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Assessment
| Release date | 15/02/2006 |
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| 14. Have constraints to implementation and management of an adequate system of protected areas been assessed, so that actions can be initiated to deal with these constraints? | |
| a) No | X (North Sea) |
| b) yes, constraints have been assessed (please provide further information) | X (Flanders) |
| c) yes, actions to deal with constraints are in place (please provide further information) | |
- Flanders: constraints have been evaluated, as reported in its Nature Report 2001. The Flemish region is a highly urbanized and developed region. Open areas are scarce and under high competition between various sectors, as well as under very high pressure of fragmentation, various types of pollution, other land uses,…
- North Sea: the constraints have not been assessed yet. They will be when the designation of the marine protected areas will have been officially completed.
| 15. Is a programme in place or in development to regularly assess the effectiveness of protected areas management and to act on this information? | |
| a) No | X |
| b) yes, a programme is under development (please provide further information) | |
| c) yes, a programme is in place (please provide further information) | X (Flanders) |
- Wallonia and the Brussels Capital Region: there is no real programme in place but the bio-monitoring of some natural reserves is carried out on an ad-hoc basis.
- Flanders: several monitoring programmes are on-going, monitoring of management of nature reserves by NGOs is also subsidised.
- North Sea: monitoring to assess the effectiveness of the management is foreseen as part of the management plan.
| 16. Has any assessment been made of the value of the material and non-material benefits and services that protected areas provide? | |
| a) No | X |
| b) an assessment is planned | |
| c) an assessment is in process | |
| d) yes, an assessment has been made (please provide further information) | X (Flanders) |
- Flanders: a study of cost-benefit evaluation was carried out for the pSCI under the Habitats Directive.
- North Sea: this assessment might be undertaken as part of the management plan, although it is rather difficult to put in place in marine areas.