In Sopot, Poland project “Detect2Protect” partner meeting, as well as the Baltic Sea Science Congress 2025, took place
Seeking explanation for the biodiversity decline in the Baltic Sea
Research activities in the project Detect2Protect (No. EU RTD/2023/26) are aimed at studying Baltic Sea environment and developing a common methodological approach among the involved countries in order to determine the relationship between chemical pollution and potential functional biodiversity loss, offering tools for risk assessment in different sub-basins of the Baltic Sea.
During the project partners’meeting held in Sopot, Poland from 30-31 May, LHEI researchers Evita Strode and Ieva Bārda, along with representatives of project partner institutions from Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Sweden and Finland, jointly sought scientifically based evidence for the relationship between the data obtained during 2-year period of the project. Links between biological effects, chemical pollution (in various matrices) and biodiversity in different regions of the Baltic Sea were examined. The involvement of participating countries in dissemination of the obtained results to various interested organizations in each country was discussed – including industrial companies, wastewater treatment plants, shipyards and port administrations.
From May 26-30, the Baltic Sea Science Congress 2025 took place in Sopot, where the project results from different Baltic Sea basins (Gulf of Finland, Gulf of Gdańsk and Gulf of Riga) were presented. Researcher Evita Strode presented the Detect2Protect project results for the Gulf of Riga, informing the wider public about the negative impact of pollution on organisms and their biodiversity in the Gulf of Riga.
