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Plans and Schemes in the table are colour coded and relate to:
In the last decade, management of the Scheldt estuary has been worked out not only on a transnational basis (The Netherlands (NE) – Flanders (FL)) but also in a multi-sectoral way. A global Long Term Vision (LTV – 2001) has been implemented in a 2010 Development Outline (2010DO – 2005) which has been translated in a Scheldt Treaty (2005). Some sectoral plans listed below are part of this multi-sectoral policy plans. Where this is the case, it is mentioned between brackets.
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What tool is available to help manage multiple users of a resource in an integrated way (i.e. achieving more holistic management)?
Legislative Drivers & Sectoral Plan Review of TIDE Estuaries
Table of content
- 1. Introduction
- 1a. Overview
- 1b. Methodology
- 2. Management Drivers
- 2a. Birds Directive (2009/147/EC) & Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC)
- 2b. Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC)
- 2c. Marine Strategy Framework Directive (2008/56/EC)
- 2d. Flood Risk Management Directive (2007/60/EC)
- 3. Key Players and Management Structures
- 3a. Humber Estuary
- 3b. Elbe Estuary
- 3c. Weser Estuary
- 3d. Scheldt Estuary
- 4. Management Plans & SWOT Analysis
- 4a. Management Plans
- 4b. SWOT Analysis
- 4c. SWOT Tables
- 5. Conclusions
- 5a. Environmental Drivers
- 5b. Best Practice
- 5c. SWOT
Authors:
By: Boyes, S., Cutts, N.D. & Elliott, M.
Supported by: Wild-Metzko S., Knüppel J., Saathoff S., Hürter D., Kress J., Roose F., Geerts L.
By: Boyes, S., Cutts, N.D. & Elliott, M.
Supported by: Wild-Metzko S., Knüppel J., Saathoff S., Hürter D., Kress J., Roose F., Geerts L.
4c. SWOT Tables
Abbreviations and acronyms in bold in Tables 5 to 8 are described below:| *1 Categories for spatial scope of participants | |
| EU | - European level |
| INT | - International level |
| NAT | - National level (Government Bodies, Federal Ministries and their agencies, institutes and administration units) |
| RA | - Relevant Authority |
| RBM | - River Basin Management level (national, including the 5 Federal states and the Federal Ministries) |
| FDS | - Federal State level (Federal State Ministries and their agencies and administration units) (1)-(5) number of states involved |
| REG | - Regional level (Kreise und Gemeinden) |
| NGOs | - Non-Governmental Organisation (e.g. nature conservation organisations or other stakeholder groups e.g. according to agricultural use, tourism, hunting) |
| *2 Scope of Planning Area | |
| RB | - River Basin (National/International) |
| EST | - Estuary /Tidal River (may include land) |
| EST-SECT | - Estuary /Tidal River sections /subdivisions (may include land) |
| COA | - Coastal water (< 12 nm) |
| COAZ | - Coastal Zone (including EEZ and land) |
| COAPO | - EEZ and Tidal River up to the Ports |
| MSD | - Marine Strategy Directive (from Baseline to EEZ) |
| WAD | - International Wadden Sea (Denmark, Germany, Netherlands) |
Plans and Schemes in the table are colour coded and relate to:
- River Basin Management & Water Quality (Water Framework Directive & Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive)
- Nature Conservation (Habitats & Species Directive & Wild Birds Directive)
- Flood Protection & Species/Habitat Improvement (Flood Risk Management Directive)
- Coastal Protection
- Integrated Coastal Zone Management
- Shipping, Ports and Pollution Prevention
- Economic Development & Spatial Planning
- EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive
In the last decade, management of the Scheldt estuary has been worked out not only on a transnational basis (The Netherlands (NE) – Flanders (FL)) but also in a multi-sectoral way. A global Long Term Vision (LTV – 2001) has been implemented in a 2010 Development Outline (2010DO – 2005) which has been translated in a Scheldt Treaty (2005). Some sectoral plans listed below are part of this multi-sectoral policy plans. Where this is the case, it is mentioned between brackets.
Important to know
Reports / Measures / Tools
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Management issues
What are the relative strengths and weaknesses of different TIDE management plans and actions?What tool is available to help manage multiple users of a resource in an integrated way (i.e. achieving more holistic management)?