CMM Online Test - IKZM Lehrbrief 2019

Question 1

Which of the following statements related to ‘The Baltic Sea Region (BSR)’ is wrong?

The Baltic Sea catchment area is about 2,100,000 km²

The Baltic Sea is one of the largest saline water areas in the world

The Neva is the river with be largest catchment area and highest water discharge in the BSR

The Baltic Sea surface area is about 420,000 km²

The Baltic Sea was formed after the Weichselian Glaciation (about 12,000 years ago)

Water residence time in the Baltic Sea is about 30 years

Question 2

Which of the following statements about ‘ICZM History in Europe’ is true?

In 2000, the European Parliament adopted the legally binding directive ‘Integrated Coastal Zone Management: A Strategy for Europe’

In Europe, ICZM is still high on the political agenda and has kept a strong environmental focus

The EU Directive on establishing a framework for maritime spatial planning was adopted in 2014

The Demonstration Programme pointed out that ‘management of the coasts in Europe is based on a sufficient legal framework and that joint visions and concrete ideas exist.

The United Nations Earth Summit of Rio de Janeiro in 1992 initiated the development of focussed European Union policy on ICZM

Concrete recommendations on Integrated Coastal Zone Management in Europe were adopted in 2002

Question 3

Which of the following facts about ‘State of Europe’s Seas’ is true?

Almost 70% of the world's known marine mammal species can be found in Europe's regional seas

An increasing sea level (1.7 mm/year) changes the shape of coastlines, contributes to coastal erosion and leads to flooding and more underground salt-water intrusion

Across the regional seas of Europe, 50 different seabed habitat types are identified

Over 180 species of marine birds are found throughout Europe's seas

Dramatic changes in an ecosystem are called 'ecological regime shifts'

Over 650 marine fish species are thought to inhabit European seas

Question 4

Which of the following steps does not belong to the development and implementation of ‘Maritime Spatial Planning’ (MSP) according to Ehler & Douvere

Defining and analysing existing conditions and future conditions

An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the environmental consequences

Monitoring and evaluating performance

Approving, implementing and enforcing the spatial management plan

Adapting the maritime spatial management process

A Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the spatial management plan

Question 5

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

Public participation can be costly, time-consuming, labour-intensive and potentially create new conflicts

An active involvement of stakeholders for all EU environmental policies is required by the Aarhus Convention

Participation is a process in which the concerns, needs and values of the public are incorporated into decision making

Late and unbalanced involvement of stakeholder groups have been identified as major weaknesses in stakeholder engagement within several ICZM case studies

An early involvement of stakeholders in the planning process is considered to be beneficial in order to allow exchange and avoid conflicts

Public participation is a fundamental principle within all EU environmental policies

Question 6

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

Surface water bodies sub-divide transitional and coastal waters and are the smallest management unit of the WFD

The programmes of measures were successfully implemented until 2015

The WFD wants to expand the scope of water protection to all waters, surface waters and groundwater

Coastal water define surface waters between coastline and the national sea border

Biological quality elements (fish, benthic, invertebrates, aquatic flora) are used to describe the good ecological status of water bodies

Reference conditions are a description of the biological quality elements at high status