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Baltic Sea Information on the Acoustic Soundscape (BIAS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

Background The Baltic Sea is one of the world’s largest semi-enclosed bodies of brackish water. The special geographical, oceanographic and climatological characteristics of the Baltic ecosystem make it highly susceptible to the environmental impacts of human activities at sea and in its catchment area. As a result of this status, the International Mari ...
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Application of ecosystem principles for the location and management of offshore dumping sites in SE Baltic Region (ECODUMP)

Start date: May 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

...an effective tools for the proper management of offshore dumping sites to be applied in South-Eastern Baltic - particularly sensitive area, suffering from the lack of sediments, especially in the coastal zones. Proposed methodology and prepared principles wil be tested during the pilot studies in project areas. Although the main target areas of the project are territorial waters and exclusive eco ...
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Multi-level Governance in MSP (Maritime Spatial Planning) throughout the Baltic Sea Region (PartiSEApate)

Start date: Jun 12, 2012, End date: Sep 11, 2014,

...out to start MSP processes. In March 2013 these developments have received an extra push with the EU proposal for a directive to create a common framework for maritime spatial planning and integrated coastal management. By its very nature MSP requires thorough consideration of the interests of the sectors concerned, which are - in turn - expressed at all governance levels reaching from individual ...
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Sustainable Uses of Baltic Marine Resources (SUBMARINER)

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

...been formulated. These regional activities included micro- and macroalgae cultivation pilots in Finland and Lithuania, a roadmap for the development of Polish coastal areas, a Masterplan Blue Biotechnology for Schleswig Holstein, zebra mussel cultivation at the Curonian Lagoon as well as experiments on using Baltic blue mussels for feed and harvesting biomass from an offshore wind park in Southern ...
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Creative sustainable management, territorial compatible marketing and environmental education to be parks (2Bparks)

Start date: Jul 4, 2010, End date: Jun 29, 2013,

Protected Areas (PA) play an important role for sustainable territorial policies.Often perceived as a limit to economical growth, PA´s have to face up anthropic pressures reconciling economic interests with ecological requirements. New integrated plans based on a transnational framework will be fostered to improve PA sustainable growth. Increasing awareness and diminishing economical and social ...
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Modern Water Management in the South Baltic Sea Area - upgrade project (MOMENT UP)

Start date: May 31, 2010, End date: Jun 29, 2013,

MOMENT UP IS AN upgrade project, close connected to the MOMENT project, with the same background, aims, values etc. It is jointly developed by the MOMENT partnership. MOMENT/MOMENT UP will develop local and regional methods for effective management of water, with special focus on nutrients and hazardous substances from small/diffuse sources. It will test, demonstrate and develop knowledge about ho ...
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South Baltic Offshore Wind Energy Regions (South Baltic OFFER)

Start date: Feb 28, 2010, End date: May 30, 2013,

Offshore wind energy (OWE) has enourmous potential, and its production is highly cost efficient compared to other renewable energy sources (RES). The EC has therefore identified OWE to be of strategic importance with regard to the EU energy targets and reducing dependence on energy imports. OWE has become a competitive alternative to fossil sources of energy, and therefore large-scale investments ...
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Sustainable Management of Contaminated Sediments in the Baltic Sea (SMOCS)

Start date: Nov 30, 2009, End date: Dec 15, 2012,

The Baltic Sea has many hot-spots with highly contaminated sediments in ports, estuaries etc. Human activities often take place in coastal areas and are affected by these hot-spots. Activities e.g. maintainance dredging in ports and fairways due to more deep-draught ships and expanding ports will imply dredging of several million m3 incl. contaminated sediments in coming years. How to handle dredg ...
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Introducing Maritime Spatial Planning in the Baltic Sea (BaltSeaPlan)

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

The € 3,7 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 uni ...
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Baltic Green Belt

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

...thus excellently mirrors the Green Belt approach of successfully integrating a wide set of actors and supporters. Activities of the BELT project focus on improving the ecological situation of the coastal strip on both sides of the waterline, while promoting social and economical aspects of sustainability to secure economic prosperity. Thus, the project will also contribute to the implementation of ...
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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,

.... BaltCICA is designed to focus on the most imminent problems that climate change will cause in the Baltic Sea Region. The concentration of large parts of the population and many larger cities in the coastal areas of the Baltic Sea Region make these areas especially sensitive to climate change. Changes in the occurrence of floods (river floods as well as storm surges) and sea level rise caused by ...
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Green and Blue Space Adaptation for Urban Areas and Eco Towns (GRaBS)

Start date: Aug 31, 2008, End date: Aug 30, 2011,

...tudy Visits to Malmo and Amsterdam. Mentoring visits were hosted by the Northwest Regional Development Agency, Southampton City Council and the London Borough of Sutton in the UK; Klaipeda University Coastal Research and Planning Institute in Lithuania; Etnambiente and the University of Catania in Sicily; the Province of Genoa in Italy; and REC Slovakia. In addition to understanding how each host ...
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Marine protected areas in the Eastern Baltic Sea (Baltic MPAs)

Start date: Aug 1, 2005, End date: Nov 30, 2009,

...and habitats mentioned in the relevant Annexes of European Directives. The detailed project objectives were to: 1. Obtain better information about species and habitats of European importance in the coastal waters of the Baltic States. 2. Assess and reduce the impact of fishery by-catch on target bird and mammal species, e.g. the priority species for LIFE funding Polysticta stelleri. 3. Assess ...
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Baltic Sea management - Nature conservation and sustainable development in the marine ecosystem through marine spatial planning (BALANCE)

Start date: Jun 19, 2005, End date: Dec 18, 2007,

BALANCE – or in full “Baltic Sea Management–Nature Conservation and Sustainable Development of the Ecosystem through Spatial Planning” – is an INTERREG III B co-funded project aimed towards development of informed marine management tools for the Baltic Sea based on spatial planning and cross-sectoral and transnational co-operation.BALANCE is organised into 5 work packages (WPs) which will identify ...
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inciples, tools and systems to extend spatial planning on water courses (WATERSKETCH)

Start date: Jun 30, 2004, End date: Jun 29, 2007,

River basin planning has a long tradition in water protection terminology, but new whole Europe approach has been adopted when Water framework directive (WFD) come into force. According to WFD all European river basins should be covered by river basin plans with ultimate goal to reach good ecological status or potential in all waterbodies. Baltic Sea is one of the most fragile marine areas in Euro ...
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Seagull-DevERB (Seagull )

Start date: Aug 19, 2002, End date: Nov 18, 2005,

The structure and living conditions differ considerably between the member regions of Euroregion Baltic (ERB), which are Kronoberg, Kalmar and Blekinge Counties in Sweden, the Regional Municipality of Bornholm in Denmark, The Kurzeme Planning Region in Latvia, Klaipeda County in Lithuania, Kaliningrad Region of The Russian Federation, and the Pomeranian and Warmia-Masurian Regions in Poland.The cr ...
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spectives of Offshore Wind Energy development in marine areas of Lithuania, Poland and Russia (Perspectives of Offshore Wind Energy development in marine areas of Lithuania, Poland and Russia)

The main goal of the project is to create conditions for effective development of wind energy production in the Baltic Sea coastal zones of three neighbouring countries: Lithuania, Russia and Poland. Use of renewable energy sources, including wind, is an important component of sustainable development of these regions, which may result in measurable positive economic, ecological and social effects. ...
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Sustainable Development Indicators for International coastal zones management (ICZM) in the South-Eastern Baltic

The scientists from Lithuania, Poland and Russia have worked out a common strategy of ICZM for the Eastern Baltic Sea coastline.
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