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Innovative approaches for marine biodiversity monitoring and assessment of conservation status of nature values in the Baltic Sea (MARMONI)

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Mar 31, 2015,

Background Marine biodiversity indicators are tools that enable changes in biological components of marine ecosystems to be identified and followed. They also enable those changes to be linked with pressures, and help in the assessment of the effectiveness of measures taken to reduce those pressures on different geographical scales, thereby providing a ba ...
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Winter navigation risks and oil contigency plan (WINOIL)

Start date: Nov 30, 2012, End date: Nov 29, 2014,

The overall objective is to increase understanding of oil pollution prevention measures, improve the joint emergency cross-border procedures in oil accident, and to mitigate the risks related to ship navigation in ice conditions prevailing in the Gulf of Finland. Objectives are targeted by two main issues: to update and develop the pollution combatting contingency plan between Russia and Finland r ...
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Development of rescue operations in the Gulf of Finland

Start date: Mar 21, 2011, End date: Mar 20, 2014,

The main objective of the project is to enhance Finnish-Russian cooperation regarding risk management to improve maritime safety and reduce transboundary environmental risks through research, development and training. The project aims at strengthening the competitiveness and sustainable economic development of the maritime transport system around the Gulf of Finland. The aim is to develop knowledg ...
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Trilateral cooperation in our common resource; the Atlantic salmon in the Barents Region

Start date: Dec 31, 2010, End date: Dec 30, 2013,

The overall objective of the project is to develop and enhance the management of the shared Atlantic salmon resource in the Barents region; enabling a future adaptive, sustainable and knowledge-based harvesting regime. This enables the conservation of the rich fishing traditions and coastal culture of the area and preserves the highly important regional and local socio-economy of the coastal fishe ...
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Good environmental status through regional coordination and capacity building (GES-REG)

Start date: May 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2013,

The EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region and its Action Plan requires cooperative actions on the transposition of EU Directives and defines the MSFD as the strategic, horizontal action. Implementation of MSFD in Member States is in the phase of drafting initial assessments, determination of good environmental status (GES), establishment of targets and indicators, and establishment and implementat ...
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Minimizing risks of maritime oil transport by holistic safety strategies (MIMIC)

Start date: Apr 30, 2011, End date: Nov 30, 2013,

Oil transportation in the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Finland poses transnational risks to the marine environment. Maritime oil transportation is also vulnerable to security threats, an area of less attention in the Baltic Sea. Traditionally, improvements to maritime safety regulation have realized only after major accidents. Post-accident policies are not very comprehensive and may be biased by the ch ...
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Baltic seals - balancing between sustainable ecosystem management and fisheries (ECOSEAL)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Nov 30, 2013,

ls in the Baltic Sea ecosystem to be utilized for conservation and management actions, 3) to create risk analysis models by combining existing data (e.g. on rate of population increase) and the new information produced in the project, to be used as tools in sustainable management of seals, and 4) to disseminate up-to-date information on seal-fishery conflict to interest groups, and 5) to recommen ...
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Baltic Sea Region Climate Change Adaptation Strategy (BALTADAPT)

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

...c of climate change, and a group of research institutions at the cutting edge of applied science in the region. The German Federal Environment Ministry and Federal Environment Agency, the Finnish Environment Institute as well as the CBSS Secretariat are paying project partners. The project counts also with the direct support of the Danish Energy Agency, who is in charge of coordinating this priori ...
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Sustainable Uses of Baltic Marine Resources (SUBMARINER)

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

The Baltic Sea faces significant challenges: fishery declines, severe marine pollution, the effects of climate change as well as an increasing competition for space. At the same time new scientific and technological developments provide opportunities for innovative uses of marine resources which do not only have the power to generate sustainable regional economic development but also proactively c ...
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Inventories and planning for the marine Natura 2000 network in Finland (FINMARINET)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Jun 30, 2013,

...und Marine habitats have greatly regressed in the Baltic Sea due to extensive eutrophication and the influence of increased amounts of toxic substances. The Finnish exclusive economic zone (EEZ) was established recently, after the designation of the Natura 2000 network, and only a few preliminary surveys of underwater habitat types have been made in these ...
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Chemical Munitions Search & Assessment (CHEMSEA)

Start date: Jun 8, 2011, End date: Mar 7, 2013,

Around 55 000 tons of chemical warfare agents (CWA) were dumped into the Baltic Sea after the World Word II. Official dumpsites are Bornholm Deep and Gotland Deep, but there is evidence for their presence also in other places on the seafloor. Their metal shells are corroding and leaking to the environment at a rate that has not been measured so far. Moreover, a large-scale leakage in case of distu ...
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Innovative practices and technologies for developing sustainable aquaculture in the Baltic Sea region (AQUABEST)

Start date: Jun 8, 2011, End date: Mar 7, 2013,

Aquaculture has been the fastest growing food production sector during the last two decades. In the Baltic Sea region, though, the industry has stagnated or even decreased. The goal for the Aquabest project is to change this trend. However, the future growth in aquaculture production has to be built on sustainable practices and technologies.Aquabest aims to: 1. Start a self-evaluation of the envir ...
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Baltic COMPASS - Comprehensive Policy Actions and Investments in Sustainable Solutions in Agriculture in the Baltic Sea Region (Baltic COMPASS)

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

Baltic COMPASS project has grown out of a large number of international projects in the field of landuse, agriculture, water and environment related to the protection of the Baltic Sea. Specifically, Baltic COMPASS is a response to the need for a transnational approach to reduce eutrophication of the Baltic Sea and contribute in adaption and implementation of the HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan (BSA ...
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SNOOP - Shipping-induced NOx and SOx emissions – OPerational monitoring network (SNOOP)

Start date: Aug 31, 2009, End date: Nov 30, 2012,

Based on an existing framework of ship exhaust emission estimation, SNOOP aims to take the strategic evaluation of ship emission effects to a new level by enlargement the scope from nitrogen oxides to SOx, PM, CO, CO2 emissions. The cause-effect chains are studied by monitoring ambient air quality and estimating its human health effects in harbour areas, by modelling the nitrogen input from ship e ...
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Applications of ecological knowledge in managing oil spill risk (OILRISK)

Start date: Nov 30, 2009, End date: Oct 31, 2012,

All EU countries benefit from increased international commerce because trade and consumption generate welfare. The EU solidly supports free trade, and maritime traffic is the most efficient way to transport goods among countries. However, heavy maritime traffic and oil transportation, both rapidly expanding in the Gulf of Finland and in the Baltic Sea, cause a significant environmental risk. Shoul ...
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Control of hazardous substances in the Baltic Sea region (COHIBA)

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

... flagship projects of the EU Baltic Sea Region Strategy.The project had 22 partners in 8 Baltic Sea region (BSR) countries: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Sweden. Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) was the lead partner. Partners presented various branches including national authorities, municipalities, research institutes, NGOs and an intergovernmental organisa ...
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Develop tools and indicators for the assessment of biological effects of anthropogenic chemical stress in the Baltic Sea (BEAST)

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

Develop tools and indicators for the assessment of biological effects of anthropogenic chemical stress in the Baltic Sea by investigating the causality between chemical pressure and biological effects at different levels of biological organisation. One outcome of the project will be recommendations for monitoring the effects of hazardous substances in the whole Baltic Sea Region. The project will ...
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ion of aquatic communities in the Gulf of Finland: risk-based policymaking (EVAGULF)

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

...eeds of the decision-makers and they will be published for the public use and evaluation internationally. One of the main purposes of the project is to produce tools that will promote gaining uniform finnish-estonian view about the condition of the marine ecosystem, reasons that have led to the circumstances as well as the situation that will be aimed for. They will also concretize the ecosystem r ...
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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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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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