Source-to-Sea Practitioners Guide

Step 3 | Diagnose
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The MSP addresses key development areas
such as renewable energy at sea, defence,
navigation, fisheries, seabed mining and
marine protected areas.
Climate change has resulted in water scarcity
in the southern parts of the country during
summer months leading to freshwater rationing
for households, industry and agriculture
and having devastating impacts on freshwater
ecosystems through increased water temperature
and dwindling water resources.
The current state of water quality in general
in the Swedish fresh and marine systems is
far from reaching both EU and Swedish targets
of good ecological status.
After a few years of operation, SwAM still faces
challenges; particularly in relation to achieving
coordinated management of activities from
source to sea within the agency itself and
externally between national and county board
agencies. The planning frameworks are not fully
adapted for management from source to sea and
the physical boundaries of catchment and
marine management do not fit the current
political and economic arrangements at the
national level. Complexities of overlapping
jurisdiction, boundaries and mandate have
been highlighted in Figure 6.
However, despite challenges, momentum
is growing around the source-to-sea approach
and dialogue between stakeholders to meet
environmental as well as social and economic
objectives is increasing.
Source: J. Granit, Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (personal communication)
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