BSRP Kaspars Zurins, Niclas Bergman, Johanness Delstra, Viesturs Jansons Presented at the Black Sea – Danube Regional Conference on Nutrient Pollution Control in Chisinau, Moldova – October 2006

1. Regional conference on Nutrient
pollution control in the Danube- Black
sea basin
Chisinau, October 3-6 2006
BSRP
Kaspars Zurins, Niclas Bergman, Johanness
Delstra, Viesturs Jansons

2. Nordic/Baltic cooperation
• Has been a continued cooperation since
beginning of the 90’s
– Start with Gulf of Riga project
– Several projects followed, often in close cooperation between
Sweden, Norway and Baltic countries
– Main themes
• capacity/institutional building
• networking
• training
– One of the main results
• implementation of standardized monitoring system for quantification of
nutrient losses from agricultural dominated catchment

3. Baltic Sea Regional Project
• WB/GEF 5.5 million USD grant
• Other co-financiers
• Project June 2003 – June 2006
extended till June 2007
• Managed by HELCOM in cooperation
with ICES, SLU, WWF, NEFCO.

4. Four Components
• Comp. 1: Large Marine Ecosystem
Activities
• Comp. 2: Land and Coastal
Management Activities
• Comp. 3: Institutional Strengthening
and Regional Capacity Building
• Comp. 4: Project Management

5. Baltic Sea Regional Project
• Capacity building and institutional
strengthening
• Training of farmers
• Development of tools for investments
• Nutrient balance calculations
• Improved data on loads from agriculture
• Better knowledge on link between loads
and effects in the sea

6. Environmental Management System
(EMS)
• Helping the farms making a status of the
situation today
• Suggesting investments and change in
management
• Helping farmer to look for credits and
grants

7. EMS
• Combines environmental and economical
issues
• Flexible, individual or in group
• Ending up in an application to Nordic
Environment Finance Corporation (Nefco)
to receive credits and grants (GEF
funding)

8. EMS
Environmental and technical part
• Information about the status in the Baltic
Sea
• Nutrient loads from different countries to
the sea
• Nutrients flow
• Manure and pesticide handling
• Technical solutions
• Management
• Nutrient balance
• Checklist at the farm

9. EMS
Economical part
• Theory of economical calculations
• Profit/loss, balance sheet
• Calculation of key figures
-equity, profit etc

10. GEF, Baltic Sea Regional Project,
Integration of sea, coastal zone and land based activities
• Monitoring elements included:
–catchment monitoring programme,
–specific demonstration activities,
–contamination of drinking water in farm wells
–contamination of surface- and ground water
at local “hot spots”.
• Modelling
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Kaliningrad
Now also to include St. Petersburg region

11. For a monitoring network to function over time
and to provide reliable data for modelling
• scientifically defensible
• reliable results are generated
• harmonises with similar programs in the Nordic
and Baltic region
• “sustainability” of the program
– not be extravagant
– should be operative without long-term support
sources
– suitable and attractive for research and
educational purposes

12. 2nd Phase of monitoring
and modelling activities in
the Baltic Sea Regional
Project (BSRP)

13. New project title:
Harmonisation of methods for
monitoring, modelling and assessment
of nutrient loading from land to the
Baltic Sea and effects of counter
measures
HarmoBalt

14. Focus in BSRP
• The main focus is on up-scaling of
modelling activities to a regional level
relevant for reporting the Pollution Load
Compilations (PLC:s) to HELCOM.
• Monitoring activities in small agricultural
catchments will be maintained, further
developed and integrated with modelling
activities.
• To improve public awareness for water
pollution from agriculture.

15. Selected demonstration catchments for
multi-scale modelling and monitoring
Russia
Luga River
Estonia
Pärnu River
Lithuania
Nemunas River
tributary Nevezis
Latvia
Lielupe River
tributary Berze
Russia
Pregal River
tributary Instruch
Gulf of Riga
watershed
Baltic Sea

16. Models
• For the field scale modelling of nitrogen leaching of nitrogen from
arable land the Swedish SOILNDB model will be used

17. Models
• For the field scale modelling of phosphorus leaching from
arable land the Swedish ICECREAM model will be used

18. Models
• For the river basin scale source apportionment modelling
the Swedish FYRIS model will be used
Temperature
Point source discharges
Run off
Observed N and P conc.
Timeseries data
Stream width
Stream length
Stream data
Mire/wetlands
Arable land
Lakes
Forested land
Sub-catchment land use
Pasture land
Urban areas
Clear cuts
Sub-catchment
calculations Retention
Model results (monthly data)
Net and gross transport
Source apportionment
Athmospheric
deposition
Run of from forested land,
clear cuts and wetlands
Root zone leakage from
arable and pasture land
Type specific concentrations

19. Framework for monitoring programme
Design monitoring
system, program
Background; national,
international, comply with
international standards
Improve water quality
through increased
environmental
awareness
Collect field, lab data
Through existing
program + additional
Compile and manage data
Routines for collection,
reporting
Assess and interpret data
Part of reporting, modelling
Convey results,
findings
Reporting, local
meetings, conferences,
internet, newspaper
Develop monitoring objectives
Advisory board, ministries
Challenge will be implementation
EU/WFD, Baltic Sea
Data collected used for
research purposes

20. Questions for discussion
Could we develop cooperation between
projects at several levels:
• Farmers;
• NGO’s;
• Municipality level;
• Governmental institutions;
• Expert groups.

21. Questions for discussion
Should we focus more on exchange of
experience between international Projects:
–Methodologies;
–Management;
–Beneficiaries

22. Thank you!