Project workshop in Riga

A workshop for BONUS BASMATI project partners was organised in Riga to discuss the work package 6. The aim of the workshop was to start detailed elaboration of three strategic case study areas which will further function as test-beds for the development of a decision support system (Baltic Explorer tool).

Latvian case study located in the Latvian territorial and EEZ waters, covering both the open Baltic Sea coast and the Gulf of Riga will focus on valuation of alternative sea use options in the light of designating the marine protected areas. Denmark – Germany case study will be investigated based on aquaculture expansion activity. The third is pan-Baltic case study focusing on maritime transport and tourism. Approaches to integrate marine ecosystem services into MSP in each case study are discussed.