Member State report / Art10 / 2018 / D6 / Cyprus / Mediterranean: Aegean-Levantine Sea

Report type Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article Art. 10 Environmental targets (and Art. 17 updates)
Report due 2018-10-15
GES Descriptor D6 Sea-floor integrity/D1 Benthic habitats
Member State Cyprus
Region/subregion Mediterranean: Aegean-Levantine Sea
Reported by Department of Fisheries and Marine Research, Ministry of Agriculture Natural Resources and Environme
Report date 2020-08-12
Report access MSFD2018_Art10_Targets_CY__1_.xml

Target code
Target4
Target description
Target 4: The marine environment of Cyprus is considered to be in good environmental status by the year 2020 if the structure and function of the ecosystem are safeguarded and not adversely affected. Specifically, diversity and productivity are maintained, and any pressures do not hinder the ecosystem components to recover and/or retain their natural diversity, productivity and dynamic ecological processes.
Feature(s)
  • Bathymetry
  • Benthic habitats
  • Changes to hydrological conditions
  • Circalittoral coarse sediment
  • Circalittoral mixed sediment
  • Circalittoral mud
  • Circalittoral rock and biogenic reef
  • Coastal
  • Physical disturbance to seabed
  • Physical loss of the seabed
  • Shelf
GES components
  • D6
Timescale
201812
Update date
201212
Update type
Same as 2012 definition
Marine reporting unit
  • MAL-CY-MS
Element
Benthic habitat condition
Element 2
Parameter
Habitat condition
Parameter - other
Target value
Value achieved - upper
Value achieved - lower
Value unit
Value unit - other
Target status
Target achieved
Assessment period
2012-2018
Target assessment description
Related indicator
Related measures