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TitleMarine Strategy Framework Directive
AuthorEuropean Commission
TopicCoastal and Marine Management
Year of CompletionOnline web resource.
Status
RegionEurope
AbstractThe Marine Directive aims to achieve Good Environmental Status (GES) of the EU's marine waters by 2020 and to protect the resource base upon which marine-related economic and social activities depend. It is the first EU legislative instrument related to the protection of marine biodiversity, as it contains the explicit regulatory objective that "biodiversity is maintained by 2020", as the cornerstone for achieving GES.
How to AccessView at http://ec.europa.eu/environment/marine/eu-coast-and-marine-policy/marine-strategy-framework-directive/index_en.htm.
Use Constraints
data holderEU Maritime Affairs