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Integrated planning tool to ensure viability of grasslands (LIFE Viva Grass)
Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: Nov 30, 2018,
Background
Natural and semi-natural grasslands (NSG) are complex ecosystems that provide a range of ecosystem functions and services, which are essential for maintaining biodiversity and healthy societies in general. Loss of grassland biodiversity leads to the degradation and even total destruction of ecosystem functions and services, which would require ...
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Baltic Info Campaign on Hazardous Substances (BaltInfoHaz)
Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2015,
...umulative toxic (PBT) substances can also be transported long distances from their original emission source, causing significant damage to ecosystems. PBT contamination is a recognised problem in the Baltic Sea region, however there is a lack of reliable information about the occurrence of these harmful substances and their sources. Earlier actions, including the activities of HELCOM, Baltic Sea A ...
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Baltic actions for reduction of pollution of the Baltic Sea from priority hazardous substances (BaltActHaz)
Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Jun 30, 2012,
...antic (OSPAR), and the Stockholm Convention.
Objectives
The BaltActHaz project's goal was to underpin joint action by Baltic countries on hazardous substances with regard to the implementation of the WFD, the IPPC Directive (industrial pollution prevention and control, 2008/1/EC), the Marine Strategy Framework Direct ...
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Control of hazardous substances in the Baltic Sea region (COHIBA)
Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Jan 23, 2012,
Hazardous substances are one of environmental problems of the Baltic Sea. Recently 11 hazardous substances and substance groups have been taken into consideration in the area and a specific programme established for these substances (HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan BSAP, hazardous substances segment). Project Control of hazardous substances in the Baltic Sea region – COHIBA focused on these eleven s ...
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Introducing Maritime Spatial Planning in the Baltic Sea (BaltSeaPlan)
Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Jan 23, 2012,
...,7 m project BaltSeaPlan (2009-2012) accompanied the EU Maritime Policy by supporting the introduction of Integrated Maritime Spatial Planning and preparation of National Maritime Strategies within Baltic Sea Region. It also contributed to the implementation of the HELCOM recommendation on broad-scale Maritime Spatial Planning & the VASAB Gdańsk Declaration.BackgroundThe Baltic Sea is a unique inl ...
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Marine protected areas in the Eastern Baltic Sea (Baltic MPAs)
Start date: Aug 1, 2005, End date: Nov 30, 2009,
Background
The Baltic Sea is a unique and fragile marine ecosystem hosting many species and habitats of European and global interest, including the Steller's Eider (Polysticta stelleri) which has its own European Species Action Plan. It is believed that the by-catch of birds and seals in fishing nets is a problem in the Baltic Sea and assumed that habitat ...
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Baltic Haz Control: Development and institutional implementation of a transnational monitoring system for hazardous waste streams in the Baltic Sea Region (BSR Haz Control)
Start date: Jun 13, 2004, End date: Jun 12, 2007,
...least financial resistance, the prolongation of non-cohesive structures and the misdirection of investment initiatives. The key project objective was to enroll waste management authorities around the Baltic Sea into a coordinated effort to integrate the crucial issues of hazardous waste stream management and best practice waste infrastructure planning into the BSR spatial planning agenda and there ...
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