WATERDRIVE
Risks in water
The water and natural ecosystems in the Baltic Sea region are negatively affected by high nutrient loadings, eutrophication, drought and floodings. The project WATERDRIVE implements smarter water management practices in agricultural landscapes to reduce nutrient loads by 30-50%. The project establishes innovative cross-sectoral cooperation among local authorities, farming communities, agricultural advisory services and other water- and land managers in the topics of high ecosystem productivity, resource efficient growth and risk management.
New tools for clearer waters
WATERDRIVE develops innovative digital technologies and methods for “doing the right thing at the right place”, adapts policies and financing for managing water on a landscape level, and implements a capacity building program for smart water management in agricultural landscapes of the Baltic Sea region.
WATERDRIVE combines the efforts to reduce nutrient loading with managing risks related to flooding and drought. These phenomena make it increasingly difficult for food producers to cope with on their own. The project works on methods to keep the water availability in the agricultural landscape for longer periods.
Around 20 rural communities from Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland and Sweden are directly involved in the project, and further 100 benefit from the innovative WATERDRIVE tools.
Budgets
in numbers
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3.15MillionTotal
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2.13MillionErdf
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0.37MillionEni + Russia
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0.00MillionNorway
Highlights by mid-term
The local authorities and communities in case areas in FI, SE, DK, RU, PL, LT and LV worked on engaging stakeholders for water governance in agricultural areas.
Examples of main achievements include:
In Östergötland, SE, eight farmers tested result-based payment systems and a decision support tool, observed by a local advisor and catchment officers. They concluded that the tool needs to be more simple to use.
In the Zuvintas area, LT, water quality management experts met with the Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, experts from municipalities, Meteliai Regional Park Directorate, among others, to raise awareness about water quality management and monitoring.
In Paldivere and the Adavere Pöltsamaa Nitrate Vulnerably Zone, the Ministry of Rural Affairs, the Ministry of Environment, the Environmental Board, the Estonian Agricultural Chamber of Commerce and Trade, as well as the Estonian Farmers Union discussed the renewal of the NVZ action plan 2021-2030.
In the Ljuga River and Tesova areas, RU, public representatives and the heads of agricultural enterprises met and submitted official proposals to the Committee for Agroindustry and Fisheries Complex of the Leningrad Region for improving the environmental friendliness of livestock enterprises.
In Jelgava and Swete River area, LV, a focus group of farmers and representatives from the municipality, drainage department and Ministry of Agriculture worked on the implementation and investment plan for the Swete River
Outputs
Project Stories
Partners
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- TownUppsala
- RegionUppsala län
- CountrySweden
- RepresentativeStaffan Lund
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South Baltic Water District Authority/Kalmar County Administrative Board
- TownKalmar
- RegionKalmar län
- CountrySweden
- RepresentativeJan Petersson
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- E-Mail
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Swedish Board of Agriculture
- TownJönköping
- RegionJönköpings län
- CountrySweden
- RepresentativeDavid Ståhlberg
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- E-Mail
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Västervik Municipality
- TownVästervik
- RegionKalmar län
- CountrySweden
- RepresentativeGun Lindberg
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- E-Mail
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Baltic Environmental Forum Lithuania
- TownVilnius
- RegionVilniaus apskritis
- CountryLithuania
- RepresentativeJustas Gulbinas
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Natural Resources Institute Finland
- TownHelsinki
- RegionHelsinki-Uusimaa
- CountryFinland
- RepresentativeTapio Salo
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- E-Mail
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Finnish Environment Institute
- TownHelsinki
- RegionHelsinki-Uusimaa
- CountryFinland
- RepresentativeSirkka Tattari
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- E-Mail
- Web
SUCCEEDED by PP23 (01.10.2020) ProAgria Southern Finland
- TownHämenlinna
- RegionHelsinki-Uusimaa
- CountryFinland
- RepresentativeJanne Pulkka
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- E-Mail
- Web
Finnish Field Drainage Association
- TownHelsinki
- RegionHelsinki-Uusimaa
- CountryFinland
- RepresentativeHelena Äijö
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- E-Mail
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Stockholm Environment Institute Tallinn Centre
- TownTalllinn
- RegionPõhja-Eesti
- CountryEstonia
- RepresentativeKaja Peterson
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- E-Mail
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Jelgava Local Municipality
- TownJelgava
- RegionZemgale
- CountryLatvia
- RepresentativeIngars Rozitis
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- E-Mail
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Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies
- TownJelgava
- RegionZemgale
- CountryLatvia
- RepresentativeAinis Lagzdiņš
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Agricultural Advisory Service in Brwinow
- TownBrwinów
- RegionRadomski
- CountryPoland
- RepresentativeJanusz Dabrowski
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- E-Mail
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European Regional Centre for Ecohydrology
- TownLodz
- RegionŁódzki
- CountryPoland
- RepresentativeKatarzyna Izydorczyk
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- E-Mail
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PhenoHorizon OLP SP. zO.O.
- TownLodz
- RegionŁódzki
- CountryPoland
- RepresentativeMaciej Kowalczyk
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- E-Mail
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WITHDRAWAL (31/12/2020) Agency for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs of the German Federal State Schleswig Holstein
- TownFlintbek
- RegionRendsburg-Eckernförde
- CountryGermany
- RepresentativeUwe Rammert
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- E-Mail
- Web
L&F SEGES
- TownAarhus
- RegionØstjylland
- CountryDenmark
- RepresentativeFrank Bondgaard
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- E-Mail
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Baltic Sea Action Group (BSAG)
- TownHelsinki
- RegionHelsinki-Uusimaa
- CountryFinland
- RepresentativeKaj Granholm
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- E-Mail
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Northwest Research Institute of Agricultural Economics and Organisation (NWRIAEO)
- TownSaint-Petersburg, Pushkin
- RegionLeningrad Oblast
- CountryRussian Federation
- RepresentativeMikhail Ponomarev
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Institute for Engineering and Environmental Problems in Agricultural Production – branch of Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution “Federal Scientific Agroengineering Center VIM” (IEEP)
- TownSt. Petersburg
- RegionLeningrad Oblast
- CountryRussian Federation
- RepresentativeEkaterina Vorobyeva
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Administration of Guryevsk city district
- TownGuryevsk
- RegionKaliningrad Oblast
- CountryRussian Federation
- RepresentativeIrina Popova
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- E-Mail
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Water Protection Association of the River Kokemäenjoki
- TownTampere
- RegionPirkanmaa
- CountryFinland
- RepresentativeMikko Ortamala
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- E-Mail
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Union Farmers' Parliament
- TownRiga
- RegionRīga
- CountryLatvia
- RepresentativeZanda Melnalksne
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- E-Mail
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Project managerStaffan LundSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU
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Legal representativeMartin MelkerssonSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences
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Financial managerHallvard WieSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences
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Communication managerZanda MelnalksneBiedrība Zemnieku Saeima