State-of-the-art research and management

The conference will cover state-of-the-art research and management regarding a legal framework for ecosystembased management of the Baltic Sea.

Topics and issues covered

  • International, EU and national law are critical for the status of the Baltic Sea environment.
  • Can ecological wisdom be transformed into legal frameworks? If so, how?
  • Do the Baltic Sea Convention (with HELCOM) and the EU Maritime Strategies Directive provide adequate bases for effective ecosystem-based management?
  • Do the Baltic Sea states implement ecosystem-based management approaches to that end?
  • Can new legal approaches, including emission trading schemes, be applied to improve the environmental status of the Baltic Sea?

Registration date (23/9) has passed, contact the organizers for further information.

Confererence programme

09:00 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION

SESSION I: LAW AND ECOLOGY

  • Carl Folke, Professor and Scientific Director at Stockholm Resilience Centre: Law and the biosphere
  • Henrik Josefsson, Doctoral Candidate at Uppsala University: At the interfield of law and ecology
  • Ida Reuterswärd, Swedish Ministry of the Environment: Ecosystem based management in Helcom and the EU – experiences of intergovernmental co-operation
  • Panel Discussion

Moderator: Jonas Ebbesson

10:30-11:00 Coffee

11:00 SESSION II: ECOSYSTEM BASED LAW ON FISHERIES

  • Gabriel Michanek, Professor at Uppsala University, and Anna Christensen, Postdoc, Swedish Institute for the Marine Environment: Ecosystem based fisheries management
  • Henrik Österblom, Associate Professor at Stockholm Resilience Centre: The Baltic Sea, global actors and global governance
  • Andreas Bryhn, Associate Professor and Senior Researcher at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Aquatic Resources: Practical experiences with ecosystem-based fishery management: does it exist?
  • Panel Discussion

Moderator: Thorsten Blenckner

12:30 Lunch

13:30 SESSION III: BEAM PROJECTS ON EUTROPHICATION AND THE LAWS OF THE BALTIC SEA

International and EU Law in the Baltic Sea: a Basis for Social-ecological Resilience

  • Brita Bohman, Doctoral candidate at Stockholm University: Prerequisites and potential obstacles to effective legal governance in the Baltic Sea area

Comparative Legal Research on National Approaches

  • Annika Nilsson, Lecturer at Uppsala University, former Postdoc at BEAM: Legal approaches to controlling emissions of nutrients - a comparative search for ecosystem based management
  • Helle Tegner Anker, Professor at Copenhagen University: Report from Denmark
  • Maciej Nyka, Doctor at Gdansk University: Report from Poland
  • Kaarel Relve, Lecturer at University of Tartu: Report from Estonia
  • Annika Nilsson, Lecturer at Uppsala University, former Postdoc at BEAM: Report from Sweden

15:00-15:15 Coffee

Emission trading

  • Katak Malla, Researcher at Stockholm University: Legal prerequisites for a nutrient trading scheme to control eutrophication in the Baltic Sea
  • Panel Discussion

Moderator: Jonas Ebbesson

16:00 SESSION IV: CONCLUDING DISCUSSION ON ECOSYSTEM-BASED LEGAL FRAMEWORKS - panel discussion with:

  • Jonas Ebbesson, Professor, Dean and Director of SELPC
  • Anna Jöborn, Head of Science Affairs Department the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (HaV)
  • Ida Reuterswärd, Swedish Ministry of the Environment
  • Carl Folke, Professor and Scientific Director at Stockholm Resilience Centre

Moderator: Thorsten Blenckner

17:00-22:00 BALTIC BAR AND MINGLE

  • Snacks food offered by BEAM. Please bring cash for purchases in the bar.

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