Visualization-supported dialogues in the Baltic Sea Region

Neset, Tina-Simone; Wilk, Julie; Navarra, Carlo; Capell, René; Bartošová, Alena

doi:10.1007/s13280-019-01250-6

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“…In Finland, some regional projects have offered similar farm specific advice (Launto-Tiuttu et al 2014). Pilot experiments conducted in five countries suggest that allocating sufficient resources for stakeholder involvement is critical for effective nutrient management (Neset et al 2019).…”

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Promise and performance of agricultural nutrient management policy: Lessons from the Baltic Sea

Thorsøe

Andersen

Brady

et al. 2021

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Following decades of international collaboration to restore the Baltic Sea, we provide an assessment of the domestic implementation of measures agreed to limit diffuse agricultural pollution and the patterns of policy instruments applied. Despite the Helsinki Convention being unusually specific in detailing what measures countries should introduce, we find many shortcomings. These are most pronounced in the larger countries (Poland, Germany and Russia), while smaller countries perform better, notably Sweden and Estonia. The patterns of policy instruments applied differ, influenced by domestic politics. The limited use of complementary policy instruments suggests that other priorities overrule full and effective implementation, with engagement mirroring the advantages that a restored Baltic Sea can bring to countries. Using the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development to support farmers in managing nutrients, particularly advisory services and investments in modern manure management technologies, represents a significant opportunity for reducing agricultural pollution in most countries.

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Promise and performance of agricultural nutrient management policy: Lessons from the Baltic Sea

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Andersen

Brady

et al. 2021

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“…• Scenarios can help society shape and adapt to an uncertain future (Meier et al 2019;Bauer et al 2019). Different kinds of scenario analyses and methods to visualize outcomes under different scenarios can be useful for informing debate about policy adjustments (Jansson et al 2019), as well as for efficient communication between scientists, local and regional stakeholders and decision makers (Neset et al 2019). • One particular focus of BONUS-funded research is that nutrient loads are driven by climate change as well as by changes in land use, agricultural practice and other socioeconomic developments.…”

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“…• According to physical-biogeochemical model simulations, full implementation of the current policy agreements would allow the marine ecosystem to gradually evolve towards the desired 'good environmental status' in most basins of the Baltic Sea (Meier et al 2019 • Scenario results can provide useful support for policy development when associated with participatory processes. Neset et al (2019) studied how results from hydrological models could be used in participatory processes with expert stakeholders in four case areas around the Baltic Sea, as well as in cross-case discussions. They identified a number of barriers to, and opportunities for, using scenario modelling to support good governance among expert stakeholders.…”

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“…uncertainties), and to foster more informed interpretation of results. Neset et al (2019) also concluded that the use of a tool linking current choices with future effects requires a dialogue design that allows sufficient time for stakeholder-tool interaction, reflection and discussions of results. Under such conditions, scenario results can potentially contribute to empowerment, legitimacy, equity and-ultimatelyimproved and inclusive water governance.…”

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“…To gain the necessary credibility, model predictive uncertainties should be communicated effectively (c.f. Neset et al 2019). To assess the uncertainty when modelling impacts of climate change and future land use, it is recommended to use several models in an ensemble modelling approach rather than relying on just one model (Olesen et al 2019;Jansson et al 2019).…”

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Combatting eutrophication is currently a major challenge for policy makers in the Baltic Sea region, and it is likely to remain so in the decades to come. Although total nutrient loads to the Baltic Sea have recently declined, the gap between current loadings and those required to ensure the desired status is still substantial (Reusch et al. 2018). This Special Issue is dedicated to research that helps inform how the eutrophication challenge might best be addressed by improving our understanding of technological constraints, societal drivers of change, land uses, environmental policies, and innovative governance with stakeholder involvement. These issues are important for the current generation and those to come and are issues we must address in order to succeed in reducing nutrient loads to the desired levels to gradually achieve the desired good environmental status of the Baltic Sea. Currently, we witness a new era of water policies across the entire Baltic Sea region. Our changing climate is impacting on precipitation and runoff, and is also the reason why new EU climate policies seek to tie carbon sinks more visibly to carbon sources. Both these aspects have repercussions for water policies. Thus, solving eutrophication challenges requires sharpening of existing policies and instruments, as well as creating new insights and governance approaches with broad stakeholder involvement in a changing environment. In order to design coherent water and climate policies, and target and implement those policies more efficiently, policy makers need to combine new insights regarding the inhabitants in the region, the catchments, and the Baltic Sea itself. Such insights can be expected from soil scientists, agronomists, hydrogeologists, marine ecologists, economists, and social and policy scientists. What is needed is on the one hand

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A progressive development of a visual analysis interface of climate-related VGI

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This paper describes the progressive development of three approaches of successively increasing analytic functionality for visually exploring and analysing climate-related volunteered geographic information. The information is collected in the CitizenSensing project within which urban citizens voluntarily submit reports of site-specific extreme weather conditions, their impacts, and recommendations for best-practice adaptation measures. The work has pursued an iterative development process where the limitations of one approach have become the trigger for the subsequent ones. The proposed visual exploration approaches are: an initial map application providing a low-level data overview, a visual analysis prototype comprising three visual dashboards for more in-depth exploration, and a final custom-made visual analysis interface, the CitizenSensing Visual Analysis Interface (CS-VAI), which enables the flexible multifaceted exploration of the climate-related geographic information in focus. The approaches developed in this work are assessed with volunteered data collected in two of the CitizenSensing project’s campaigns held in the city of Norrköping, Sweden.

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Visualization-supported dialogues in the Baltic Sea Region

Cited by 6 publications

References 34 publications

Promise and performance of agricultural nutrient management policy: Lessons from the Baltic Sea

Promise and performance of agricultural nutrient management policy: Lessons from the Baltic Sea

Sustainable ecosystem governance under changing climate and land use: An introduction

A progressive development of a visual analysis interface of climate-related VGI

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