Member State report / Art9 / 2012 / D2 / Finland / Baltic Sea
| Report type | Member State report to Commission |
| MSFD Article | Art. 9 Determination of GES (and Art. 17 updates) |
| Report due | 2012-10-15 |
| GES Descriptor | D2 Non-indigenous species |
| Member State | Finland |
| Region/subregion | Baltic Sea |
| Reported by | Team of experts from: - several Finnish Institutes, - Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment - The Ministry of Enviroment |
| Report date | 2012-11-09 |
| Report access | MSFD9GES_20130515_140715.xml |
GES component |
D2
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2.1 Abundance and state characterisation of non-indigenous species, in particular invasive species |
2.1.1 Trends in abundance of NIS |
2.2 Environmental impact of invasive non-indigenous species |
2.2.1 Ratio invasive to native species |
2.2.2 Impacts of NIS |
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Method used |
space limits (space targets) which may be either m
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Marine reporting units |
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Feature |
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Criterion/indicator |
D2 |
2.1 |
2.1.1 |
2.2 |
2.2.1 |
2.2.2 |
GES description |
The numbers of non-indigenous species released through human activities are at levels that do not adversely affect other ecosystems
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Non-native species and functional groups, trophic levels and the functioning of the ecosystem or habitats are not adversely affected.
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Introduction of new alien species
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Invasive species and functional groups, trophic levels and the functioning of ecosystems and habitats are not adversely affected.
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Bio-containment indices for indigenous species, habitats and ecosystem functioning on indigenous species, habitats and functioning of the ecosystem
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Threshold values |
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Threshold value unit |
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Proportion of area to achieve threshold value |
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Reference point type |
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Baseline |
current level
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Assessment method |
Definite
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Quantitative
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Development status |
fuly operational
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operational by 2018
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