Upon request, HELCOM contributes an update each year to the report of the United Nations Secretary-General on oceans and the… Read More »
“It is indeed time to act”, Crown Princess of Sweden about Baltic Sea environmental challenges
Photo: CharlesHammarsten/The Royal Court, SwedenHer Royal Highness Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden opened the VI Annual Forum of EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea… Read More »
Illegal discharges under joint surveillance in the Baltic and North Seas
Aircraft from six countries from Baltic Sea (HELCOM) and North Sea (Bonn) areas carried out a joint international aerial surveillance… Read More »
HELCOM expected to endorse Recommendation on aquaculture
The delegates representing all Baltic coastal states as well as the EU are expected to agree on HELCOM Recommendation on… Read More »
Sub-regional targets to strengthen Baltic marine pollution response
National marine pollution response authorities from the Baltic Sea coastal countries and the European Union wrapped up yesterday the annual… Read More »
Baltic Sea countries plan to save nutrients for the benefit of farmers and environment
Photo: Helena RosenlewAdvancing nutrient management to the routine practices of agricultural production, including in manure fertilization, is a leading topic… Read More »
Thirty years of unbroken monitoring on radioactivity in the Baltic Sea
Despite a general decreasing trend of concentrations of radionuclides, the Baltic Sea still is one of the most polluted sea… Read More »
Ten years of data exchange on ships’ movement in the Baltic region
Experts on the maritime Automatic Identification System () technology from Baltic coastal countries and Norway met today and yesterday to… Read More »
Final report ready on coordinated monitoring in the Baltic region
The summary on key results of a large project on coordinated environmental monitoring in the Baltic Sea has recently been… Read More »
Nutrients to the Baltic Sea are decreasing, HELCOM follow-up shows
How the countries are doing in reaching their HELCOM nutrient reduction targets was a priority topic of the HELCOM Pressure… Read More »