HELCOM biodiversity, litter, underwater noise and effective regional measures for the Baltic Sea (HELCOM BLUES)
The EU-funded project HELCOM BLUES supported the development of regionally coordinated measures with the aim of improving biodiversity and reducing pollution in the Baltic Sea. As part of the project, assessments of the marine environmental status were carried out, improvements to the monitoring processes were proposed, especially in relation to biodiversity, marine pollution and underwater noise.
Project partners
- Helsinki Commission
- Center for Environmental Policy (Lithuania)
- Kiel Institute for the World Economy (Germany)
- Natural Resources Institute Finland (Finland)
- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Sweden)
- Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (Sweden)
- Stockholm University (Sweden)
- Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (Sweden)
- Finnish Environment Institute, SYKE (Finland)
- Tallinn University of Technology, TalTech (Estonia)
- University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover (Germany)
- Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability, University of Hamburg (Germany)
- University of Tartu (Estonia)
- Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology
More about the project here: https://helcom.fi/helcom-at-work/projects/blues/
Contact person
Ieva Putna-Nīmane, Researcher
ieva.putna[at]lhei.lv
About the project
Project start date: 25.01.2021.
Project end date: 24.01.2023.
Project webpage: blues.helcom.fi/
Project budget:
Financier: European Union