Online Test

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Question 1

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

A maritime spatial plan should take into account coherence with integrated coastal management
Benefits of MSP are to encourage investment
Benefits of MSP are to reduce conflicts between sectors and create synergies between different activities
Maritime spatial planning and marine spatial planning is largely the same
The EU MSP Platform is the international agency for implementing EU Maritime Spatial Planning
Benefit of MSP is the provision of a joint guideline that has to be implemented in each EU member state until 2023

Question 2

Which of the following qualitative descriptors are used in the ‘EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD)’ to determine the Good Environmental Status

Properties and quantities of marine litter do not cause harm to the coastal and marine environment
Populations of all commercially exploited fish and shellfish are within safe biological limits
Concentrations of contaminants are at levels not giving rise to pollution effects
Permanent alteration of hydrographical conditions does not adversely affect marine ecosystems
Emission from shipping are reduced to a level that does not cause harm to the environment
Bathing water quality does not pose any risk to the population

Question 3

Which of the following statements about the ‘EU Water Framework Directive (WFD)’ is correct?

Transitional waters are partly saline surface water bodies in the vicinity of river mouths
The WFD wants to expand the scope of water protection to all waters, surface waters and groundwater
Surface water bodies sub-divide transitional and coastal waters and are the smallest management unit of the WFD
Reference conditions are a description of the biological quality elements at high status
The WFD ensures a water management based on river basins
The programmes of measures were successfully implemented until 2015

Question 4

Which of the following statements about ‘Participation and Stakeholder Engagement’ is false?

An early involvement of stakeholders in the planning process is considered to be beneficial in order to allow exchange and avoid conflicts
An active involvement of stakeholders for all EU environmental policies is required by the Aarhus Convention
Different levels of participation exist, ranging from the provision of information to an active involvement
Late and unbalanced involvement of stakeholder groups have been identified as major weaknesses in stakeholder engagement within several ICZM case studies
Participation is a process in which the concerns, needs and values of the public are incorporated into decision making
Public participation can be costly, time-consuming, labour-intensive and potentially create new conflicts

Question 5

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

The EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) (adopted in 2000) aims to protect more effectively the marine environment across Europe
Regional Sea Conventions are cooperation structures to enable blue and economic sustainable growth in regional seas
EU Common Fisheries Policy was already introduced in the 1970s
The EU Climate Change Directive promotes, regulates and funds concrete climate change adaptation measures in the EU and its member countries
The EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) (adopted in 2008) regulates shipping and aims to reduce emissions from ships in Europe
The EU Bathing Water Directive (BWD) defines the monitoring and classification of bathing water quality and the provision of information to the public

Question 6

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

In 2012, the North Sea Region adopted the strategy ‘Promoting ICZM Activity within the Member States’
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
Since the EU is not a contracting party to the Bucharest Convention covering the Black Sea, a strategic action plan related to ICZM has not been adopted yet
In the Baltic Sea Region a Recommendation on the ‘Protection of the Coastal Strip’ was adopted already in 1994
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 2016, the Recommendations ‘Generating Information and Knowledge about the Coastal Zone’ were adopted for the Arctic Region