WP3

Generating transboundary GIS environmental risk assessment and mitigation tool

EMI, SPBRC, EME

The aim of this WP is to produce a web-based GIS Assessment Portal for maritime spatial planners and resource managers. Capability of assessing interactive human-induced stressors on the Gulf of Finland ecosystem under different nutrient load management and climate change scenarios is a crucial component of the portal.

The portal is built on harmonized methodologies combining big data with high scientific quality and novel machine learning modelling framework. From the user perspective, it remains simple and highly self-intuitive. The overall concept of the GIS portal is already tailored for the needs of the most important stakeholders. The Assessment Portal will be developed in active consultation with ministries, local and regional authorities to yield better impacts in actual cross-border environmental protection, resource management and marine spatial planning.