European nature conservation legislation and spatial planning: For better or for worse?

2006 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 605-619 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raoul Beunen
Keyword(s):  
Nature Conservation ◽  
Spatial Planning

scholarly journals Spatial Planning as a Tool for Effective Nature Conservation: A Conceptual Framework for Turkey’s Spatial Planning System

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-98
Author(s):  
Esra Yazici Gökmen ◽  
Nuran Zeren Gülersoy
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Nature Conservation ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Conservation Planning ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Planning System ◽  
Effective Planning

Abstract Protected areas can be parts of larger ecosystems, and land use changes in the unprotected part of the ecosystems may threaten the biological diversity by affecting the ecological processes. The relationship between protected areas and their surroundings has been influential in understanding the role of spatial planning in nature conservation. This article focuses on the problem that Turkey’s protected areas are vulnerable to pressure and threats caused by land use changes. Spatial planning serving as a bridge between nature conservation and land use is the solution for effective nature conservation in Turkey. Thereby, the aim of this article is to develop a conceptual framework which offers spatial planning as an effective tool to bridge the gap between land use change and nature conservation. In this context, first literature review is conducted, and systematic conservation planning, evidence-based conservation planning, bioregional planning and national system planning are presented as effective planning methods in nature conservation. In addition to literature review, official national statistics and Convention on Biological Diversity’s country reports are utilized to shed light on Turkey’s current state. Finally, a conceptual framework is defined, the main differences with the current situation are revealed. The results indicate that an effective planning system for Turkey’s protected areas incorporates a holistic, target-oriented system defining the spatial planning process for protected areas. The spatial planning system to be developed in this context is also used by decision-makers in evaluating the ecological effectiveness of existing plans.

scholarly journals Marine nature conservation and conflicts with fisheries

AMBIO ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (7) ◽  
pp. 1328-1340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kjell Grip ◽  
Sven Blomqvist
Keyword(s):  
Nature Conservation ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
National Parks ◽  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Marine Protected Area ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Marine Spatial Planning ◽  
Management Tools

AbstractGlobally, conflicts between marine nature conservation and fishery interests are common and increasing, and there is often a glaring lack of dialogue between stakeholders representing these two interests. There is a need for a stronger and enforced coordination between fishing and conservation authorities when establishing marine protected areas for conservation purposes. We propose that an appropriate instrument for such coordination is a broad ecosystem-based marine spatial planning procedure, representing neither nature conservation nor fishery. Strategic environmental assessment for plans and programmes and environmental impact assessment for projects are commonly used tools for assessing the environmental impacts of different human activities, but are seldom used for evaluating the environmental effects of capture fisheries. The diversity of fisheries and the drastic effects of some fisheries on the environment are strong arguments for introducing these procedures as valuable supplements to existing fisheries assessment and management tools and able to provide relevant environmental information for an overall marine spatial planning process. Marine protected areas for nature conservation and for protection of fisheries have different objectives. Therefore, the legal procedure when establishing marine protected areas should depend on whether they are established for nature conservation purposes or as a fisheries resource management tool. Fishing in a marine protected area for conservation purpose should be regulated according to conservation law. Also, we argue that marine protected areas for conservation purposes, in the highest protection category, should primarily be established as fully protected marine national parks and marine reserves.

The integration of nature conservation into the marine spatial planning process

Marine Policy ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 133-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zacharoula Kyriazi ◽  
Frank Maes ◽  
Marijn Rabaut ◽  
Magda Vincx ◽  
Steven Degraer
Keyword(s):  
Nature Conservation ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Marine Spatial Planning

scholarly journals Priority landscapes in Brudzeń Landscape Park conservation plan

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 339-352
Author(s):  
Agata Cieszewska ◽  
Maciej Wasilewski ◽  
Renata Giedych ◽  
Piotr Wałdykowski
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Nature Conservation ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Land Development ◽  
Landscape Assessment ◽  
Reference Field ◽  
Protection Zones ◽  
Conservation Plan ◽  
Conservation Plans ◽  
Landscape Protection

Abstract The implementation of the European Landscape Convention in Poland requires the identification and landscape assessment in the form of a landscape audit made for each region (voivodeship), as enshrined in the Act on Spatial Planning and Land Development. The Act assumes that as part of landscape audit within regional parks priority landscapes as well as zones of landscape protection will be indicated. There are methodical tools prepared by the Ministry of the Environment to realize both main landscape audit elements – the instruction and the recommendations. Currently (at the end of 2018) no region of the audit is yet to be found, and the newly adopted conservation plans for regional parks enforce, in accordance with the Nature Conservation Act reference to both priority landscapes and zones. This article presents testing of the methodology proposed by the Ministry of the Environment for determining priority landscapes (the instruction) and landscape protection zones (the recommendations). The reference field was the conservation plan for Brudzeń Landscape Park (BLP) located in the Masovian Voivodeship. An attempt to implement particularly the Instructions and identify priority landscapes in the BLP conservation plan proved to be not fully possible. The analyzes carried out in the BLP call for the opinion that apart from the current landscape, it is necessary to take into account other than land use features of the environment that determine the specificity of the landscape – mainly terrain, additionally the catalog of current types of landscapes should be open. Tools prepared by the Ministry of the Environment – still need to be refined.

scholarly journals FORTIFICATIONS OF THE RAPALLO BORDER AND THEIR ROLE AS CO-CREATORS OF SPACE / RAPALLO SIENOS ĮTVIRTINIMAI IR JŲ VAIDMUO KURIANT ERDVĘ

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (0) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Janez Peter GROM ◽  
Alenka FIKFAK ◽  
Luka SKANSI
Keyword(s):  
Nature Conservation ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Natural Areas ◽  
Demarcation Line ◽  
Land Expropriation ◽  
Spatial Assessment ◽  
Historical Perspectives

In the period between the two world wars, the latent tensions between the European nations resulted in the construction of defensive positions on the borderlines of major European countries. Under the same conditions, the Italian Kingdom built an extensive fortification line, i.e. the Alpine Wall. The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (SHS) replied to it with the Rupnik Line. On the base of the Treaty of Rapallo, a 289-km long demarcation line was built with an exceptional defence infrastructure, which interfered with vast natural areas of exceptional quality that are protected by various nature conservation regimes today. The research presented in this paper is focused on a specific land expropriation. The goal is to understand the historical perspectives and assess the current significance of this fortification system with its impact on the natural environment. The system of spatial assessment of the architectural, urban, regional and spatial planning aspects and landscape interpretation has been developed with the use of spatial planning mapping and other methods. It was tested on the case study of the Žiri Municipality to establish a possible systemic base on which the entirety of the Rapallo border with its defence infrastructures could be mapped and their contemporary role assessed.

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