A multi-regional manual for the response to maritime pollution incidents involving hazardous and noxious substances (HNS) was recently jointly developed… Read More »
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A new multi-regional manual for the response to maritime pollution incidents in the Baltic, Greater North Sea and Mediterranean gets jointly published by HELCOM and its partners
Survey: Help us improve our HELCOM Map and Data Service
Are you a HELCOM Map and Data Service (MADS) user? Would you like to help us improve our data portals? If so, we would like your feedback!… Read More »
“Baltic Sea Day” Forum in Saint Petersburg attracts 400 participants, with Baltic Sea Action Plan, hazardous substances, maritime spatial planning and climate change taking centre stage
Attended by about 400 people in person and several hundred more online, the XXI International Environmental Forum “Baltic Sea Day” was held… Read More »
The BSAP update is well on track at HELCOM 42-2021, the annual meeting of the Helsinki Commission
More milestones on the now imminent update of the Baltic Sea Action Plan (BSAP) were reached during the 42nd Meeting of… Read More »
“Break down the silos” and “We know enough to act”: HELCOM holds its stakeholder conference on ecosystem-based management
In an effort to advance the implementation of ecosystem-based management (EBM) in the Baltic Sea region, HELCOM held its Stakeholder Conference… Read More »
HELCOM joins UN initiative on marine litter
HELCOM has recently become a member of a United Nation initiative on land-based pollution, the Global Partnership on Marine Litter (GPML). Bringing… Read More »
HELCOM updates its online tool for assessing the risk of introduction of alien species via ballast water
Aliens in the Baltic Sea? Not if shipping managers utilize the free online tool developed by HELCOM and OSPAR to minimise the introduction of… Read More »
HELCOM launches its BLUES project to support attaining good environmental status in the Baltic Sea
Good environmental status, or GES, and a Baltic Sea in healthy state are at the core of the HELCOM BLUES project that… Read More »
First draft of the updated Baltic Sea Action Plan is unveiled to HELCOM decision-makers at HOD 59-2020
Entering a final stretch, another major milestone was crossed last week when the first full draft of the updated Baltic Sea… Read More »
Baltic Sea Action Plan: HELCOM revamps its tool for tracking implementation progress
HELCOM has recently refreshed its HELCOM Explorer tool, an online and open-access database displaying the progress by the HELCOM countries made on the… Read More »
