Baltic Sea regional projects

•Active wetlands•Aquarius•Balthazar•Baltic Deal•Baltic Stern•Baltic MANURE•Beras Implementation

Baltic Sea regional projects

•Bioenergy Promotion•BioM•Demo farm•MOMENT•Recoca•Waterpraxis•Wetlands, Algea and Biogas

Baltic Sea regional projects

• This presentation introduces other ongoing projects that operate in the same field of interest as Baltic Compass.

• The projects are handpicked and represent international Baltic Sea projects that are in the agro-environmental field.

• This project list will be helpful in seeking contacts and developing networks around the Baltic Sea.

• The list will also show that many Baltic Sea projects have the same aim, and therefore cooperation between projects could be very interesting and useful.

Baltic Compass• Baltic Compass aims to reinforce connections between land

use, environment and agriculture leading to healthier ecosystems and a more competitive Baltic Sea Region.

FACT BOX

• Participating countries: Finland, Estonia Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Poland, Germany, Denmark and Sweden

• Project Manager: Staffan Lund, staffan.lund@adm.slu.se

• Lead partner: SLU, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

• Time period: 2009-2012

• Website: www.balticcompass.org

Active wetlands• Estonian and Finnish farmers, rural advisors and decision-

makers will learn more about how wetlands can be used to reduce the nutrient load from agriculture.

FACT BOX

• Participating countries: Finland and Estonia

• Project Manager: Tapio Salo, tapio.salo@mtt.fi

• Lead partner: MTT Agrifood Research (Finland)

• Time period: 2009-2011

• Website: www.wwf.fi/activewetlands

Aquarius

• Aquarius aims to develop the farmer as water manager able to practice sustainable farming under climatic changes with due respect to environmental protection.

FACT BOX

• Participating countries: Denmark, Norway, Germany, The Netherlands, Sweden, UK

• Project Manager: Irene Asta Wiborg, iaw@landscentret.dk

• Lead partner: Danish Agricultural Advisory Service

• Time period: 2009-2012

• Website: http://www.northsearegion.eu/ivb/projects/details/&tid=90

BalthazarBaltic Hazardous and Agricultural Releases Reduction

• The overall objective of the BALTHAZAR project is to promote protection of the Baltic Sea protection from hazardous waste as well as from agricultural nutrient loading.

FACT BOX

• Participating countries: Finland and Russia

• Project Manager: Kaj Forsius, kaj.forsius@helcom.fi

• Lead partner: HELCOM (Finland)

• Time period: 2009-2010

• http://www.helcom.fi/projects/en_GB/BALTHAZAR/

Baltic Deal Putting best agricultural practices into work

• The strategic project objective is to cost-effectively improve the environmental status of the Baltic Sea through reductions in nutrient losses from the agricultural sector, without impairing competitiveness or production.

FACT BOX

• Participating countries: Latvia, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Denmark

• Project Manager: Kaspars Žūriņš, kaspars.zurins@llkc.lv

• Lead partner: Latvian Rural Advisory and Training Centre

• Time period: 2010-2013

• www.balticdeal.eu

BalticSTERN

FACT BOX

• Participating countries: Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Russia

• Project Manager: Siv Ericsdotter, Head of BalticSTERN Secretariat:

siv.ericsdotter@stockholmresilience.su.se

• Lead partner: MTT Agrifood Finland (Finland), Enveco Ltd. (Sweden), NERI (Danmark), Baltic Nest

Institute (Sweden/Denmark)

• Time period: 2009-2012• http://stockholmresilience.org/balticstern

• BalticSTERN is an international research network with the purpose of doing cost-benefit analysis regarding the environmental problems of the Baltic Sea and give guidance toward cost-effective measures and policy instruments.

Baltic MANURE BALTIC Forum for Innovative Technologies for Sustainable MANURE Management

• Baltic MANURE is turning the perception of manure and intensive animal husbandry from an environmental problem into an opportunity for business innovation.

FACT BOX

• Participating countries: Denmark, Latvia, Finland, Sweden, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland,

Germany

• Project Manager: Markku Järvenpää, markku.jarvenpaa@mtt.fi

• Lead partner: MTT Agrifood Research Finland

• Time period: 2010-2013

• www.balticmanure.eu

BERAS Implementation•  The project will contribute to achieve a good environmental

status in the Baltic Sea, reinforce the sustainability of agriculture and enhance rural development in the region.

FACT BOX

• Participating countries: Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Belarus

• Lead partner: Södertörn University

• Project Manager: Artur Granstedt, arturgranstedt@beras.eu

• Time period: 2010-2013

• http://www.beras.eu/

Bioenergy promotion• The project aims to strengthen the development towards

a sustainable, competitive and territorially integrated Baltic Sea Region in the field of sustainable use of bioenergy.

FACT BOX

• Participating countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Poland

• Project Manager: Sonja Ewerstein, sonja.ewerstein@energimyndigheten.se

• Lead partner: Swedish Energy Agency

• Time period: 2009-2012

• http://www.bioenergypromotion.net/

BioM• The project’s objective is to promote development for

extensive and far-reaching biogas production in the Kattegat/Skagerrak region.

FACT BOX• Participating countries: Sweden, Denmark, Norway.

• Project Manager: Anke Stubsgaard, aks@agrotech.dk

• Lead partner: AgroTech A/S (Danmark)

• Time period: 2010-2012

• http://www.biom-kask.eu/

DEMO FARMDevelopment of Latvian-Estonian network for demonstration of

environmentally friendly farming practices

• The main aim of the project is to develop a network of farms for demonstration of sustainable farming practices in Latvia and Estonia.

FACT BOX

• Participating countries: Latvia and Estonia

• Project Manager: Andrejs Briedis, andrejs.briedis@llkc.lv

• Lead partner: Latvian Rural Advisory Training Centre

• Time period: 2009-2011

MOMENT• Develop measures and methods for effective and sustainable

river basin based water management with the aim to reduce the outflow of nutrients and hazardous substances.

FACT BOX

• Participating countries: Sweden, Poland, Lithuania, Russia

• Project Manager: Tobias Facchini, tobias.facchini@rfkl.se

• Lead partner: The Regional Council in Kalmar County (Sweden)

• Time period: 2009-2012

• http://www.momentproject.eu/

Recoca

• RECOCA will provide scientific outputs that facilitate the implementation of ecosystem-based environmental management of the Baltic Sea, since most management decisions combating eutrophication have to be carried out in the catchment area of the Baltic Sea.

FACT BOX

• Participating countries: Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Norway, and Latvia

• Project Manager: Fredrik Wulff, wulff@mbox.su.se

• Lead partner: Baltic Nest Institute (Sweden)

• Time period: 2009-2011• http://www.balticnest.org/balticnest/balticnest/activities/ongoingprojects/bonus/recoc

a..html

WAB – Wetlands, Algae, Biogasan eutrophication counteract projectea and biogas

• The project aims to collect and use the excessive biomass along the Baltic Sea coasts and use it as a resource by fermenting it into biogas.

FACT BOX

• Participating countries: Sweden, Poland, Germany, Denmark, Lithuania

• Project Manager: Mattias Müller, mattias.muller@trelleborg.se

• Lead partner: Municipality of Trelleborg (Sweden)

• Time period:

• http://wabproject.pl/en/abouttheproject/components/wetlands.php

Waterpraxis• Waterpraxis aims to improve the status of the Baltic Sea by

assisting the implementation of river basin management plans into practice in the region.

FACT BOX

• Participating countries: : Finland, Germany, Denmark, Poland, Sweden, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia

• Project Manager: Seppo Hellsten , seppo.hellsten@ymparisto.fi

• Lead partner: Finnish Environment Institute, SYKE

• Time period: 2008-2012

• http://www.waterpraxis.net/fi.html