Baltic Marine Environment
Protection Commission

 

Baltic Marine Environment
Protection Commission

    Pressure

    Working Group on reduction of Pressures from the Baltic sea Catchment area (Pressure WG)

    The Pressure WG provides the necessary technical basis to the work on inputs of nutrients and hazardous substances from both diffuse and point sources on land, including follow-up of the implementation of the HELCOM nutrient reduction scheme.

    The group focuses on developing solutions to the policy-relevant questions and needs. Besides nutrients and hazardous substances, Pressure WG also has marine litter and underwater noise in its portfolio.

    Since September 2014, ​the Pressure group has incorporated all functions of the former HELCOM Land​ Working Group.

    Action areas

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    Agriculture
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    Industrial & municipal releases
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    Marine litter & underwater noise

    Contacts

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    Lars Sonesten

    Chair of Pressure group
    Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences​
    Lars.Sonesten@slu.se​
    +46 18673007

    Mock Employee
    Dmitry Frank-Kamenetsky

    HELCOM Secretariat
    Professional Secretary
    dmitry.frank-kamenetsky@helcom.fi
    +358 40 630 9933

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