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TIDE: Integrated Estuarine Managementand Toolkit

Humber Standing Conference, November 2011

Nick Cutts:IECS, University of Hull

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‘TIDE makes integrated management and planning a reality in the Elbe,Weser, Schelde and Humber estuaries’;

‘Management must have the sole aim of maintaining ecosystem serviceswhile delivering societal benefits’

Need to understand, collate and integrate:– the management issues (using e.g. the TIDE estuaries);– the methods used to deliver the management;– the basis and efficacy of management;– the best tools/plans available to meet these needs– lessons learned, gaps in management.

Development of a framework for future management plan integration.

TIDE AIMS - HEADLINES:


TIDE Structure

•Enhancing knowledge on estuarine functionCollating and enhancing knowledge on basic estuarine functions – corefunctional attributes. Development of Ecosystem Services approach•Integrated management planning / governanceHow are estuaries managed – examples of good practice, issue specificmanagement exemplars. Knowledge transfer, gap filling. How to getsocietal benefits?•Mitigation and compensation measuresWhat measures are undertaken to address issues – context, cost andapplication? Gaps, trends and new techniques available.

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TIDE Deliverables

Simplistically:

Framework for the integrated management of estuaries – to build onknowledge and aim for the better integration of existing sectoralroles/plans and identify gaps, overlaps, best practice etc.

•Develop a ‘toolbox’ to assist in estuarine management

•Collation and agreement of ‘tools’ for the ‘toolbox’


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Governance Analysis: Core Areas

•Management Drivers – via EU directives but cf. enabled at nationaland estuary level; estuary specific issues and responses;•Management Remit – structure of estuarine management -transnational, state, region issues addressed, statutory vs. non-statutorypowers;•Management Plans – based on the above, what plans are in place tomeet the issues and operated by which organisations;•SWOT Analysis – Strength, Weakness, Opportunities, Threats re. keyissues; good and less-good practice?•Conflict Matrices – are issues similar for all estuaries and zones inthese. Where are issues addressed well, what topics need attention?


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Management Framework Review

Review individual estuary plans - what management drivers, remit andframework for each estuary (e.g. planning context).Management drivers - role, implementation, governance and conflicts ofEU Directives.Impact at an estuary level, where other national and local managementrequirements are also necessary.Cf. primarily sectoral implementation on estuaries but progress to moreintegrated approaches.Ensure an adequate stakeholder buy-in, but many of the integratedimplementation components are on a voluntary rather than statutorybasis.

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• High level management drivers are primarily through EU Directives andtheir implementation into national policy and law.

• As such, there should be a degree of international comparability.• However we should also be able to identify differences in national and

regional implementation in some cases.For example....The Wildbirds Directive


MANAGEMENT REMIT/DRIVERS


25. November 2011EU POLICY DELIVERY – WILDBIRDSDIRECTIVEHumber

Weser

Coastal and marine waters

Guidance document by EU COM“The implementation of the Birds and Habitas

Directives in estuaries”

Integrated Management Plan (Natura 2000)Recommended but non mandatory under the “Habitats Directive”, intended to include WFD River Basin

Management Plan. It is meant to authorize such activities without appropriate assessment according to Article 6(3).

Steering Committee for Elbe, Weser and Ems(State Ministries for Environment and for Economy, Federal Waterways Administration (WSV), Hamburg Port Authority (HPA),

Federal Ministries for Environment and for Economy of Schleswig-Holstein (S-H), Hamburg (HH) , Bremen (HB) and LowerSaxony (NI))

Working GroupWorking representatives from NI, HB, WSV

Planning GroupsLocal stakeholder contributions

(e.g. NGOs, Water Boards, Flood & Coastal Protection,Shipping & Ports, Agriculture, Fishery, Hunting,

Industry & Trade, Tourism, Water Sports)

EstuaryM

anagement Level

River BasinM

anagement Level

LANAGerman Working Group on natureprotection issues of the Federal States andthe Federal Government represented by theFederal Ministry for the Environment,Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety(BMU)

NationalLevel

Outline measures toreach a favourable

conservation status

Transparent and estuarinespecific objectives

for the management ofthe Natura 2000-sites

has notdealt with

estuaryspecific

questions sofar

EU-KOM- controlling theimplementation of thedirectives

Natura 2000“Habitats Directive” 92/43/EEC“Birds” Directive 79/409/EEC

Federal Ministry for theEnvironment, Nature Conservationand Nuclear Safety (BMU)

with Federal Agency for Nature Conservation(BfN)

BNatSchGFederal Nature

Conservation Act


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Wildbirds Directive transposed through:• Humber (England): the Conservation of Habitats and Species

Regulations 2010.• Elbe & Weser (Germany): Federal Nature Conservation Act

(BNatSchG).• Schelde (The Netherlands): Nature Conservation Act and the Flora

and Fauna Act.• Schelde (Belgium): Law on Nature Conservation 1973: regional

context by decree/orders for Brussels Capital Region, Flanders andWallonia federal devolution).



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HumberElbe

WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE

The WFD - transposed into national law by:Humber (England): The Water Environment (Water FrameworkDirective) (England and Wales) Regulations 2003.Elbe & Weser (Germany): Federal Water Act (WHG) 1996 (asamended) + LAWA has national guidelines to harmonise individualfederal states.Schelde (The Netherlands): ‘Implementation Strategy EG WFD’,altering the ‘National Water Management Law’ & the ‘NationalEnvironmental Management Law’ (Ministry of Justice, 2005).

The Elbe estuary - both an international RBMP (Germany, Poland,Czech Republic and Austria), and a national RBMP for the national(German) programme of measures for the Elbe Estuary.


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Management DriverMain

Organisation &Their Remit *1

Name of Plan &Spatial planning

Area *2

Focus / Aims of the Plans SWOT

Status

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ICZM

STRENGTH (Scope of Plan) WEAKNESS OPPORTUNITIES THREATS

Water FrameworkDirective

Urban Waste WaterTreatment Directive

Department forEnvironment,Food & RuralAffairs (Defra)

NAT

Humber River BasinDistrict Plan

RB

Characterisation, impacts and economics analysesrequired by Article 5 of the Water Framework Directive.Provides plan for implementation by 2015.

Not multi-sectoral –primarily aimed atmeeting WFDrequirements

Integration of a number of WQ& Conservation strands.Framework for futuremanagement targets

Misses full multi-sectoralapproach and soneeds to beintegrated withother plans.

2009 - 2015

Yorkshire Water& Anglian Water

RAs

Asset ManagementPlan (AMP)

RB / EST

Capital Programme identifying ongoing infrastructureimprovements including treatment requirements for theestuary.

Not multi sectoral Framework for futuremanagement needs

Focus on WQassets only

ongoing

Yorkshire Water& Anglian Water

RAs

ResourceManagement Plan(RMP)

RB / EST / COA

Looks at measures to combat the potential effect ofclimate change on water supply and demand in thefuture. Options such as reducing leakage are consideredto ensure that future demand can be met with minimumimpact on the environment.

Not multi sectoral Framework for futuremanagement needs in relationto climate change

Focus on WQassets only

2010/11 -2034/35

Habitats & speciesDirective & Wild BirdsDirective

Habitats and SpeciesConservation

Spp/HabitatProtection &Improvement

Humber EstuaryRelevantAuthoritiesGroup (HERAG)

RA Group

HumberManagementScheme (HMS)

EST

Details the studies and the proposed managementactions required to ensure the conservation featuresremain in favourable condition - the appropriatemanagement action depends on the effect of the activityon the Humber. European Marine Site (EMS)management schemes are informed under Regulation 33advice packages.

Remit focussed onConservation so notfully multi-sectoral.Non-statutory.

Has potential for multi-sectoral planning and strategicview

Sectoralinterests butcurrently notfully integratedinto plan.Powers devolvedback to sectors

2004 -ongoing

EnvironmentAgency, NaturalEngland, EastRiding ofYorkshireCouncil. (allRAs),

RSPB ,LincolnshireWildlife Trust,YorkshireWildlife Trust(NGOs)

Humber EstuaryLocal BiodiversityAction Plans (BAPs)

EST

Ensure local targets for species and habitats Non-statutory andderived without fullstakeholderinvolvement.Difficulties inmaintenance & update

Can deliver local protection tohabitats & species withhierarchical tie-in to nationaltargets.

Possibly in partsuperseded byOHSSCABAP andpossibly a newHumber BAP.

BAPSoriginallywritten in1997 butnew planscould be

Defra NAT

Internal DrainageBoards RA

Ouse & HumberStrategic Sub-catchment AreaBiodiversity ActionPlan

EST - SECT

Ensure local targets for species and habitats Non-statutory andderived without fullstakeholderinvolvement

Can deliver local protection tohabitats & species withhierarchical tie-in to nationaltargets.

Not a full estuarydocument, andcovers only theupper estuary &Ouse

2010-2014

M anag ement Ma in Orga ni sat ion & T hei rRemit *1

N ame o f Pl an &Sp atial planning Ar ea

*2

Focus / ai ms of the plans SW OT

Status

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ICZM Stren gth (Scope o f Plan) Weakn ess Op portunit ie s Th reats

FGG Elbe (Water M anagem en tadministrat ions of th e f ede ralstat es in the ca tchm en t are a o fthe r iver ba sin E lbe) p lus theCze ch R epubl ic, Poland andAust ria

Inte rnat io na l Rive rB asin ManagementP lan 2009

( ) Im provin g the ecological a nd chem ical st atus ofthe w ho le r iver bas in. Overcom es admin istrativeboundar ies.Legal ly bind ing.

N o special focus onthe Tidal r iver Elbe.Vie w on qua l ityp arame ters with outh olistic view on ther iver resp . estua ryfunc tioning .

Importa nt pla n f or thesuccess of the Ma rineStrat egy Direct ive

Ge tting stackedin mon itor ing no tdeveloping ahol istic view onth e r iver resp .estuaryfu nctioning

2009 fina lized– ne xtrevie ws in 20 15 and2021

FGG Elbe W FDNat iona l R ive r BasinM anagement Plan2009 inclu dingnat io na l prog ramme o fm easures for th e El beRiver

( ) Im provin g the ecological a nd chem ical st atus ofthe w ho le r iver bas in. Overcom es admin istrativeboundar ies.Legal bind ing.

N o special focus onthe Tidal r iver Elbe.Vie w on qua l ityp arame ters with outh olistic view on ther iver resp . estua ryfunc tioning .

Importa nt pla n f or thesuccess of the Ma rineStrat egy Direct ive

Ge tting stackedin mon itor ing no tdeveloping ahol istic view onth e r iver resp .estuaryfu nctioning

2009 fina lized– ne xtrevie ws in 20 15 and2021

Wat er Managemen tadministrat ions of th e f ede ralstat es in the ca tchm en t are a o fthe r iver ba sin E lbe andstakeholders

Non binding list ofpossible measure s atthe T idal River Elbe,co l lected by th e W PTidal R iver Elbe (AGTES )

( ) C ollectio n o f a big var iet y of ide as f or me asures atthe Tida l R iver Elbe .

N o le gal bind ing.N o living do cument .N o active wo rkingg ro up.

F ur the r deve lopm en t o f t hisprocess possib le w ithoutpressure on existin g uses l ikeports, shipping andagriculture but integrat io n o fthose in tere sts.

No rea l loca ld river .

Final ise d 2008

U rban Wa steWat er Managemen tadministrat ions of th e 3fed eral st ate s in the cat chmentarea of the Tida l Rive r Elbe

W ate r he at lo adm anagement plan fo rthe T idal River Elbe(Wä rmelastplan f ür dieTideelbe)

Bin ding gu idel ine fo r the 3 wa ter managementadminist ra tions

imp leme ntationdif ficult beca use ofdive rgen t interest s toindustry and powerplants

Redu ct ion of conf l ict sbe tween diff eren t int erests ofecolo gy a nd econom y

Eco nom icint erests haveo fte n h ighe rp rior i tie s; M an ysta keholdersinvo lved

2008

Wat er Managemen tadministrat ion of Hamburg(B SU)

Coo ling wa ter q uantitym anagement plan fo rthe T idal River Elbe (inp rocess butcont ent io us)

Bin ding gu idel ine fo r the H amb urg wa termanagem en t a dmin istra tion

imp leme ntationdif ficult divergentint erests to indu strya nd pow er p lant s

Redu ct ion of conf l ict sbe tween diff eren t int erestsecolo gy a nd econom y

Eco nom icint erests haveo fte n h ighe rp rior i tie s; M an ysta keholdersinvo lved

in proces s

NLW KN Lower Saxony /MLU R , B SU-H H, H PA, W SV

Integrat edM anagement Plan Elbe-N at ura 2 000(In tegr ie r terB ew ir t schaf tungsplanE lbe – I BP)

Im provin g conservat ion st atus Pla n d ivided bya dmin istra tiveb oundar ies,diva ga tingconservat io no bjectives

In tegra ted approach w ithman y w in-win op tions. M orelega l cer ta inties fo r users,excellent stake hold er proce ss

Administra tiveboun dar ies,dif ficult an dexpen si veimp lement ationwith manysta keholdersinvo lved,scien ti ficuncer tai nties

R eady by 2011

SWOT ANALYSIS – ESTUARY PLANSe.g. HUMBER & ELBE (e.g. WFD, HSD)

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Interim findings of SWOT:•UK with considerable guidance for Habitats Regulations (cf. PolicyPlanning Statements, Government circulars) - recent revision of the UKConservation Regulations suggested no need for guidance revision.•Germany - KorTel for cross-lander + HPA and Federal Waterways withjoint implementation of the National RBMP at a local level and liaise withthe Tidal River Elbe Working Group•UK - in Humber, EA is the lead CA working with a liaison panel madeup of a variety of groups.Analysis is ongoing.Tide | Nick Cutts| TIDE Integrated Estuarine Management & Toolkit


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Conflict Matrices - are there/where are there problems?

Undertaken for each of the TIDE estuaries through the RWGs.

•Matrix derived for each ‘zone’ in each estuary.

•Level of resource ‘use’ identified for each zone.

•Generic conflict score between each use identified (+ or -).

•Conflict score derived for each activity on each other per zone.


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Conflict matrix for the outer middle Humber.

Several specific areas of potential conflict – ports, navigation, flooddefence, industry & recreation impact on conservation and viceversa.Are these conflicts a serious problem or just ‘a fact of life’?

Are existing plans sufficient to cope with these?

Should we be targeting management resources at these areas?


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Conflict matrix for the Middle Elbe.

Again several areas of conflict – navigation, flood defence &recreation impact on conservation etc.

However, high levels of impact are less than for the Humber, andless ports issues seem to be present.

Example of effective conflict management or the lower level ofpotentially conflicting uses in the zone?

Context analysis will be undertaken.

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TIDE Structure/Outcomes

•Enhancing knowledge on estuarine function•Integrated management planning / governance•Mitigation measures

Development of these themes into an Integrated Planning ‘toolbox’

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TIDE outputs:

Series of best practice guidance documents - components of a toolbox;

Inventory list and evaluation of possible actions e.g. an assessment ofpotential mitigation/compensation measures, context, efficacy and costof measures;

Specific tools - e.g. dredge guidance information, mitigation measuresguidance…

Management Framework developed to support these tools.

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TIDE Deliverables: example of a Tool

IECS have been working on the collection of new and collation ofexisting estuarine waterbird disturbance information – both visual andaural stimuli and responses.

This research is in response to a clear information paucity andassociated management need, and has been initially funded by arange of groups (e.g. Humber INCA), but more recently theEnvironment Agency. As part of TIDE this has been taken further withthe Humber ‘pilot study’.

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Bird Disturbance Mitigation Tool

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The document iscurrently in a beta formand uses html links tonavigate.

For instance clickingon the contents tabswill link to backgroundinformation e.g.Clicking on3. Background –Disturbancewill take you to....

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So by clicking on4. Noise Disturbancewill take you to....

Metres dB(A)

0.67 120 110 100 95 90 85 80 75 70 65 60

1.33 114 104 94 89 84 79 74 69 64 59 54

2.67 108 98 88 83 78 73 68 63 58 53 48

5.33 102 92 82 77 72 67 62 57 52 47 42

10.67 96 86 76 71 66 61 56 51 46 41 36

20.67 90 80 70 65 60 55 50 45 40 35 30

42.67 84 74 64 59 54 49 44 39 34 29 24

85.33 78 68 58 53 48 43 38 33 28 23

170.67 72 62 52 47 42 37 32 27 22

341.33 66 56 46 41 36 31 26 21

682.66 60 50 40 35 30 25 20

1365.32 54 44 34 49 24

In particular, noise impacts and tolerances arepoorly quantified in literature and have been afocus of research. Generic guidance ontolerance levels for waterfowl have thereforebeen tabulated (noise level at receptor).

However further work will beundertaken to both increasethe current dataset, validatefindings and perhaps extenddata to an individual species& activity response level.


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Similarly clicking on aspecies tab will link toindividual speciesinformation e.g.Clicking on Redshank willtake you to an individualpage.

Redshank

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Bird disturbance ‘toolkit’ allows planners and developers to identify thegeneral sensitivity of an area, based on sensitivity descriptors for thetype of habitats present + likely level of generic impact of an activity ona waterfowl assemblage.

This impact sensitivity can be fine tuned with species-specific toleranceinformation (noise and visuals), as well as an indication of theirimportance within national and international legislation.

A suite of mitigation measures are then suggested, including an initialreview of seasonal sensitivity (e.g. basic works timing), and anindication of applicability specific measures such as screening,technique/plant modification, restricted working times etc.


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The bird disturbance tool is currently in beta format and will bedeveloped further over the next 6 months both in terms of dataset,content and interface.

It is out intention to also develop the tool as a smart phone app, inaddition to the current basic html version.


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In addition there will be a number of specific tools such as the birddisturbance mitigation tool and ones associated with dredging & EIAs.

An EPSS to operate on an HTML basis with links to guidancedocuments, decision support schematics, and a series of menu-drivenlists outlining aspects such as the ecosystem services characterisation(WP3) and potential mitigation/compensation measures (WP5).

These final TIDE outputs are currently at the early development stages!

In addition – experience transfer through Tide on Tour seminars & film.


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TIDE Deliverables Development


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TIDE Deliverables Framework: EPSS

Stages and ‘So What?’:What management framework is appropriate?What is best practice?What are the repercussions of not/following best practice?Are there conflicts between uses/users and management/policy tools- if so where (areas and users)?Are the conflicts important - do they interfere with the provision ofecosystem services and societal benefits?Would resolving conflicts enhance/hinder delivery of ES&SB?Will measures enhance/hinder delivery of ES&SB?Do we have the right tools for the management of these?Ensure TIDE management toolbox will aid integrated estuarinemanagement and enhance delivery of ecosystem services andsocietal benefits.


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