Online Test

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Question 1

Which of the following statements about ‘European Union (EU) Integrated Maritime Policy’ is true?

Goal 14 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is ‘to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources’
EU Integrated Maritime Policy cross-cutting policies are e.g. blue growth, maritime spatial planning and marine data & knowledge
The Maritime Forum aims to improve communication amongst EU maritime policy stakeholders
European Union has taken action for oceans and adopted the EU Integrated Maritime Policy
EU Integrated Maritime Policy largely replaced single sector-based policy
The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) organises the way humans use the oceans

Question 2

Which of the following ‘actions and tools’ does not belong to SAF-step ‘System Assessment’?

Apply the indicator-based Sustainability Assessment Tool
Assess the institutional system arrangements
Visualize the consequences of different management scenarios
Apply the Stakeholder Preference and Planning Tool
Define the system monitoring procedures to gather further information
Prepare the model output and results for stakeholders

Question 3

Which of the following statements about ICZM in Regional Seas is true?

In 2016, the Recommendations ‘Generating Information and Knowledge about the Coastal Zone’ were adopted for the Arctic Region
The EU initiated a systematic description of 350 coastal management case studies from all over Europe, compiled in a joint database
In the Mediterranean, the ‘Protocol on Integrated Coastal Zone Management in the Mediterranean’, is the first supra-national (Europe, Africa and Asia), legally-binding ICZM agreement
In 2012, the North Sea Region adopted the strategy ‘Promoting ICZM Activity within the Member States’
In 1996 VASAB (Visions and Strategies around the Baltic Sea) already adopted ‘Common Recommendations for Spatial Planning of the Coastal Zone in the Baltic Sea Region’
In the Baltic Sea Region a Recommendation on the ‘Protection of the Coastal Strip’ was adopted already in 1994

Question 4

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

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
ICZM seeks to balance environmental, economic, social, cultural and recreational objectives
‘Ecosystem based approach’ describes an approach that respects the limits of natural resources and ecosystems
Integrated Coastal Area Management (ICAM) is a complementary approach focusing on land-based activities
ICZM uses the informed participation and co-operation of all stakeholders to assess the societal goals in a given coastal area
‘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

Question 5

Which of the following statements belong to explicitly mentioned principles in the ‘ICZM Recommendations for Europe (2002)’?

Use of a joint single instrument and law designed to facilitate coherence between planning and management
Adaptive management during a gradual process which will facilitate adjustment as problems and knowledge develop
A long-term perspective which will take into account the precautionary principle and the needs of present and future generations
Development of a legally binding national strategy to implement the principles for integrated management of the coastal zone in every member state
Regular obligatory reporting to the Commission and an EU ICZM Expert group on the experience
Local specificity and the great diversity of European coastal zones which will make it possible to respond to their practical needs with specific solutions and flexible measures

Question 6

Which of the following statements about ‘ICZM – Tools & Approaches’ is true? Decision support tools (DSTs)…

Are used to support science and policy
Are heavily used in practice to support decision making processes
Include tools that are applied to support participation processes
Include a wide variety of tools ranging for instance from environmental descriptors to economic and social evaluations
Include tools that are directly applied by authorities to decide on a management option
Include quantitative assessment tools with a low level of uncertainty