Steps toward a shared governance response for achieving Good Environmental Status in the Mediterranean Sea

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Cinnirella, Sergio, Sardà, Rafael, de Vivero, Juan Luis Suárez, Brennan, Ruth, Barausse, Alberto, Icely, John, Luisetti, Tiziana, March, David, Murciano, Carla, Newton, Alice, O'Higgins, Tim, Palmeri, Luca, Palmieri, Maria Giovanna, Raux, Pascal, Rees, Sian, Albaigés, Joan, Pirrone, Nicola and Turner, Kerry (2014) Steps toward a shared governance response for achieving Good Environmental Status in the Mediterranean Sea. Ecology and Society, 19 (4). ISSN 1708-3087

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Abstract

The Mediterranean region is of fundamental importance to Europe given its strategic position. The responsibility for its overall ecosystem integrity is shared by European Union Member States (EU-MS) and other Mediterranean countries. A juxtaposition of overlapping governance instruments occurred recently in the region, with the implementation of both the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) for EU-MS and the Ecosystem Approach Strategy (ECAP) for all Mediterranean countries, including EU-MS. Both MSFD and ECAP are structured around vision-driven processes to achieve Good Environmental Status and a Healthy Environment, respectively. These processes have clear ecosystem-based, integrated policy objectives to guarantee the preservation and integrity of Mediterranean marine ecosystem goods and services. However, adoption of these instruments, especially those related to the new EUMS directives on marine policy, could result in a governance gap in addition to the well-known economic gap between the EU and the non-EU political blocs. We identify two complementary requirements for effective implementation of both MSFD and ECAP that could work together to reduce this gap, to ensure a better alignment between MSFD and ECAP and better planning for stakeholder engagement. These are key issues for the future success of these instruments in a Mediterranean region where discrepancies between societal and ecological objectives may pose a challenge to these processes.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: ecosystem approach,environmental status,governance,legislation implementation,marine environment,mediterranean,shared vision,ecology,sdg 14 - life below water ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2300/2303
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE)
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Social Sciences
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Collaborative Centre for Sustainable Use of the Seas
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Depositing User: Pure Connector
Date Deposited: 21 Feb 2017 02:23
Last Modified: 11 Jul 2023 10:30
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/62654
DOI: 10.5751/ES-07065-190447

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