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Baltic region takes first go as work starts for European Red List of habitats

​HELCOM, having completed regional in 2013 for all biotopes, habitats and biotope complexes in the Baltic Sea, hosts a three-day… Read More »

Systematic action for Baltic marine litter starts next year

Regional action on in the Baltic Sea took major leaps forward in a regional which finished yesterday in Stralsund, Germany.… Read More »

Baltic seal monitoring systematized

The development for marine mammals in the Baltic Sea area has been among key topics in the seal expert group… Read More »

New HELCOM Recommendation on Baltic aquaculture taking shape

Fisheries and environmental experts and authorities from the Baltic region start today a 2-day with key focus on a mature… Read More »

New level reached in coordinated monitoring of the Baltic

An online one-stop-shop – HELCOM – is now launched for all the coordinated monitoring of the Baltic marine environment.  The… Read More »

Upgrading coherence in regional marine environment protection

The new, modernized HELCOM era starts hands-on work today when the HELCOM group on the implementation of the ecosystem approach… Read More »

Baltic manual on chemical marine pollution response reviewed by HELCOM

The Baltic manual on response to chemical marine pollution is under review by a dedicated HELCOM task group meeting today.… Read More »

HELCOM and OSPAR experts cooperate on assessing marine biodiversity

Experts from the Baltic and North-East Atlantic regions meet today in Gothenburg, Sweden to initiate cooperation on biodiversity indicators. The… Read More »

VASAB ministers encourage execution of the joint HELCOM-VASAB roadmap on maritime spatial planning

​The regional for maritime spatial planning (MSP), first adopted in the 2013 HELCOM Ministerial Meeting, is today further pushed for… Read More »

Refreshed HELCOM agriculture group introduced in major conference

HELCOM work towards sustainable agriculture will be presented by Chair as part of the region’s major annual agricultural Conference, held… Read More »