Haelters, J.

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Challenges in defining GES for 
Belgian waters: 
Marine biodiversity
Jan Haelters
RBINS/MUMM
MSFD
Human
activities
Other environmental
protection
commitments
and obligations
MSFD:
GES and
TargetsNATURA
2000
FCS and
Conservation
objectives
Challenge 1: The integration 
of commitments
and policies
MSFD
• Flexibility in decisions on implementation
• Need for regional cooperation/coherence
• Progress: some virtually 
finished IA, GES, T&I
• Scale of assessment 
very different
Problems
Challenge 2: Reaching 
international coherence
GES
• Reflects the vision and ambition of MS 
towards the future of their marine waters
• Is based on the ecosystem
• Is all about the setting of baselines and 
targets
• Targets need socio-economic considerations 
and need to be cost-effective
Challenge 3: What is our 
ambition and how are 
stakeholders involved ?
GES
• Quantification of targets for biota?
• Biological variability and natural change
• Climate change
Challenge 4: Quantification of 
changes in the ecosystem
• The integration of commitments
and policies
• Reaching international coherence
• What is our ambition and how are 
stakeholders involved?
• Quantification of changes in the 
ecosystem
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