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Project
within the framework of the LIFE Nature Programme
MARINE PROTECTED AREAS IN THE EASTERN BALTIC SEA
Baltic Environmental Forum
LIFE 05 NAT/LV/000100
The
project is funded by the European Union within
the framework of its LIFE Nature Programme
EuropeAide
Co-operation Office programmes and projects
The
project is implemented by Baltic Environmental Forum in cooperation with 18 partners from three Baltic countries and Baltic Fund for Nature in Russia.
The project is focused on marine biodiversity protection in the
Eastern part of Baltic Sea and promotion of its sustainable usage in waters of
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Russia
Project
co-ordinators:
Heidrun Fammler (BEF)
Dr. Alexei Zavarzin (BFN)
Project
inplementation period: 2005 - 2009
 The
overall objective of the project is an assistance for development ant
management of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in accordance with NATURA 2000 in
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and assessment of opportunities for establishment
of a complimentary marine areas in Russian Federation (the Gulf of Finland and
Kaliningrad area) to integrate them into the sub-regional system of MPAs. More
detail information you can get on the official site of the project.
Project
is an important part in the whole chain of the Baltic environmental projects
focused on Marine Protected Areas (very underdeveloped aspect in Russia). The Project can become a good
basis and example for similar ones to be implemented in the Baltic Russia and
wider. The Project also provides a good opportunity for communication and
practical collaboration between relevant environmental organizations (of
different status) in Russia and in the Baltic countries.
The project
objectives:
Complete the establishment of Natura 2000
in the marine territories of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (site selection, designation,
protection rules and management plans); Assess and reduce the impact of fishery
by-catch on target bird and mammal species, e.g. the priority species for LIFE
funding, Polysticta stelleri; Assess and address other threats to marine
Natura 2000 sites (e.g. caused by constructions / developments, disturbance of
species by economic or recreational activities, pollution); Increase
public and stakeholder awareness on Natura 2000, marine protected areas and
biodiversity in general in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Russia;
Promote transboundary networking and capacity building on marine protected
areas between the Baltic States, other EU Member States and Russia.
The field
surveys, inventories of species and habitats, preparing materials for films and
publications on Eastern Baltic Sea, training seminars and expert meetings will be conducted in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania during the project.
The main
stakeholders of the Project in Russia can be:
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academic community, as they are directly involved into the project activities
and are interested in gathering new scientific data;
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environmental NGO, as the Project is environmentally oriented;
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environmental authorities (state controlling institutions), as the Project can
provide them with a common monitoring system for protected areas.
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