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Implementing the Marine Strategy Framework Directive: A policy perspective on regulatory,institutional and stakeholder impediments to effective implementation
Institution:1. Environmental Policy Group, Wageningen University, Hollandseweg 1, 6706 KN, Wageningen, The Netherlands;2. Innovative Fisheries Management (IFM), Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark;3. IMARES, Wageningen University and Research Center, The Netherlands;4. Marine Law and Ocean Policy Research Services Ltd, Harbor Lodge, The Quay, Westport, Ireland;1. Environmental Policy Group, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 8130, 6700EW Wageningen, The Netherlands;2. Environmental Studies and Policy, Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development and Innovation, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80,115, 3508TC, Utrecht, The Netherlands;3. Forest and Nature Conservation Group, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 8130 6700EW, Wageningen, The Netherlands;4. Science & Society Group, Faculty of Mathematics & Natural Sciences, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 221 9700AE, Groningen, The Netherlands;1. Departamento de Ecologia, Center of Applied Ecology and Sustainability (CAPES), Center for the Study of Multiple-Drivers on Marine Socio-Ecological, Systems (MUSELS), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile;2. Instituto de Ciencia Politica, Center for Applied Ecology and Sustainability (CAPES), Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile;3. Departamento de Ecosistemas y Medio Ambiente, Center for Applied Ecology and Sustainability (CAPES), Interdisciplinary Center for Intercultural and Indigenous Studies (CIIR), Millennium Nucleus Center for the Socioeconomic Impact of Environmental Policies (CESIEP), Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile;1. Environmental Policy Group, Wageningen University, PO Box 8130, 6700 EW, Wageningen, The Netherlands;2. LEI Wageningen UR, Alexanderveld 5, 2585 DB, The Hague, The Netherlands;1. Centro de Oceanografia, Laboratório Marítimo da Guia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Nossa Senhora do Cabo 939, 2750-374 Cascais, Portugal;2. Duke University Marine Laboratory, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, 135 Duke Marine Lab Road, Beaufort, NC 28516-9721, USA;3. IN+, Centro de Estudos em Inovação, Tecnologia e Políticas de Desenvolvimento, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal;4. e-GEO, Centro de Estudos de Geografia e Planeamento Regional, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Avenida de Berna 26-C, 1069-061 Lisboa, Portugal
Abstract:The implementation of the European Union (EU) Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) requires EU Member States to draft a program of measures to achieve Good Environmental Status (GES). Central argument of this paper, based on an analysis of the unique, holistic character of the MSFD, is that social and political factors are having a major influence on this MSFD implementation process. More specifically, four potential impediments have been identified that are curtailing the drive towards the effective implementation of the scheme advanced by the Directive. First, scientific uncertainty about aggregated ecological pressure and drivers in relation to the different sectors clouds the definition of national programmes of measures and this in turn may lead to implementation-drift in achieving GES. Second, the scale of the ecosystem is different from the political and socio-economic scales of individual, sectoral decision-making and activities. Third, policy coordination is required on several levels, i.e. at the EU level, within the Regional Sea Conventions, at national level and between these three levels. Finally, the coming together of both stakeholder involvement organized for the MSFD and those of existing, sectoral policy domains makes fair and efficient stakeholder involvement challenging. This paper concludes that more attention should be rendered to establishing appropriate coordination and communication structures, which facilitate greater engagement with the different Directorates-General in the European Commission, the European Council and the Parliament, the Member States, sectoral decision making institutions as well as stakeholder interest groups.
Keywords:Governance  MSFD  Scale  Policy coordination  Stakeholder values  Scientific input
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