Programme
and projects
Phase V - Sustainable
Management of the North Sea – SPSD I (1997-2003)
In January 1997 the Programme “Sustainable
Management of the North Sea” was launched in
the framework of the first Scientific
Support Plan for a Sustainable Development Policy (SPSD-I).
The overall budget of this programme was 10,3 MEURO.
In the context of the "International Conferences
on the Protection of the North Sea" and with a view to
cooperating with other North Sea coastal states, this programme
aimed to contribute to the management and sustainable development
of the North Sea and its natural resources.
To this end the authorities need:
- a better understanding of the structure and functioning
of the North Sea ecosystem;
- a better understanding of the impact of human activities
on the North Sea ecosystem:
- to gain a better objective understanding of the notion
of 'how the North Sea can be sustainably exploited to ensure
that those living on its banks can maintain a high standard
of living';
- to gain a better understanding of the socioeconomic consequences
which accompany the negative impact of human activities on
the North Sea ecosystem;
- to translate properly founded scientific information and
opinions from the research community into a policy designed
to establish the most favourable balance possible between
the various forms of exploitation of the North Sea and inform
the public.
19 projects were financed in total.
Strategic research
actions:
| MN/DD1/001 |
Biogeochemistry of nutrients, metals and
organic micropollutants in the North Sea
[Fedra]
[Project description sheet] |
| MN/DD1/002 |
Eutrophication and the structure of coastal planktonic
food-webs: mechanisms and modelling (AMORE)
[Fedra]
[Project description sheet] |
| MN/DD1/003 |
The impact on North Sea organisms of pollutants associated
with sediment (ICAS)
[Fedra]
[Project description sheet] |
| MN/DD1/004 |
Structural and functional biodiversity of North Sea ecosystems
[Fedra]
[Project description sheet] |
| MN/DD1/005 |
North Sea seabirds and marine mammals: pathology and
ecotoxicology
[Fedra]
[Project description sheet] |
| MN/DD1/006 |
Integrated and dynamical oceanographic data management
(IDOD)
[Fedra]
[Project description sheet] |
| MN/DD1/007 |
Marine Resources Damage Assessment and Sustainable Management
of the North Sea (MARE-DASM)
[Fedra]
[Project description sheet] |
Targeted research
actions:
| MN/DD2/001 |
Quality status and terrestrial inputs for
the North Sea
[Fedra]
[Project description sheet] |
| MN/DD2/002 |
Evaluation of possible impacts of endocrine disruptors
on the North Sea ecosystem (ED-North)
[Fedra]
[Project description sheet]
The ED-North database developed in the frame of the project
[website] |
| MN/DD2/003 |
Development of methods for the analysis of hydrocarbons
and organic micro-pollutants in the marine environment
[Fedra]
[Project description sheet] |
| MN/DD2/004 |
Monitoring of volatile organic compounds in marine organisms:
analysis, quality assurance and feasibility
[Fedra]
[Project description sheet] |
| MN/DD2/005 |
Evaluation of the quality of turbot fry on the stock
enhancement success in the North Sea
[Fedra]
[Project description sheet] |
| MN/DD2/006 |
"Paardenmarkt" site evaluation
[Fedra]
[Project description sheet] |
| MN/DD2/007 |
Intensive evaluation of the evolution of a protected
benthic habitat (HABITAT)
[Fedra]
[Project description sheet] |
| MN/DD2/008 |
Research on natural sand transports on the Belgian continental
shelf (BUDGET)
[Fedra]
[Project description sheet] |
| MN/DD2/010 |
The collection Gustave Gilson as a historical reference
framework for the Belgian marine fauna: feasibility study
[Fedra]
[Project description sheet] |
| MN/DD2/011 |
Identification of maritime zones affected by eutrophication
(IZEUT)
[Fedra]
[Project description sheet] |
| MN/DD2/012 |
Fast and low cost analysis of dioxin-like compounds
in marine matrices
[Fedra]
[Project description sheet] |
| MN/DD2/013 |
Long term trends in the macrobenthos of the Belgian
Continental Shelf (MACROBEL)
[Fedra]
[Project description sheet] [Project
website]
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More information about the programme and the
projects can be found in:
- Fedra
- The brochure “Sustainable Management of the North
Sea” and the technical descriptions of the projects
- The
final reports of the projects
- The abstracts and presentations of the symposium “Sustainable
management of the North Sea: presentation of the research
results” - 21 and 22 January 2002
Dutch - French
- F. Maes (ed.) (2005) Marine
Resource Damage Assessment : liability and Compensation for
Environmental Damage.
Springer
ISBN 978-1-4020-3369-8
- The
Paardenmarkt brochure (in dutch)
- Missiaen, T. and J.-P. Henriet
(Eds.) (2002) Chemical munition dump sites in coastal
environments.
Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs (OSTC)
Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Public Health and the Environment
D/2003/1191/5
- Cattrijsse, A. and M. Vincx (2001)
Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the belgian
coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and
1998.
Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs (OSTC)
D/2001/1191/7
- Maes F., A. Cliquet, J. Seys, P.
Meire and H. Offringa (2000) Limited atlas of the
belgian part of the North sea
Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs (OSTC)
D/2000/1191/9
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