REVIEW OF DRAFT OSPAR ICG-COBAM ADVICE MANUAL ON BIODIVERSITY

摘要: The Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD; 2008/56/EC) calls upon EU Member States (MS) to develop criteria and methodological standards to allow consistency in approach in evaluating the extent to which Good Environmental Status (GES) is being achieved. MS are required to provide indicators of GES to the European Commission by July 2012, using the guidance provided in the Commission Decision document (2010/477/EU). A number of reports have been published relating to the descriptors of GES, including eight reports facilitated by the JRC and ICES and two (Contaminants in fish and other seafood and Marine litter) facilitated by DG SANCO and IFREMER respectively. OSPAR is coordinating the MSFD implementation process for the OSPAR Maritime Area and established an Interses-sional Correspondence Group on Coordination of Biodiversity Assessment and Monitoring (ICG-COBAM). This group organised an expert workshop 23–24 November 2010 in Utrecht, Netherlands (BDC 11/4/2-E) to consider the definition of GES for the biodiversity descriptors, and to recommend appropriate indicators, targets and assessment tools. A prod-uct of this workshop is an Advice Manual aimed at national experts and policy makers who will be directly involved in this work at MS and Regional Sea levels. Of the 11 Descriptors of GES, the Advice Manual deals with 4: D1. Biological diversity is maintained. The quality and occurrence of habitats and the distribution and abundance of species are in line with prevailing physiographic, geographic and climatic conditions. D2. Non-indigenous species introduced by human activities are at levels …