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A rather polluted sea
but on its way to recovering

Manuel Frias
Master on MSP
Seville 3-6 February 2014
The Baltic Sea,
small or big?
The catchment area
Don’t forget Ukraine and Belarus
The Baltic Sea,
a beautiful place
Also in the winter!
Some interesting

facts
A shallow sea
Eutrophication:
the biggest problem

eutrophication&hypoxia
One of the most trafficked
seas in the world
And now: what is
HELCOM?
HELCOM = Helsinki Commission
Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission
HELCOM ≠ HELCOM Secretariat
Budget: 2 million €/year
How?
Baltic Sea Action Plan
The ”constitution”
of the Baltic Sea

John Linwood
”...achieve a Baltic Sea in
good environmental status by 2021”
Who decides?
Heads of
Delegation
And the environmental ministers
HELCOM
Six groups to tackle all issues
Maritime Response

Land

MONAS Habitat

GEAR
Maritime Response

Land

MONAS Habitat

Three platforms for dialogue
Fisheries and
environmental
forum

Agricultural and
environmental
forum

HELCOM-VASAB
MSP Group

GEAR
Why does
HELCOM exist?
Come sloser and we’ll have a look at the

INFOGRAPHIC
How many similar
organizations do you know?
Independent
UNEP
administered
Non - UNEP
administered

Caspian
Environmental
Programme

+
Gulf of Mexico
(projects)
MedPol

HELCOM

OSPAR

Black Sea
Commission
North West Pacific
Action Plan

Caribean
Commission

Information on
monitoring
freely available

Great Lakes
Commission

ROPME Sea
area

Pacific region
South Sea China
(projects)

South Asian
region
SE Pacific
region
Sea of East
Asia
West and Central
Africa Region

Among the most
coordinated and
with the most
info available

Artic Env
Protection
Strategy
Eastern African
region
NE Pacific
region
Red Sea – Aden
region

Degree of coordinated environmental monitoring

+
Now, LET’S THINK!!
We’ll make a practical exercise
Want to know more?

www.helcom.fi

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HELCOM? What is that and why should you care?

Editor's Notes

  1. How many of you have been in the Baltic Sea?
  2. The first one is COORDINATION. In order to achieve a cost-efficient monitoring HELCOM countries should put more emphasis on coordination. That’s one of the main points of the MAS. With monitoring information better presented this corrdination can be better achieved.
  3. The first one is COORDINATION. In order to achieve a cost-efficient monitoring HELCOM countries should put more emphasis on coordination. That’s one of the main points of the MAS. With monitoring information better presented this corrdination can be better achieved.