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St. Petersburg event sparks discussion on the critical state of the Baltic
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19 March 2015
The HELCOM-supported Baltic Sea
Day<http://www.helcom.ru/baltic_sea_day/2015_year> which started today in
St. Petersburg, Russia is a popular forum for regional environmental
dialogue arranged for 15 consecutive years. The participants include high
level representatives from ministries and managers from administration of
the Baltic Sea countries and beyond, the EU, as well as regional cooperation
organizations and financial institutions. Members of the event, organized by
the non-governmental organization Ecology and Business, cover many sectors
of the Baltic society - science, business, governance, NGOs and the mass
media.
HELCOM Head of Delegation, Ms. Natalia Tretiakova from the Ministry of
Natural Resources and the Environment of the Russian Federation, received
the main award for personal contributions to the development of Baltic
cooperation. There were five recipients in total for the award from the V.
I. Vernadskiy Ecological Fund, among them Mr. Jaakko Henttonen from European
Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
HELCOM Chair Harry Liiv focused in his speech at the plenary on the current
priorities of Estonian Chairmanship of HELCOM, with particular attention on
nutrient removal and recycling as well as marine litter. The latter is a
particularly current issue – and a topic of one of the afternoon sessions –
as the Regional action plan for marine litter was adopted just two weeks ago
as a new HELCOM Recommendation.
“HELCOM has a long tradition of cooperation in organizing the Baltic Sea Day
as HELCOM’s work can benefit from the discussions held in the roundtables
and from the networks of experts, scientists and managers who continue
gathering every year to debate about the marine environment protection”,
HELCOM Executive Secretary Monika Stankiewicz said in the opening plenary.
“The Forum reminds us of the value of cooperation in HELCOM – all members of
our family, the nine riparian countries and the European Union continue
working together around one table as the marine environment unites us all.
This has proved to be true in the past and is also the spirit of cooperation
now, and I’m sure will be in the future.”
There will be six different round table sessions rolling out in the
afternoon. The topics range from marine and coastal protected areas to
biodiversity, environmentally friendly farming, sustainable sewage sludge
handling, marine litter and the results of 2014 Gulf of Finland Year, among
others. Tomorrow Friday the areas of environmental education as well as
journalism are covered in their respective sessions.
Full programme is available in the dedicated
webpage<http://www.helcom.ru/baltic_sea_day/2015_year> of the Forum
organizer, Ecology and Business NGO, St. Petersburg, Russia.
* * *
Note for editors
The Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission, usually referred to as
HELCOM, is an intergovernmental organization of the nine Baltic Sea coastal
countries and the European Union working to protect the marine environment
of the Baltic Sea from all sources of pollution and to ensure safety of
navigation in the region. Since 1974, HELCOM has been the governing body of
the 'Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic
Sea Area', more commonly known as the Helsinki Convention.
* * *
For more information, please contact:
Johanna Laurila
Information Secretary
HELCOM
Tel: +358 40 523 8988
Skype: helcom70
E-mail: johanna.laurila(at)helcom.fi
Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission
www.helcom.fi<http://www.helcom.fi/>,
twitter.com/helcominfo<http://twitter.com/helcominfo>,
facebook.com/helcominfo<http://www.facebook.com/helcominfo>
From: "Johanna Laurila" <johanna...@helcom.fi>
Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2015 4:30 PM
Subject: St. Petersburg event sparks discussion on the critical state of the
Baltic Sea
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19 March 2015
The HELCOM-supported Baltic Sea
Day<http://www.helcom.ru/baltic_sea_day/2015_year> which started today in
St. Petersburg, Russia is a popular forum for regional environmental
dialogue arranged for 15 consecutive years. The participants include high
level representatives from ministries and managers from administration of
the Baltic Sea countries and beyond, the EU, as well as regional cooperation
organizations and financial institutions. Members of the event, organized by
the non-governmental organization Ecology and Business, cover many sectors
of the Baltic society - science, business, governance, NGOs and the mass
media.
HELCOM Head of Delegation, Ms. Natalia Tretiakova from the Ministry of
Natural Resources and the Environment of the Russian Federation, received
the main award for personal contributions to the development of Baltic
cooperation. There were five recipients in total for the award from the V.
I. Vernadskiy Ecological Fund, among them Mr. Jaakko Henttonen from European
Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
HELCOM Chair Harry Liiv focused in his speech at the plenary on the current
priorities of Estonian Chairmanship of HELCOM, with particular attention on
nutrient removal and recycling as well as marine litter. The latter is a
particularly current issue – and a topic of one of the afternoon sessions –
as the Regional action plan for marine litter was adopted just two weeks ago
as a new HELCOM Recommendation.
“HELCOM has a long tradition of cooperation in organizing the Baltic Sea Day
as HELCOM’s work can benefit from the discussions held in the roundtables
and from the networks of experts, scientists and managers who continue
gathering every year to debate about the marine environment protection”,
HELCOM Executive Secretary Monika Stankiewicz said in the opening plenary.
“The Forum reminds us of the value of cooperation in HELCOM – all members of
our family, the nine riparian countries and the European Union continue
working together around one table as the marine environment unites us all.
This has proved to be true in the past and is also the spirit of cooperation
now, and I’m sure will be in the future.”
There will be six different round table sessions rolling out in the
afternoon. The topics range from marine and coastal protected areas to
biodiversity, environmentally friendly farming, sustainable sewage sludge
handling, marine litter and the results of 2014 Gulf of Finland Year, among
others. Tomorrow Friday the areas of environmental education as well as
journalism are covered in their respective sessions.
Full programme is available in the dedicated
webpage<http://www.helcom.ru/baltic_sea_day/2015_year> of the Forum
organizer, Ecology and Business NGO, St. Petersburg, Russia.
* * *
Note for editors
The Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission, usually referred to as
HELCOM, is an intergovernmental organization of the nine Baltic Sea coastal
countries and the European Union working to protect the marine environment
of the Baltic Sea from all sources of pollution and to ensure safety of
navigation in the region. Since 1974, HELCOM has been the governing body of
the 'Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic
Sea Area', more commonly known as the Helsinki Convention.
* * *
For more information, please contact:
Johanna Laurila
Information Secretary
HELCOM
Tel: +358 40 523 8988
Skype: helcom70
E-mail: johanna.laurila(at)helcom.fi
Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission
www.helcom.fi<http://www.helcom.fi/>,
twitter.com/helcominfo<http://twitter.com/helcominfo>,
facebook.com/helcominfo<http://www.facebook.com/helcominfo>
From: "Johanna Laurila" <johanna...@helcom.fi>
Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2015 4:30 PM
Subject: St. Petersburg event sparks discussion on the critical state of the
Baltic Sea
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