Assessment of Ecosystems and Ecosystem Services in Romanian

The design of policy instruments beyond greening is practiced by some policy sectors
such as transport, biodiversity, climate change mitigation and territorial planning but
there is definitely space for more creativity.
Table no.13 below provides an overview of assessment results against specific criteria.
Table 13. Assessment of Romanian public polices vis-à-vis specific criteria
reflecting the transition to Sustainable Green Economy
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Policy
relevance
Environmental
factors
Natural
resources
management
Use of / impact
upon natural
resources
Policy sector
Water
Agriculture
and Rural
Development
Forestry
Fisheries and
aquaculture
Marine
Regional
development
Transport
Energy
Level of
integration of
the Ecosystem
Approach
Conceptual and
Operational:
Implicit and
incomprehensive
Conceptual and
Operational:
Explicit but not
comprehensive
Conceptual:
Implicit and
incomprehensive.
Operational:
Explicit but not
comprehensive.
Conceptual and
Operational:
Explicit but not
comprehensive
Conceptual:
Explicit but not
comprehensive.
Operational: No
specific integration.
Conceptual and
Operational:
Implicit and
incomprehensive
Conceptual and
Operational:
Implicit and
incomprehensive
Conceptual and
Operational:
No specific
integration
SPECIFIC CRITERIA
Integration of
the Ecosystem
Approach
according to
the Convention
on Biological
Diversity
(12 principles)
= 5
X = 6
! = 1
= 9
X = 1
! = 2
= 6
X = 3
! = 3
= 6
X = 4
! = 2
= 3
X = 6
! = 3
= 5
X = 4
! = 3
= 4
X = 7
! = 1
= 0
X = 10
! = 2
Design of policy instruments beyond
greening
X = Financial allocations under
the Operational Program for large
infrastructure. Also, contributions
system for the use of water (payments,
bonifications and penalties) based on
cost recovery, polluter pays, equal
access to water resources, rational use
of water resources (for the quantitative
management) and cautiousness and
prevention, cost recovery, polluter
pays (for the qualitative management).
Consequently, only indirectly it
recognizes the ES of water provision.
= agro-environmental payments
contributing to ES delivery
= Elimination of taxes for FSC certified
surfaces; compensatory payments;
PES under art.11 and 15 of the Forest
Code; due diligence; NRDP measures for
agro-forestry, and first afforestation. All
contributing to ES delivery
= compensatory payments; payments
for the improvement of the aquatic
environment. All contributing to ES
delivery
X = The Monitoring Program to ensure
that Good Ecological Status of the
marine environment is achieved
or maintained was supposed to be
elaborated until 2015 but no official
information has been found so far.
X = Ecosystem services are not yet
integrated into EIA ans SEA procedures
(valid for project assessment across
policy sectors). Investments focused on
energy efficiency and to support SMEs
= Monitoring Program to prevent
negative effects upon the environment
by proposing supplementary protective
measures that reduce the impact or for
remediation of affected areas.
X = Green Certificates focused
on reducing pollution but without
biodiversity proofing. Certificates for
the emissions of GHG. Environmental
Notification including conservation
measrues not recognized nor
implemented.