1. Economic and social analyses in HOLAS II
Soile Oinonen -
Heini Ahtiainen -
Lena Bergström -
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2. Aims for regional Baltic ESA
Comparable data and approaches across countries
Support national work, knowledge and experience exchange
Proximate aim: Contribute to HOLAS II assessment on the ecosystem health of the Baltic Sea
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3. The HOLAS II assessment
Summary report released in June 2017 ”State of the Baltic Sea”
Consultation in 2017 and final version in June 2018
Main content chapters:
Human activities and the environment
Including UMW for selected sectors/activities
Pressures on the Baltic Sea
Including cost of degradation with respect to eutrophication
Biodiversity and food webs
Cumulative impacts and trends in the marine environment
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4. Work on economic and social analyses thus far (2016)
TAPAS project: develop framework for regional economic and social analyses in the Baltic Sea region
Use of marine waters
Cost of degradation
HELCOM economic and social analyses network established
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5. Use of marine waters
Economic importance of human activities and sectors in the marine environment
Linked to activity-pressure assessment
Statistics and ecosystem service values
Sectors: fish and shellfish harvesting, aquaculture, tourism and recreation, energy production and transport
National estimates
Examples for Finland and Estonia
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6. Cost of degradation
Consequences to human well-being from the degradation of the marine environment
Economic valuation studies
Selected degradation themes and ecosystem services
National and regional estimates
Example for eutrophication
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7. Forward arrangements for regional ESA
SPICE project 2017
Nominated country representatives to strenghten the expert network
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8. Roadmap for further economic and social analyses
First steps
Develop and agree on common principles for the regional ESA
Work with the statistical agencies to provide data in standard format
Develop a common understanding on baseline
Establish team with pressure-impact researchers and ESA network
Engage with different BONUS projects
Longer term
Investigate the possibilities to conduct regionally coordinated valuation studies
Conduct cost-effectiveness analysis of measures to improve the marine environment
Conduct cost-benefit analysis for selected descriptors/themes
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9. Thank you!
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