CCB Summer Course ”Our Common Baltic” at Hel Marine Station, Poland, on 9-14 July 2018.

The CCB network aims to develop and establish new contacts between engaged citizens in all the Baltic Sea countries and the “Our Common Baltic” yearly summer course is a fantastic way for new volonteers from CCB Member Organisations to get involved, to learn more about the problems and solutions for the Baltic sea catchment and to meet and learn from each others experiences and specific issues in the respective country and local situation.

In 2018, the course took place at Hel Marine Station, situated on the top of the beautiful Hel peninsula in Poland, and welcomed students and volonteers from CCB Member Organisations.

Presentations: 

• CCB priority areas and activities – Mikhail Durkin
• Baltic native marine mammals – grey seals – Monika Selin
• The Baltic Sea – charateristics of biological and environmental conditions – Ida Carlén
• Baltic native marine mammals harbour porpoises – Ida Carlén
• Relevant policies in EU and HELCOM – Mikhail Durkin
• Universal design and environment – Janis Matulis
• Coastal management, methods and experiences – Janis Matulis
• Sources for the load of Nitrogen and Phosphorous to the Baltic – Mikhail Durkin
• Protection of the migratory fish species and environmental DNA – Mikhail Durkin
• Baltic fish and Baltic fisheries OCB 2018 with sound – Nils Höglund
• The myths and challenges for aquaculture – Nils Höglund
• Pharmaceutical pollution in the Baltic Sea Region – Volha Turlo
• Film about pharmaceutical pollution: “The invisible enemy – deadly superbugs from pharma factories“
• ´I am the Baltic´ video
  

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

WHEN: 09 - 14 July 2018

WHERE: Hel peninsula, Poland