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Baltic Sea Forum held in St. Petersburg 5–6 April:
HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan receives highest level political support
8 April 2013, Helsinki, Finland (HELCOM Information Services) – Heads of
Government and Ministers of the Baltic Sea States, gathered 5 April 2013 to
the Baltic Sea Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, expressed their full support
to the continuation of actions to achieve a healthy status of the Baltic Sea
by implementing the HELCOM Baltic Sea Action
Plan<http://www.helcom.fi/BSAP/en_GB/intro/> (BSAP), adopted in 2007.
The High-level meeting was attended by all Baltic Sea countries, Norway,
Iceland and the EU, and was hosted by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as part
of the Year of the Environment in Russia and in the context of Russia's
presidency of the Council of the Baltic Sea States. The Forum is a
continuation of the Baltic Sea Action Summit process started in 2010 in
Helsinki in cooperation with the Baltic Sea Action Group.
The national leaders welcomed the forthcoming HELCOM Ministerial
Meeting<http://www.helcom.fi/Ministerial2013/en_GB/MM2013intro/> to be held
on 3 October this year in Copenhagen under the Danish HELCOM Chairmanship as
a follow-up event to evaluate in detail the progress in the implementation
of the BSAP and decide on further measures to save the Baltic Sea.
The Conference of the Heads of State was proceeded on 6 April by roundtable
discussions on the key issues for the future of the Baltic Sea, including
the role of public-private partnerships and innovative approaches in
combatting eutrophication, nature protection, use of liquefied natural gas
(LNG) in shipping and the application of ecosystem approach in Maritime
Spatial Planning.
Ms Monika
Stankiewicz<http://www.helcom.fi/stc/files/pressreleases/HELCOM_Stankiewicz_6April_BSF_StPetersburg.pdf>,
HELCOM Executive Secretary, spoke at the concluding Plenary Session of the
Forum and presented a recipe – a list of ingredients or necessary steps –
for achieving a good environmental status of the Baltic Sea.
The roundtable on MSP as an instrument for integrated management of marine
space was co-moderated by Ms Anita Mäkinen, co-chair of the HELCOM-VASAB MSP
Working Group and Mr Victor Olerskiy, Vice-Minister of Transport of the
Russian Federation. This session was supplemented with a presentation by the
HELCOM Secretariat on shipping as an important component for MSP in the
Baltic Sea.
At the session dealing with eutrophication, HELCOM’s nutrient reduction
scheme and its revision was present along with information on actual
achievements on pollution reductions e.g. from wastewater treatment sector.
The session on protection of biodiversity and protected areas networks
included a presentation on HELCOM core biodiversity indicators and their
implementation in the Russian part of the Baltic Sea (the Gulf of Finland)
delivered by Mr. Alexander Antsulevitch, HELCOM BASE Project expert from St.
Petersburg State University.
Statement of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Baltic Sea States
for Environmental Protection of the Baltic Sea adopted at the end of the St.
Petersburg forum can be seen at the
website<http://government.ru/eng/docs/23748/> of the Government of the
Russian Federation.
* * *
Note for editors:
The Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission, usually referred to as
the Helsinki Commission or
HELCOM<http://www.helcom.fi/home/en_GB/welcome/>, 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.
HELCOM is the governing body of the ‘Convention on the Protection of the
Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area’<http://www.helcom.fi/Convention/en_GB/convention/>,
more usually known as the Helsinki Convention.
For further information, please contact
Mr Mikhail Durkin
Professional Secretary
HELCOM
Tel: +358 46 850 9195
Fax: +358 207 412 645
E-mail: mikhail...@helcom.fi<mailto:mikhail...@helcom.fi>
From: "Leena Heikkilä" <leena.h...@helcom.fi>
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 5:28 PM
Subject: HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan receives highest level political
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HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan receives highest level political support
8 April 2013, Helsinki, Finland (HELCOM Information Services) – Heads of
Government and Ministers of the Baltic Sea States, gathered 5 April 2013 to
the Baltic Sea Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, expressed their full support
to the continuation of actions to achieve a healthy status of the Baltic Sea
by implementing the HELCOM Baltic Sea Action
Plan<http://www.helcom.fi/BSAP/en_GB/intro/> (BSAP), adopted in 2007.
The High-level meeting was attended by all Baltic Sea countries, Norway,
Iceland and the EU, and was hosted by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as part
of the Year of the Environment in Russia and in the context of Russia's
presidency of the Council of the Baltic Sea States. The Forum is a
continuation of the Baltic Sea Action Summit process started in 2010 in
Helsinki in cooperation with the Baltic Sea Action Group.
The national leaders welcomed the forthcoming HELCOM Ministerial
Meeting<http://www.helcom.fi/Ministerial2013/en_GB/MM2013intro/> to be held
on 3 October this year in Copenhagen under the Danish HELCOM Chairmanship as
a follow-up event to evaluate in detail the progress in the implementation
of the BSAP and decide on further measures to save the Baltic Sea.
The Conference of the Heads of State was proceeded on 6 April by roundtable
discussions on the key issues for the future of the Baltic Sea, including
the role of public-private partnerships and innovative approaches in
combatting eutrophication, nature protection, use of liquefied natural gas
(LNG) in shipping and the application of ecosystem approach in Maritime
Spatial Planning.
Ms Monika
Stankiewicz<http://www.helcom.fi/stc/files/pressreleases/HELCOM_Stankiewicz_6April_BSF_StPetersburg.pdf>,
HELCOM Executive Secretary, spoke at the concluding Plenary Session of the
Forum and presented a recipe – a list of ingredients or necessary steps –
for achieving a good environmental status of the Baltic Sea.
The roundtable on MSP as an instrument for integrated management of marine
space was co-moderated by Ms Anita Mäkinen, co-chair of the HELCOM-VASAB MSP
Working Group and Mr Victor Olerskiy, Vice-Minister of Transport of the
Russian Federation. This session was supplemented with a presentation by the
HELCOM Secretariat on shipping as an important component for MSP in the
Baltic Sea.
At the session dealing with eutrophication, HELCOM’s nutrient reduction
scheme and its revision was present along with information on actual
achievements on pollution reductions e.g. from wastewater treatment sector.
The session on protection of biodiversity and protected areas networks
included a presentation on HELCOM core biodiversity indicators and their
implementation in the Russian part of the Baltic Sea (the Gulf of Finland)
delivered by Mr. Alexander Antsulevitch, HELCOM BASE Project expert from St.
Petersburg State University.
Statement of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Baltic Sea States
for Environmental Protection of the Baltic Sea adopted at the end of the St.
Petersburg forum can be seen at the
website<http://government.ru/eng/docs/23748/> of the Government of the
Russian Federation.
* * *
Note for editors:
The Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission, usually referred to as
the Helsinki Commission or
HELCOM<http://www.helcom.fi/home/en_GB/welcome/>, 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.
HELCOM is the governing body of the ‘Convention on the Protection of the
Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area’<http://www.helcom.fi/Convention/en_GB/convention/>,
more usually known as the Helsinki Convention.
For further information, please contact
Mr Mikhail Durkin
Professional Secretary
HELCOM
Tel: +358 46 850 9195
Fax: +358 207 412 645
E-mail: mikhail...@helcom.fi<mailto:mikhail...@helcom.fi>
From: "Leena Heikkilä" <leena.h...@helcom.fi>
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 5:28 PM
Subject: HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan receives highest level political
support - HELCOM Release
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