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Baltic Ecological Recycling Agriculture and Society Implementation (BERAS IMPLEMENTATION)

Start date: Jun 10, 2010, End date: Sep 9, 2013,

BERAS Implementation offers a response to the challenges to achieve a good environmental status in the Baltic Sea, reinforce sustainable agriculture and enhance rural development in the region.Objectives:Contribute to solving the problem of excessive nutrient losses from agricultural through introduction of conversion to Ecological Recycling Agriculture (ERA) in all countries of the BSRDevelop a s ...
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Climate Change: Impacts, Costs and Adaptation in the Baltic Sea Region (BaltCICA)

Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Jan 23, 2012,

Climate change was recognized not only in terms of mitigation but also because of the need of adaptation as a major challenge that cannot be solved solely by single actors and territorial restricted actions, but asks for a coordination and support at a higher level. This is highlighted by the EU Green Paper on Adaptation to Climate Change, but also by other documents such as the EC Thematic Strate ...
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Communicating the Baltic (COBWEB)

Start date: Apr 30, 2009, End date: Nov 30, 2011,

...ip. The project’s Expert Forums and workshops arranged, environmental education trainings, exhibitions, materials and programmes produced aim to improve the substantial and outreach technical capacity in promoting sustainable development. The project website allows to a visitor both access to each material separately and to adventurous drama pedagogical role tours through the materials that chal ...
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Eco-support activity - working together for a better environment (Eco-support Activity)

Start date: Mar 31, 2009, End date: Nov 30, 2011,

The objective of the project is to increase environmental awareness by implementing the eco-support activity in the municipalities of the partner organisations, Helsinki, Kotka, Hämeenlinna, Tallinn, Tartu and Rakvere. Implementing the activity reduces the direct and indirect environmental loads of the organisations. Helsinki and Tallinn have just started the activity in a previous cross-border co ...
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Developing Policies & Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change in the Baltic Sea Region (ASTRA)

Start date: Jun 5, 2005, End date: Jan 4, 2008,

...o adapt to the consequences of climate change effects.3. Development of pan-Baltic adaptation strategy and providing country specific national strategies.4. Climate Impact studies for each case study city or region (Gdansk, Riga, Espoo, Kokkola, Klaipeda, Pirkanmaa Region , Kokkola, Tallinn and Pärnu, Estonian archipelago, Curonian spit, Oder river basin, Salaca river basin).
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AGORA -Network Sustainable Tourism Development in the Baltic Sea Region (AGORA)

Start date: Jun 30, 2005, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

The BSR is characterised by large areas of unspoilt countryside. Because of strong economic problems just in these rural areas tourism seems to be a promising opportunity to support regional development. Sustainability considered as a guiding principle can ensure that such a development will lead to economical benefits without threaten the nature and the social structure. Consequently a lot of sus ...
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ShipNODeff - (Deposition and effects of shipborne atmospheric nitrogen emissions (ShipNODeff)

Start date: Aug 31, 2006, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

The project aims at development and implementation of an operational emission estimation algorithm. The algorithm consists of the following: 1) an operational air quality model to estimate the dispersion and deposition of the ship emissions; 2) an air quality and deposition measurement and model validation system, which will in the next phase be extended to a small measurement network that can iso ...
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Ekotuki - Development of eco-support activity (Ekotuki)

Start date: Nov 30, 2006, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

The aim of the project is to develop a model for eco-support activity for promoting environmental responsibility among municipal employees in Helsinki and Tallinn. The aim of the eco-support activity is to train eco-support persons for work units. The task of these persons is to promote environmental practices in their everyday work, such as preventing the generation of waste, sorting waste, savin ...
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Nature Centres and Environmental Interpretation in the Baltic Sea Region (BSR EAGLE)

Start date: Sep 2, 2004, End date: Nov 29, 2007,

Interreg IIIB project BSR EAGLE Nature Centres and Environmental Interpretation in the Baltic Sea Region brings together nature interpreters and nature education centres from 10 Baltic Sea Region countries to network and to improve skills.The vision of the project was to improve the role and contribution of nature centres and environmental interpretation as a part of the society's strengthening of ...
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moting Spatial Development by Creating COMon MINdscapes (COMMIN)

Start date: Aug 31, 2004, End date: Aug 30, 2007,

Transnational and cross-border co-operation have a growing need (e.g. EU-enlargement) for a precise understanding of the partner’s concepts and the planning systems they are embedded in. The improvement of solving similar problems in different BSR countries and on transnational activities can best be achieved by exchange of experiences and ideas, mutual training and further education as well as pr ...
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Management of wetlands along the Gulf of Finland migratory flyway (Gulf of Finland)

Start date: Jul 1, 2003, End date: Jun 30, 2007,

Background Along the flyway of Northern Coastal Gulf of Finland, waterfowl and waders wintering in the southern part of the Baltic Sea and the coasts of the North Sea migrate in the spring to their breeding regions and in the autumn back to their wintering regions. The 12 project areas along the flyway are internationally valuable bird-rich wetlands in wh ...
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NEW HANSA OF SUSTAINABLE PORTS AND CITIES (NEW HANSA)

Start date: Mar 5, 2003, End date: Dec 14, 2005,

... the partnership of 16 EU and 1 PHARE partners."Maritime transport is a key factor in modern economics. However, there is a permanent contradiction between industry, demanding ever more transport capacity, and public opinion which is becoming increasingly intolerant of conflicts between economic, social and environmental issues. Therefore, a very concrete outcome will be the pilot installation of ...
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Information on archipelago for travellers

Start date: May 31, 2002, End date: Sep 29, 2005,

The aim is to give the Tallinn-Helsinki ferry passengers a wider experience on the Gulf of Finland archipelago and nature in the coastal areas in Helsinki and Tallinn by the means of joint materials and exhibitions. The long-term aim is to affect attitudes and increase public's interest in environmental issues relating to the Gulf. Target areas: Helsinki (Finland) and Tallinn (Estonia)
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The Baltic Palette II (Baltic Palette II )

Start date: Jun 1, 2002, End date: Nov 30, 2004,

...n autumn 2004. All the action group reports have been published electronically on the Baltic Palette web site.Polycentric Platform and Training in Spatial Planning; The report on polycentricity in the Baltic Palette regions, the reports about the case studies and an inventory on existing spatial planning programmes and courses have been published. A training course about the best practices in spat ...
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