External workshop
HELCOM Workshop with River Basin Management Authorities
September 18, 2019
External workshop
HELCOM Workshop with River Basin Management Authorities
Start date: September 18, 2019 12:00 AM
End date: September 20, 2019
Place: Riga, Latvia
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What is HELCOM?
The Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission – also known as the Helsinki Commission (HELCOM) – is an intergovernmental organization (IGO) and a regional sea convention in the Baltic Sea area. HELCOM was established about four decades ago to protect the marine environment of the Baltic Sea from all sources of pollution through intergovernmental cooperation. The HELCOM Secretariat is located in Helsinki, Finland. To know more about it.
Description
The HELCOM Workshop with river basin management authorities was held on 18-20 September 2019 in the premises of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development in Riga, Latvia. The Workshop was jointly organized by HELCOM and the EU-financed project “Actions to develop and identify effective
measures to reach GES in the Baltic Sea region” (HELCOM ACTION).
The aim of the HELCOM Workshop was to discuss the alignment of nutrient reduction requirements for individual rivers and the Baltic Sea environment as well as the sufficiency of measures included in the river basin management plans to achieve the Baltic Sea nutrient input reduction targets.
Provisional agenda and related info are available here.
measures to reach GES in the Baltic Sea region” (HELCOM ACTION).
The aim of the HELCOM Workshop was to discuss the alignment of nutrient reduction requirements for individual rivers and the Baltic Sea environment as well as the sufficiency of measures included in the river basin management plans to achieve the Baltic Sea nutrient input reduction targets.
Provisional agenda and related info are available here.