Taking blue biomass into circular bio-economy
14 April 2023 Taking blue biomass into circular bio-economy. Interview with Cathy Brown Stummann from Skive Municipality Written by Anna Zaccaro Across the Baltic Sea region there is a pressing need to adopt more circular approaches to respond to local and global...
Renovation wave in the countries of the Baltic Sea region
The starting point of a sustainable renovation is always an individual decision of the building owner, balancing expected benefits and costs. Although today there is an abundance of information on any topic, including the energy efficiency of buildings, it is easy to...
NURSECOAST II seeking alternative wastewater treatment solutions
NURSECOAST-II is a pioneering project that unites 17 partner organizations from 8 countries in the Baltic Sea Region, aimed at mitigating the seasonal increase in wastewater production and nutrient discharges in tourist areas around the Baltic Sea. The project will...
BALTIPLAST kicks-off: Joining Forces for a Cleaner Baltic Sea Region
During this three-day event, working clusters have been identified within the consortium of eighteen project partners representing six different countries from the Baltic Sea Region. The diverse and complex issue of single-use plastics was debated and actions to fight...
“Does tourism play a role in causing surface water pollution?”
On the 1st of March the Gulbene Municipality and Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology organized a webinar “Does tourism play a role in causing surface water pollution?” Participants of the event were informed about the project “Lakes connect” and its goals, about the...
Second online meeting of partners
This was the second project online meeting attended by all partners. At the beginning there was a reminder of the rules and deadlines for reporting the first period of the project. During the meeting, the participants presented and discussed the current research tasks...
Testing of methods for sampling microplastics from sand on the beach and water surface in Latvia
At the end of March research assistant Valentina Burdukovska from the Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology went to Kurzeme region in Latvia to test out microplastic sampling methods for beach sand and water surface, as well as to inform local inhabitants about the...
Core projects tune in to the implementation of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region
6 April 2023 Core projects tune in to the implementation of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region Written by Elena Kolosova This year, the first core projects were launched in Interreg Baltic Sea Region. They bring core changes to our region and help implement...