| | Activities 2005 Overview, Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings |
| | 5,08 | | MB | No. 107 Published by the Helsinki Commission |
| | 60 | | stron |
| | 3435 | | ID | Helsinki Commission |
| | 2006 | | rok |
| | Contents |
| | 1 The working structure of HELCOM .7 |
| | Organisation .7 |
| | The goals of the Helsinki Commission .7 |
| | The 1974 Convention .7 |
| | The 1992 Convention .7 |
| | Priorities .7 |
| | 2 The HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan – a decisive step towards the recovery of the Baltic marine |
| | environment .9 |
| | Creating a new environmental strategy .9 |
| | HELCOM’s Baltic Sea Action Plan receives strong support at its initial Stakeholder Conference .11 |
| | HELCOM approves core elements of the Baltic Sea Action Plan .14 |
| | The idea behind the new action plan .15 |
| | Defi ning Ecological Objectives for the action plan .16 |
| | Major political forums back HELCOM’s new environmental strategy .17 |
| | 3Environmental monitoring and reporting .19 |
| | Eutrophication still a widespread and persistent problem .19 |
| | More action still needed on hazardous substances .23 |
| | HELCOM EUTRO – a pilot project aiming to develop new tools for assessing eutrophication .27 |
| | 4Combating eutrophication and hazardous substances .29 |
| | Modelling reduction scenarios .29 |
| | Assessing airborne nitrogen deposition .29 |
| | Cleaning up Hot Spots .30 |
| | Tackling dioxin pollution .30 |
| | Further action on hazardous substances .31 |
| | 5 Reducing the impacts of shipping on the marine environment .33 |
| | HELCOM launches a common Baltic maritime traffi c monitoring system .33 |
| | Devising a new system to identify suspects of illegal discharges .34 |
| | Reducing air pollution from ships .34 |
| | Preventing the introduction of non-native species .35 |
| | HELCOM study reveals 100% increase in shipping accidents in the Baltic .35 |
| | 6 Boosting oil spill response capacity .37 |
| | Illegal oil discharges in the Baltic Sea continue to decrease .37 |
| | Testing readiness to respond to oil spills .38 |
| | Looking at dispersants .39 |
| | Co-operating with EMSA .39 |
| | 7 Promoting nature conservation .41 |
| | Habitats and biodiversity at risk .41 |
| | HELCOM BSPA Project to strengthen and expand the network of marine protected areas .42 |
| | 8 Baltic Sea Regional Project running at full steam ahead .45 |
| | Assessing the state of marine ecosystems .45 |
| | Monitoring agricultural runoff .45 |
| | Investing in capacity to target nutrient fl ows from farms 46 |
| | 9 HELCOM Youth Forum charts an environmentally friendly course .49 |
| | 10 New HELCOM book explores the variety of marine life in the Baltic Sea .51 |
| | 11 HELCOM provides teaching materials on Ecological Objectives .52 |
| | 12 Appendices .53 |
| | Recommendations adopted by HELCOM 27 .53 |
| | Press releases .53 |
| | Newsletters 54 |
| | Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings (BSEP) and other publications .55 |