 1

Data collection

December 2010

Phase 2

Spatial Plan

May 2012

Test a MSP process

Transboundary

Offshore

Where is the data?

We started(almost) from scratch

maps.helcom.fi

Creating

our own

data

Normal

winterHarsh

winter!!

Mapping the

future

The processData

collection

Synthesis

The pilot plan!

What did we learn?

Ed Yourdon

The importance of sharing

Number of people who know your idea

Value of the creator

”The more people that know your idea

the more powerful it becomes” Seth Godin

Adapted from Seth Godin

Importance of DATA VISUALIZATION

Maritime Archaeology @ University of Southern DK's

Where is the shipwreck?

Very little

information

available about

certain topics

Where are

the birds going?

Dick Jensen

Is Plan Bothnia the only MSP project in the Baltic Sea?

BaltSeaPlan

KnowSeas

PartiSEApate

SeaGIS

And more...

Technology

Why do we do Maritime Spatial Planning in the Baltic Sea? The Plan Bothnia test case