Transboundary management of Transitional Waters – Code of Conduct and Good Practice examples

Authors

Henrik Nilsson, World Maritime UniversityFollow
Ramūnas Povilanskas, Klaipeda University Coastal Research & Planning InstituteFollow
Nardine Stybel, EUCCFollow

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Description

Transitional waters have the ecological peculiarity of being both very fragile and resilient at the same time. The degradation of the transitional waters and the decline of their economic value arise from the excessive use of the resources, external input of pollutants mostly brought by large tributaries and from the mismanagement of the adjacent areas. The EU Water Framework Directive has accelerated the transboundary co-operation and development of spatially integrative management approaches in the south Baltic transitional waters. A high-level political committment in countries sharing a transitional water body, a professional agency, a stakeholders‘ forum and regular funding is the key to successful transboundary management of transitional waters.

ISBN

978-3-939206-04-0

Publication Date

2012

Publisher

EUCC

City

Malmö, Klaipėda & Warnemünde

Keywords

transboundary management; transitional waters; Code of Conduct; good practice

Disciplines

International and Area Studies | Natural Resources Management and Policy | Water Resource Management