CMM Online Test - IKZM Lehrbrief 2019

Question 1

Which of the following statements related to the ‘EU Floods Directive’ is correct?

The Directive regulates the relationship between nature protection and flood protection (e.g. sand nourishments)

Between 1998-2009 Europe suffered 2130 major damaging floods

All assessments, maps and plans prepared shall be made available to the public

The Directive requires to map the flood extent, assets and humans at risk in these areas

Flood risk management plans and Water Framework Directive river basin management plans shall be coordinated

The Directive requires to assess if water courses and coastlines are at risk from flooding

Question 2

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

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

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

Regular obligatory reporting to the Commission and an EU ICZM Expert group on the experience

Involving all the parties concerned in the management process

A long-term perspective which will take into account the precautionary principle and the needs of present and future generations

Question 3

Which of the following statements about ‘Integrated Coastal Zone Management cycle’ is true?

The Ecological-Social-Economic (ESE) Assessment is an alternative approach to the Systems Approach Framework

ICZM is a well-defined, stepwise, iterative and linear process

ICZM approaches developed during the early 2000s are well suitable for practical applications and caused many successful local case studies

The Systems Approach Framework allows a team to develop a management strategy, based on interaction between science, policy and stakeholders

Systems Approach Framework covers the steps Initiation, Planning, Implementation as well as Monitoring and Evaluation

The Systems Approach Framework provides a new stepwise guide to sustainable ICZM

Question 4

Which of the following statements related to the ‘Baltic Sea Action Plan (BSAP)’ is correct?

The BSAP aims at environmentally friendly maritime activities

The BSAP provides Country-Allocated Reduction Targets (CART) for each country

The BSAP aims at a Baltic Sea undisturbed by hazardous substances

The BSAP aims at a Baltic Sea unaffected by eutrophication

The BSAP provides Maximum Allowable Inputs (MAI) of the nutrients nitrogen and phosphorus into the Baltic Sea

The BSAP aims at protecting ground water and rivers

Question 5

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

Include quantitative assessment tools with a low level of uncertainty

Include tools that are applied to support participation processes

Are used to support science and policy

Include tools that are directly applied by authorities to decide on a management option

Include a wide variety of tools ranging for instance from environmental descriptors to economic and social evaluations

Are heavily used in practice to support decision making processes

Question 6

Which of the following statements about ‘Maritime Spatial Planning in practice’ (MSP) is true

MSP includes permissions to carry out activities in and uses of the sea

MSP usually has a local (community) to regional (district, federal state) spatial scale

MSP provides an integrated framework for management that provides a guide for, but does not replace, single-sector planning

MSP can provide important contextual information for marine protected area management or for fisheries management

MSP integrates major ideas of Integrated Coastal Zone Management

MSP is a continuing, iterative process that learns and adapts over time