STOCKHOLM, August 10-15, WITH RIVERS TO THE SEA Interaction of Land Activities, Fresh Water and Enclosed Coastal Seas

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1 PROCEEDINGS Stockholm Water Symposium STOCKHOLM, August 10-15, 1997 WITH RIVERS TO THE SEA Interaction of Land Activities, Fresh Water and Enclosed Coastal Seas The Joint Conference 7th Stockholm Water Symposium/ 3rd International Conference on the Environmental Management of Enclosed Coastal Seas (EMECS) organized by Stockholm International Water Institute/EMECS UB/TIB Hannover o o

2 CONTENTS PREFACE UNIVERSITATSBIBLIOTHEK HANNOVER TECHNISCHE INFORMATIONSBIBLIOTHEK 11 THE STOCKHOLM STATEMENT 13 COMMITTEES 15 Executive Programme Committee Organizing Committee PARTI SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS FROM THE SEVENTH 19 STOCKHOLM WATER SYMPOSIUM AND THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT OF ENCLOSED COASTAL SEAS (EMECS) OFFICIAL OPENING ADRESS 23 Ms Birgitta Dahl, Speaker of the Swedish Parliament, Sweden WELCOMING ADDRESSES H.E. Toshitami Kaihara, Governor ofhyogo Prefecture. 27 Chair, Executive Committee International EMECS Center, Japan H.E. Parris N Glendening, Governor of Maryland, USA 29 KEYNOTE ADRESS 33 From landscapes to the sea: Challenges to understanding how humans influence aquatic ecosystems Dr Lars Hedin, USA PRESENTATION OF CASE AREAS The Baltic Sea 47 Professor Bengt-Owe Jansson, Sweden 2. The Black Sea: A continuing cause for concern 57 Dr Lawrence David Mee, Turkey 3. The Seto Inland Sea: Sustainable development from the 63 view point of fisheries Professor Tomotoshi Okaichi, Japan 4. The Chesapeake Bay: Managing an ecosystem 71 Ms Ann Pesiri Swanson, USA

3 5. Lake Victoria in East Africa 81 Mr Christopher Nyirabu, Tanzania OTHER PLENARY SPEAKERS Eutrophication, habitat dynamics and trophic feedbacks: 93 Understanding and managing coastal ecosystems Dr Michael Kemp. USA Minimizing pollutants from land-based sources 105 Ms Terttu Melvasalo, UNEP, Kenya Policies for overcoming barriers in governance and citizen 113 involvement Professor Nobuo Kumamoto. Japan Baltic marine environment protection commission Helsinki Commission Dr Tapani Kohonen, Helsinki Commission, Finland The role of industry in the sustainable management of fresh water 129 resources Mr Bjorn Stigson, World Business Council, Switzerland LECTURE BY THE 1997 WATER PRIZE LAUREATE 13 5 Geophysics, natural selection and hydrological forecasting Professor Peter S Eagleson, MIT, USA PART 2 WORKSHOPS - SYNTHESES AND INVITED SPEAKERS WORKSHOP 1 - AN ECOSYSTEM APPROACH: DRAINAGE AND COASTAL SEA AS A WHOLE SYSTEM An ecosystem approach: Drainage basin and coastal sea as a whole 149 system. Synthesis Chair: Dr Donald F Boesch, USA. Large marine ecosystems: Assessment and management from 151 drainage basin to ocean Mr Kenneth Sherman, USA (Invited speaker)

4 A case study of a specific tool to follow the particulate matter 167 and pollution carried by particles from the Rhone river to the N.W. Mediterranean Sea Ms Mary-Helene Noel, Japan/France (Young speaker) WORKSHOP 2 - MODELS AS TOOLS FOR ECOSYSTEM UNDERSTANDING, COMMUNICATION, MANAGEMENT, AND RESTORATION Models as tools for ecosystems understanding, communication 175 management, and restoration. Synthesis Chair: Dr Lars Hedin, USA Models and management of the Baltic Sea 179 Professor Fredrik Wulff Sweden (Invited speaker) Nested scales of life supporting processes and human justice 181 Dr Thomas Gumbricht, Sweden (Young speaker) WORKSHOP 3 - MONITORING: A BASIS FOR TRACKING AND UNDERSTANDING FRESHWATER AND COASTAL RESPONSES Monitoring: A basis for tracking and understanding freshwater and 185 coastal responses. Synthesis Chair: Professor Henry Regier, Canada Monitoring coastal and estuarine systems: The need for an 189 integrated approach Dr Bernard Sylvand, France (Invited speaker) Water pollution trends in Guanabara Bay, Brazil 205 Mr Rodolfo Paranhos, Brazil (Young speaker) WORKSHOP 4 - UNDERSTANDING LONG-TERM CHANGES IN DRAINAGE BASINS AND COASTAL SEAS (Co-convener: IHP Committee/NFR National IHP Committee/ Natural Science Research Council) Understanding long-term changes in drainage basins and coastal sea Synthesis Chair: Dr Masataka Watanabe, Japan

5 Time-scales of nutrient losses from land to sea - A European 215 perspective Professor Anders Grimwall, Sweden (Invited speaker) Nutrients with rivers to the Baltic Sea 227 Dr Per Stalnacke, Sweden (Young speaker) WORKSHOP 5 - ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND VALUATION OF ECOLOGICAL SERVICES Environmental impact assessment and valuation of ecological 235 services. Synthesis Chair: Professor Saburo Matsui, Japan The ecological, economic, and social importance of coastal and 237 marine systems Dr Robert Costanza, USA (Invited speaker) Environmental impact assessment as a tool for the appraisal of pulp 253 mill proposals in Tasmania, Australia Ms Emma Young, Australia (Young speaker) Linking water flows and ecosystems services: A conceptual 263 framework for improved environmental management Professor Carl Folke and Professor Malin Falkenmark, Sweden, (Invited speakers) WORKSHOP 6 - CURBING OUTFLOW OF POLLUTANTS FROM DOMESTIC WASTE (Co-convener: United Nations Environment Programme, UNEP) Curbing outflow of pollutants from domestic waste. Synthesis 279 Chair: Professor Poul Harremoes, Denmark Enclosed engineering: Enhancing nature's ecological services 281 Dr William Mitsch, USA (Invited speaker) For a new approach to water drinking promotion in a polluted 289 environment Mr Kouassi Sebastien Dohou, Benin (Young speaker) WORKSHOP 7 - GREENING OF INDUSTRY: CURBING OUTFLOW OF INDUSTRIAL POLLUTANTS (Co-conveners: World Business Council for Sustainable Development, WBCSD and

6 United Nations Environmental Programme, UNEP) Greening of industry: Curbing outflow of industrial pollutants. 297 Synthesis Chair: Mr Jim Oatridge, UK The Baltic Sea year Dr Curt Nicolin, Sweden (Invited speaker) Collaboration between industry, university and government as a key 303 strategy in achieving cleaner production: Case study of Mauritius Dr Toolseeram Ramjeawon, Mauritius (Young speaker) WORKSHOP 8 - NON-POINT POLLUTION: CURBING OUTFLOW OF AGRICULTURAL POLLUTANTS AS GLOBAL FOOD NEEDS RISE (Co-conveners: Food and Agricultural Organization, FA O and United Nations Environmental Programme, UNEP) Non-point pollution: Curbing outflow of agricultural pollutants as 306 global food needs rise. Synthesis Chair: Professor Curt Forsberg, Sweden Managing water pollution from agriculture in a water scarce future 309 Dr Edwin D Ongley, Canada (Invited speaker) The effect of forest on stream water quality in two coastal plain 317 watersheds of the Chesapeake bay Ms Margaret G Mayers, USA (Young speaker) WORKSHOP 9 is cancelled WORKSHOP 10 - STRATEGIES AND INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR RESOLUTION OF STAKEHOLDER CONFLICTS IN DRAINAGE BASINS AND COASTAL SEAS Strategies and institutional arrangements for resolution of 321 stakeholder conflicts in drainage basins and coastal seas. Synthesis Chair: Professor Nobuo Kumamoto, Japan Institutions and the resolution of resource conflicts: Principles and 325 practice Professor Susan Hanna, USA (Invited speaker)

7 The role of water rights and wastewater disposals, regularization 333 in the resolution of stakeholders conflicts in Mexican drainage basins Dr Hector Garduno, Mexico (Invited speaker) Environmental, economic and political interdependence in the Baltic 341 Sea region Dr Stanislawa Bukowicka, Poland (Young speaker) WORKSHOP 11 - NGO'S: ROLES AND STRATEGIES IN WATER PROTECTION POLICY NGO's: Roles and strategies in water protection policy. Synthesis 347 Chair: Dr Hans Lundberg, Sweden The role of non government organizations in the Chesapeake Bay 351 program Ms Frances Flanigan, USA (Invited speaker) Coalition clean Baltic - A network for environmental NGO's in 361 the Baltic Sea region Ms Eva Frossling, Sweden (Young speaker) WORKSHOP 12 - ETHICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION OF THE NEXT GENERATION Ethics and environmental education of the next generation. 365 Synthesis Chair: Dr Wayne Bell, USA Sustainability place, and civil society 371 Dr Richard Collins, USA (Invited speaker) The role of reflection process in water education. The postal 381 water project, a concrete case Ms Anna Kurtycz, Mexico (Young speaker) WORKSHOP 13 - GLOBAL RESOURCE INFORMATION DATA EXCHANGE Global resource information data exchange. Synthesis 387 Chair: Dr Michael J Donahue, USA

8 Ballerina - The internet based environmental information 389 co-operative network and gateway to the Baltic Sea region Dr Sindre Langaas, Sweden (Invited speaker) Great Lakes Information Network: Your bridge to the Great 399 Lakes region Dr Carol Ratza, USA (Invited speaker) The information cycle - a framework for the management of our 407 water resources Mr Jos G Timmerman, The Netherlands (Young speaker) WORKSHOP SPEAKERS 417 REPORT FROM POSTER SESSION 431 PRESENTED POSTERS 433 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS 437 DONORS AND SPONSORS 461