Lernkontrolle zum IKZM-Lehrbrief - IKZM Lehrbrief 2019

Question 1

The sectors that have a high potential for sustainable jobs and growth and are explicitly mentioned in the ‘EU Blue Growth Strategy’ in Europe are:

Fisheries: since fish stock are increasing again the sector is on the rise

Seabed mining: has the potential to generate sustainable growth and jobs for future generations

Marine biotechnology: it is expected that the sector will offer high-skilled employment and significant downstream opportunities

Aquaculture: farming finfish, shellfish and aquatic plants is one of the world's fastest growing food sectors

Ocean energy: could fuel economic growth through innovation and create new, high-quality jobs

Marine Science: oceans gain importance and require an increasing amount of high-skilled persons

Question 2

Which of the following is a target of the ‘EU Biodiversity Strategy’?

Maintain and restore ecosystems

Combat invasive alien species

Make fishing more sustainable and seas healthier

Ensure sea-floor integrity

Minimize human-induced eutrophication

Protect species and habitats

Question 3

Which of the following statements about ‘European Union Environmental Policy’ is correct?

Regional Sea Conventions are cooperation structures to enable blue and economic sustainable growth in regional seas

The EU Climate Change Directive promotes, regulates and funds concrete climate change adaptation measures in the EU and its member countries

EU Common Fisheries Policy was already introduced in the 1970s

EU Biodiversity Strategy aims to halt the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services in the EU and to help stopping global biodiversity loss

The EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) (adopted in 2008) regulates shipping and aims to reduce emissions from ships in Europe

The EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) (adopted in 2000) aims to protect more effectively the marine environment across Europe

Question 4

Which of the following facts with respect to ‘Definitions’ is true?

In the European Union, the offshore boundary of coastal waters is one nautical mile of the baseline

In the United States of America, the coastal zone is defined seawards up to the continental shelf edge

Territorial waters extend at most 12 nautical miles from the baseline of a coastal state

Transitional waters are surface waters in the vicinity of river mouths which are partly saline, but influenced by freshwater flows

Coastal seas in Europe are the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, The Caspian Sea, the Sea of Okhotsk, the North Sea, and the Baltic Sea

In the European Union, the coastal zone is defined as the zone between shoreline and 3 km inland from the coast

Question 5

Which of the following ‘actions and tools’ belongs to SAF-step ‘Monitoring & Evaluation’?

Apply the Ecosystem Service Assessment Tool

Evaluate the social organization in the coastal zone

Evaluate the need to re-iterate the Systems Approach Framework

Apply the indicator-based Sustainability Assessment Tool

Assess the limitations of the current sectoral approach

Monitor the co-ordinating mechanism

Question 6

Which of the following statements about Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) is true?

ICZM seeks to balance environmental, economic, social, cultural and recreational objectives

Sectoral management approaches can be beneficial for efficient use of resources, the utilization of opportunities towards a more sustainable coastal development

In the EU, Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) is defined as a dynamic, multi-disciplinary and iterative process to promote sustainable management of coastal zones

‘Ecosystem based approach’ describes an approach that respects the limits of natural resources and ecosystems

‘Integrated’ in ICZM refers to the integration of different objectives and also to the integration of several instruments that are needed to meet these objectives