1.
Topic discussion
NATURE &
ENVIRONMENT

2.
Topic paper check
• Good work! But room for improvement!
• Add a bit structure, conclusions and
recommendations
• Broaden the scope to environmental
management (MPA-development, MSFD-
descriptors)
• HOW should environment be considered in MSP
and the issues which can be addressed in the
MSP-process.

3.
Oh future, oh future!
What will you bring?
Sweden
• Expanding nature protection MPAs from 6.7%10%
by 2020
• Green Infrastructure approach-Looking for
coexistence with other - what and also when, time
perspective e.g. birds
• Connectivity studies, but tricky issue
• Protection should be in other countries as well
• Stronger regulations on migration corridors to be
expected
Denmark
• Proposal on marine protected areas.
• Perhaps on Natura 2000 areas.

4.
Germany
• Regulation or stipulation for protected areas, Natura
2000, developing managing plans.
• Discussion on measure of MSFD, how it can be used as
a tool for MSP, to integrate migration corridors into MSP.
• No more new MPAs. 50% in economic zone
Poland
• No more new MPAs, as for now. But who knows what
the mysterious future holds?

5.
Conflicts, synergies &
coexistence
• Challenges with coexistence (Offshore windpower
relation to: birds, harbor porpoise, mussels)
• More information needed, but some conclusions
have to be taken, because MSP will happen.
• Accept that we will never have perfect information
but use the information we have: Prioritize!

6.
Recommendations for
planners
Co-operate!
• MSP cooperation needs to have status of a continous
task, not a project. Resources should be allocated.
• Constitute bilateral/multilateral work groups, and
these should be based on formal agreements between
countries, see German/Polish example.
• Scientific advisory board, linked to the work groups.
• Think tank, to demonstrate good practices of MSP.
• Better exchange of information between the Helcom
Vasab MSP work group and other thematic Helcom
work groups, fex Helcom Fish, Helcom Maritime

7.
More recommendations
Develop common policy framework!
• Initiate/develop common policy level agreements on
environmental related aspects e.g. renewable energy.
Increase knowledge/share data!
• System information on planning system and MSP-
system including links between plan-project and SEA-
EIA
• Collect more environmental data, new information on
e.g. migration, and develop ways to exchange this data
and information (Helcom/Vasab)
• Develop joint project on monitoring.
• Develop sensitivity maps on e.g. oil spills.