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
- Jonas Ebbesson, Professor, Dean and Director of SELPC
- Thorsten Blenckner, Associate Professor at Stockholm Resilience Centre and BEAM Network Coordinator
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
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Snacks food offered by BEAM. Please bring cash for purchases in the bar.
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