Underwater nature of Zanzibar, Tanzania, is spectacular with its coral reefs, seagrass meadows and mangrove forests. Marine life is however facing severe threats as coastal zone is affected by increas......

  Newsletter 4 in September 2019 (pdf): In English /  In Estonian Newsletter 3 in June 2019 (pdf): In English /  In Estonian Newsletter 2...

Final conference 4–5 June 2019 Riitta Pöntynen, University of Turku "In the first session on blue economy and economic analysis, we focused on the drivers and the alternative future ...

Final conference 4–5 June 2019 Riku Varjopuro, Finnish Environment Institute “In the two sessions on cross-border collaboration we focussed especially in thinking of the next step...

Final conference 4–5 June 2019 Robert Aps, Estonian Marine Institute "During the session of “Ecosystem-based approach to MSP“ we discussed how ecosystem components should be taken in...

Final conference 4–5 June 2019 Conference programme (pdf, 1 MB) Remarks of Riku Varjopuro, project leader from Finnish Environment institute Riku Varjopuro, Finnish Environment I...

Final conference 4–5 June 2019 Harri Tolvanen, University of Turku “We discussed recent progress and future prospects for GIS in MSP. The session focused on knowledge creation by par...

The environmental awareness of the local public in the study area is increasing the Seleznevka (fin. Rakkolanjoki) and Virojoki Rivers due to the Water meets people – learn, act and influence SEVIRA f......

Of the three rivers examined by the SEVIRA project, the Sestra makes an especially interesting case, because there is no previous information of its water quality. The results from November 2018 – Apr......

From the April 2019 Institute of Limnology RAS has started to do a field study as a part of the project Water meets people – learn, act and influence SEVIRA....

Summarizing publications Plan4Blue on Twitter #Plan4Blue Recommendations for maritime spatial planning for sustainable blue economies (pdf, September 2019) Newsletter ...

A joint cross-border hydrological monitoring meeting was organized in Lappeenranta on 6-8th May....

e-shape (EuroGEOSS Showcases: Applications Powered by Europe), a new project coordinated by ARMINES and funded under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Programme was successfully launched in Cannes, Fr......

The warming of the Arctic Ocean could generally increase the primary production provided by algae living in sea ice, but the impact varies greatly between latitudes, claims a study published in the re......

The project has started successfully and the work has been carried out so far as planned. First SEVIRA progress meeting took place in St. Petersburg 15-16 April, 2019. In the progress meeting all work......

Kas me soovime muuta seda, kuidas merealasid praegu ja tulevikus kasutatakse? Projekt Plan4Blue esitleb nelja stsenaariumit, kuidas meie valikud mõjutavad inimesi ja mereloodust Soome lahes ja Sa......

  Objectives The project supports sustainable urbanization in Finnish cities and urban areas. It is carried out during 2019 and 2020 in collaboration with SYKE, Ministry of the ...

The SEVIRA river monitoring programme contains of 12 sampling rounds on 2019 and according to the arrangements the annual monitoring will continue till spring 2021. The first round of the project rive......

Finnish Environment Institute SYKE under the Finnish Ministry of Environment, is a government research institute, and a center for environmental expertise. SYKE's research focuses on changes in the...

An international seminar in the Water quality and environmental education was organized by the SEVIRA project in the city of Vyborg in Russia on March 19th 2019 to enhance cooperation between Russia a......