Project
GES4SEAS: Achieving good envirionmental status for ecosystem services, by accessing integrated impacts of cumulative pressures
The primary goal of GES4SEAS is to develop a risk assessment of cumulative effects of human use. This is then the basis for use in an integrated assessment framework for human co-use within the carrying capacity of the North Sea ecosystem.
Tools will thus be developed for ecosystem-oriented management of all human activities and their pressures in relation to biodiversity objectives (e.g. achieving Good Environmental Status (GES) according to the EU Marine Framework Directive) and maintaining the provision of ecosystem services. This integrated assessment framework is particularly intended for planning activities arising from the energy and food transition together with nature protection obligations (including the designation of protected areas).