ELOISE European Land-Ocean Interaction Studies Programme European Commission Directorate General for Research

ELOISE – how the land-ocean interaction operates, and how this is influenced by human activities Professor Jozef Pacyna Dr. Kevin Barrett Centre for Ecological Economics NILU, Kjeller, Norway ELOISE European Land Ocean Interaction Studies

 EU thematic network  coastal zone research combined to focus on: *) how the land-ocean interaction operates *) how this is influenced by human activities.   Operating since 1996   Have been 59 ELOISE projects, 29 now active   World’s largest coastal research initiative. ELOISE European Land Ocean Interaction Studies

ELOISE should contribute directly to: Integrated coastal zone management  Environmental Impact Assessment  Coastal land-use planning  Habitat management  Pollution control European coastal policy ELOISE European Land Ocean Interaction Studies

Science Plan (1) – why?  Coastal ocean changing rapidly due to human activity  Future management and use of coastal resources requires understanding ELOISE

Science Plan (2) - intention Objectives of ELOISE are: 1)Determine the role of coastal seas in land-ocean interaction 2)Determine regional human impact on interactions of pollution, eutrophication & disturbance 3)Formulate strategic approach to sustainable use 4)Promote scientific infrastructure for coastal research

ELOISE foci of research Global Cycles - carbon, nutrients, elements, biogases Human Impacts - past changes, interactions between pollution/ eutrophication/disturbance, direct effects, indirect effects, coastal biology of global change Socio-economic Development - management approach, natural/socio-economic science interface, analysis of past practice Methodology/Implementation of ELOISE - - promote scientific infrastructure, data management, predictive/upscaling modelling. ELOISE

ELOISE Working Groups  Biogeochemical fluxes and cycles  Ecosystem Structures and Functioning  Modelling and Data management  Integration of Natural and Socio-economic sciences

oChanges in coastal ecosystem functioning and its consequences for biodiversity oRegional patterns and latitudinal gradients in the structure and functioning of European coastal ecosystems oMorphological evolution of European coastlines: patterns, processes, driving forces oData sources and requirements to describe land-ocean interaction processes at the European scale The ELOISE objectives and foci of research combined………….. ELOISE European Land Ocean Interaction Studies

4th Framework CHABADA COMWEB ESCAPE METROMED MMS NICE PHASE DOMTOX KEYCOP F-ECTS EULIT EUROSSAM RANR NICOLAS BASIC 5th Framework INCA BEAM COMET OAERRE MEAD SIGNAL EUROCAT DANUBS STREAMES NTAP MOLTEN DOMAINE EUROTROPH M&MS HUMOR ELOISE Projects CLICOFI ISLED ANICE BASIS SUB-GATE TOROS ROBUST ECOFLAT BBCS POPCYCLING DUNES BIOGEST EROS-21 MAMCS MOE DELOS LIMNAS SEDMOC Coast3D PROTECT DANLIM HIMOM OROMA CoastView TIDE COSA BIOCOMBE DITTY MERCYMS FP 6 ?

E L O I S E Secretariat and Consortium Institute for Environmental Studies, Free University of Amsterdam, Netherlands National Institute of Ecology Centre for Estuarine and Coastal Ecology, Netherlands Centre for Socio-Economic Research on the Global Environment, Univeristy of East Anglia, UK Centre for Ecological Economics, NILU, Kjeller, Norway European Commission Directorate General for Research

E L O I S E Secretariat and Consortium Tasks European Commission Directorate General for Research 1.Secretariat duties 2.Scientific coordination of results of ELOISE thus far.

E L O I S E events Conference, Gdansk, March 24-27, 2003 European Conference on Coastal Zone Research: The ELOISE approach Three Workshops: 1)Demands at the European and Global scale (upscaling) 2)Integration into European policy: integrated environmental assessment 3)Developing coastal futures for the European coastal zone

E L O I S E European Land Ocean Interaction Studies The EU Project Cluster on European Land-Ocean Interaction Studies (ELOISE) Technical University of Gdańsk Gdańsk, Poland March, 2003 First Announcement European Conference on Coastal Zone Research: an ELOISE Approach European Commission Directorate General for Research

LOICZ and IGBP IGBP is the “International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme” - - part of ICSU, the International Council of Scientific Unions LOICZ is “Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone” - - a key project element of IGBP

LOICZ II – Possible Thematics 1. River basins and human dimensions magnitude and variations in land-derived material loads to the coastal seas and atmosphere, and implications of these fluxes and changes on coastal functioning and human use 2. Coastal footprints: implications for land and sea use change 3. Fate and transformation of materials in coastal and shelf waters Fate of land-derived and atmospheric loads and ramification of load changes in the coastal and continetal shelf seas, and implications for Earth function 4. System sustainability and resource management issues Coastal system integrity and resource sustainability – scenarios and options 5. Risk and safety Human and resources risk and coastal vulnerability to change