1. Cumulative Impact Work for HELCOM State of the Baltic Sea report and beyond
Cumulative Impact Tools for MSP Expert Roundtable
18 January 2018, 9:30-17:30
THETIS SpA, Castello 2737/f, Venice, Italy

3. Follow up on the goals of the Baltic Sea Action Plan
Lena Bergström, HOLAS II

4. Themes included in the assessment
STATE BASED Status
PRESSURE BASED Status
Eutrophication
Hazardous substances
Marine litter
Underwater noise
Species extraction: fishing and hunting
Non-indigeneous species
Habitat loss and disturbance
Bentic habitats
Pelagic habitats
Fish
Marine mammals
Waterbirds
Overarching:
Socioeconomic analyses
Cumulative impacts
Lena Bergström, HOLAS II

5. The assessment of cumulative pressures and impacts
Lena Bergström, HOLAS II

6. Baltic Sea pressure index
Baltic Sea impact index
BSPI: accumulated pressures spatial distribution
BSII: also considers the spatial distribition of species and habitats and their overlap
Sum [Pressure layer (0/1) x Sensitivity score x
Ecosystem component layer (0/1)]
1*1 km grid
Lena Bergström, HOLAS II

7. Data sets included Spatial data sets with regional coverage
19 pressure layers (based on 54 original layers)
42 ecosystem component layers
Sensitivity scores (0-3)
Lena Bergström, HOLAS II

8. Human activities and pressures considered
Lena Bergström, HOLAS II

9. Identification of key pressures and most impacted species /habitats
Lena Bergström, HOLAS II

10. Framework for including socioeconomy
Lena Bergström, HOLAS II

11. Work forward Improve the underlying data sets
Online web application for testing assessment results for different themese
Link to MSP!
Link to economic and social analyses!
Lena Bergström, HOLAS II

12. Lena Bergström, HOLAS II