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Innovative approaches for marine biodiversity monitoring and assessment of conservation status of nature values in the Baltic Sea (MARMONI)

Innovative approaches for marine biodiversity monitoring and assessment of conservation status of nature values in the Baltic Sea (MARMONI)

Basic project information

Start year 2010

End year 2015

Stage Completed

Person in charge Heidi Hällfors

Other persons SYKE: Anttila, J Attila, J-E Bruun, V Fleming-Lehtinen, A-S Heiskanen, S Hällfors, M Jaale, S Junttila, S Kaitala, M Kalso, V Karvinen, P Kauppila, S Korpinen, M Koskelainen, K Kostamo, S Kujansuu, S Lehtinen, M Lehtiniemi, J-M Leppänen, P Maunula, H Nygård, J Oja, H Piepponen, E Rantajärvi, H Rousi, A Ruuskanen, A Saloniemi, S Simis, O Setälä, S Tasala, L Uusitalo

Financiers European Union LIFE+ Nature & Biodiversity program as well as other donors and project partners

Partners Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology (Latvia); Institute for Environmental Solutions (Latvia); Latvian Fund for Nature (Latvia); Nature Conservation Agency (Latvia); Baltic Environmental Forum-Estonia (Estonia); Estonian Marine Institute (Estonia); Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute (Finland); Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Sweden).

Project objectives

To develop concepts for assessment of conservation status of marine biodiversity, including species and habitats and impacts of various human activities. The project shall develop innovative monitoring and assessment approach based on joint set of marine biodiversity indicators as well as to test in practice the monitoring and assessment techniques. The project is acting in the Baltic Sea in territorial waters and EEZ of Estonia, Latvia, Finland and Sweden. It is aiming at applying a regional approach for future marine biodiversity monitoring and cross country co-operation when assessing marine biodiversity in the Baltic Sea.