Translation of "Impact human activities on mountain ecosystems " (English → French) :

The Directive takes an ecosystem approach to managing all human activities that have an impact on the marine environment, integrating the concepts of environmental protection and sustainable use.

With ever-growing demand for different and often conflicting uses (e.g. agriculture, industry, recreational activities, public services, ecosystems and landscape maintenance, environmental restoration and enhancement), increased resource vulnerability exacerbated by climate and global change, urbanisation, pollution and over-exploitation of freshwater resources, maintaining and improving water quality and availability, and mitigating the impact of human ...[+++] activities on fresh water ecosystems is becoming a critical challenge for the users of water in various sectors as well as for aquatic ecosystems.

The policy review will also address the external dimension of the water scarcity and drought as the EU's considerable water footprint exerts increased pressure on resources outside the EU. The Blueprint will foster a move towards prevention and preparedness with a view to ensuring a sustainable balance between human activities and natural ecosystems.

It has been at the forefront of water science for nearly 50 years, measuring the impacts of human activities on freshwater ecosystems.

the fact that the understanding of the impact of climate change is still developing and the issue might come to dominate, the need to pay more attention to i.a. the impacts from pollution of land-based sources, in particular with regard to acidification and eutrophication, leisure, tourism and to underwater noise, the need for supporting scientific research and full access to scientific data, the impact of shipping, including further development that overarch various aspects (such as ballast water, marine litter and air pollution), the clean scrapping of vessels, the need for applying the ecosystem ...[+++] approach to the management of human activities in the marine environment, the need to integrate its current and future socio and economic dimensions of the implementation of the Marine Strategy;

- Biodiversity and ecosystems: the objectives are to develop a better understanding of marine and terrestrial biodiversity and of ecosystem functioning, understand and minimise the negative impacts of human activities on them and ensure sustainable management of natural resources and terrestrial and marine ecosystems (including fresh water systems) as well as the protection of genetic resources.