Center for Coastal & Marine Studies
The second EGCP E-Newsletter – the Winter 2020 issue is available now
We are pleased to circulate the Winter E-Newsletter of the East Grampian Coastal Partnership (EGCP), submitted by CCMS Advisory Committee member Dr. David R. Green, Director of the Aberdeen Institute for Coastal Science and Management, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Multiple pressures and their combined effects in Europe’s seas
Many different human activities on land and at sea cause pressures on Europe’s seas. A European Environment Agency’s (EEA) briefing, published on 09/12/2020, shows that these pressures have now reached the outermost sea areas and the deepest seafloor. Nearly all of Europe’s marine area (93%) is under various pressures from human activities and there is hardly any part of this area that is not affected by at least two of such pressures, the EEA briefing shows.
THIRD STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING - MARSPLAN-BS II PROJECT
Virtual on 26 November 2020
Despite the global pandemic caused by the coronavirus, the Maritime Spatial Planning process in the Black Sea continues. On 26 of November, 2020, the 3rd Steering Committee (SC) Meeting of the MARSPLAN-BS II project was successfully conducted. Due to the safety measures, the meeting was carried out in a video-conference format organized and hosted by the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works of Bulgaria. All partners in the MARSPLAN-BS II project as well as representatives of European Commission`s DG MARE and EASME attended the SC Meeting.
A new JRC SCIENCE FOR POLICY REPORT published. Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services: An EU ecosystem assessment
The report presents an ecosystem assessment covering the total land area of the EU as well as the EU marine regions. The assessment is carried out by Joint Research Centre, European Environment Agency, DG Environment, and the European Topic Centres on Biological Diversity and on Urban, Land and Soil Systems.
