1. Cumulative Effects Assessment and Marine Spatial Planning
Maritime Spatial Planning: Transboundary Cooperation in the Celtic Seas
Cumulative Effects Assessment
and Marine Spatial Planning

3. Cumulative Effects Assessment in the Celtic Seas: SIMCelt Case Study
2 SIMCelt Pilot projects:
Irish Sea
Brittany;
Approach:
Human activities
Receiving environment
Pressures;
How to make CEA functional for marine planning community?
Recommendations on CEA for MSP.

4. SIMCelt Pilot Projects
Irish Sea
Pressures
Receiving Environment
Cumulative/ Concomitant Effects
Human Activities
Brittany

7. CEA in Marine Spatial Planning: Learning from SIMCelt Case Study
Generating maps to report CEA does not fully address the requirements of MSP;
Need to consider scale, baseline conditions and temporal changes;
Addressing Cumulative Effects Assessment in MSP is a process:
Purpose of the cumulative effects assessment
Scoping process using ecosystem-based approach
Reporting and visualising cumulative effects
Identify management options
Collation of data
Risk of impact
Environmental Effect
Development scenarios.

9. MSP Directive and Cumulative Effects
MSP will contribute to the effective management of marine activities and the sustainable use of marine and coastal resources, by creating a framework for consistent, transparent, sustainable and evidence-based decision-making MSP should apply an ecosystem-based approach …. with the aim of ensuring that the collective pressure of all activities is kept within levels compatible with the achievement of good environmental status and that the capacity of marine ecosystems to respond to human-induced changes is not compromised, while contributing to the sustainable use of marine goods and services by present and future generations. The approach will also allow for an adaptive management which ensures refinement and further development as experience and knowledge increase

10. How can Cumulative Effects Assessment methodology be incorporated in MSP?
CEA ?
CEA ?

11. SIMCelt Closing Conference CEA Workshop: Participants 31

12. CEA and MSP Strengths, Challenges, Solutions
Organizing Stakeholder participation
Preparing and approving the plan
Monitoring and evaluating performance

13. CEA and MSP Strengths, Challenges, Solutions
Identifying the need and establishing authority?
Defining and analysing future conditions?

14. CEA and MSP Key Messages
MSP Focussed
CEA an important and fundamental tool for MSP – should be an area for future development
Start with a strategic view don’t worry about detailed mapping
CEA Focussed
Remember end user
Outputs
Communication – language associated with CEA
Not just one technique
Scale
Data: transboundary/cross border; sharing; collecting; monitoring; guidances; money!!
Data!!!!!!!!!!!
Generating maps to report CEA does not fully address the requirements of MSP;
Need to consider scale, baseline conditions and temporal changes;
Addressing Cumulative Effects Assessment in MSP is a process:
Purpose of the cumulative effects assessment
Scoping process using ecosystem-based approach
Collation of data
Risk of impact
Environmental Effect
Development scenarios
Reporting and visualising cumulative effects
Identify management options