Member State report / Art8 / 2018 / D10 / Finland / Baltic Sea
| Report type | Member State report to Commission |
| MSFD Article | Art. 8 Initial assessment (and Art. 17 updates) |
| Report due | 2018-10-15 |
| GES Descriptor | D10 Litter |
| Member State | Finland |
| Region/subregion | Baltic Sea |
| Reported by | Finnish Environment Institute |
| Report date | 2019-04-10 |
| Report access | msfd2018-ART8_GES_8Jan2019update_24_.xml |
National part of Baltic Sea (BAL-FI)
GES component |
D10
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Feature |
Litter in the environment
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Element |
Macrolitter (all) |
Microlitter (all) |
Element code |
FI_Macrolitter |
All_Microlitter |
Element code source |
Undefined
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Undefined
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Element 2 |
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Element 2 code |
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Element 2 code source |
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Element source |
HELCOM |
HELCOM |
Criterion |
D10C1
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D10C2
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Parameter |
Amount on seabed
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Amount on water surface
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Parameter other |
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Threshold value upper |
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Threshold value lower |
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Threshold qualitative |
Decreasing trend from the baseline year
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Decreasing trend from the baseline year
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Threshold value source |
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Threshold value source other |
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Value achieved upper |
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Value achieved lower |
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Value unit |
Other
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Other
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Value unit other |
% change
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% change
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Proportion threshold value |
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Proportion value achieved |
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Proportion threshold value unit |
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Trend |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Parameter achieved |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Description parameter |
Monitoring data is from 1-2 years and too short for assessing against the initial threshold. |
Monitoring data is from 1-2 years and too short for assessing against the initial threshold. |
Related indicator |
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Criteria status |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Description criteria |
Beach monitoring is run on 12 sites. Results indicate that the highest densities are found from urban beached (2800-6050 items per ha). Similar amounts can, however, be found from some natural beaches.
Seabed litter was surveyed on two years. On urban seabed 2000-5000 items per ha were found. On natural seabed only 1.1 % of the surveyed sites had items; most often in the Gulf of Finland. Threshold is trend based and no trend is yet available. Results are presented in the indicator and national assessment report Chapter 5.3. |
Micro litter was surveyed in the offshore Gulf of Finland. Densities were typically ~10 items per cubic meter; mostly fibres. |
Element status |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Description element |
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Integration rule type parameter |
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Integration rule description parameter |
No integration rule agreed.
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Integration rule type criteria |
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Integration rule description criteria |
No integration rule agreed.
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GES extent threshold |
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GES extent achieved |
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GES extent unit |
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GES achieved |
Unknown |
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Description overall status |
Monitoring data is from 1-3 years but does not allow for a GES assessment as the initial thresholds are trend based. |
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Assessments period |
2011-2016 |
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Related pressures |
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Related targets |
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