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

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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
    Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, 80121 Napoli, 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
    National Research Council of Italy, P.le A. Moro 7, 00185 Rome, Italy)

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.

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  • 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 & Pier , 2021. "Science for Good Environmental Status: A European Joint Action to Support Marine Policy," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(15), pages 1-14, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:13:y:2021:i:15:p:8664-:d:607644
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