Baltic Sea Pilot Project BALSAM Testing new concepts for integrated environmental monitoring of the Baltic Sea Johanna Karhu, Project Coordinator
BALSAM – EU funded ”New Knowledge” pilot project (460 000 € ) - other pilot projects in the North Sea (JMP NS/CS) and in the Mediterranean and Black Sea (IRIS-SES) - supports HELCOM work on coordinated monitoring of the Baltic and the MSFD monitoring work (Art 11) of EU Member States - Close coordination with MORE needed and asked by HELCOM GEAR
Joint deliverables: Cataloguing activity of environmental monitoring, proposals towards integrated monitoring programmes 3 reports to the EC (every 6 months)
Partners 1. Coordinator HELCOM Secretariat 2. Aquabiota, Sweden (non-profit research institute) 3. Baltic Environmental Forum, Latvia (NGO) 4. Estonian Fund For Nature, Estonia (NGO) 5. Estonian Marine Institute, Estonia (public research institute) 6. Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency, Germany (public research institute) 7. Finnish Environment Institute, Finland (public research institute) 8. Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute (public research institute) 9. Instytut Meteorologii I Gospodarki Wodnej – PIB, Poland (public research institute) 10. Klaipeda University, Lithuania (university) 11. Latvian Fund for Nature, Latvia (NGO) 12. Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology, Latvia (public research institute) 13. Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemuende, Germany (public research institute) 14. Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Sweden (SMHI) 15. Swedish Museum of Natural History, Sweden (public research institute) 16. Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia (university) 17. University of Gdansk, Poland (university) 18. WWF Finland (NGO) 19. Århus University, Denmark (university, public research institute)
WP1 Project Coordination and cooperation for integrated monitoring WP lead: HELCOM Secretariat, Project Coordinator Partners : - Aquabiota (Sweden), Baltic Environmental Forum Latvia (BEF LV), Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), Estonian Marine Institute (EMI), Klaipeda University (KUCORPI, Lithuania), Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology (LIAE), Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW, Germany), Polish Institute of Meteorology and Water Management from Gdynia (IMGW), Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), Tallinn University of Technology (TUT, Estonia), Århus University (AU, Denmark) Stakeholders: Roshydromet, State Oceanographic Institute (SOI) WP6 Baltic Sea WP2 Fisheries and WP3 Marine mammals WP4 Non-indigenous WP5 coordinated benthic biotopes and environmental and seabirds species international use habitats, monitoring of research vessels WP Lead : Baltic WP Lead: Århus WP Lead: HELCOM for monitoring Environmental Forum Secretariat WP lead: University (AU) Latvia (BEF LV) HELCOM Secretariat Partners: Partners: WP Lead: Tallinn Partners : Latvian Partners: Latvian Fund for Nature Estonian Marine University of Institute of Aquatic Institute of Meteorology (LFN), Swedish Museum Institute (EMI), Technology (TUT) Ecology (LIAE), and Water Management of National History University of Gdansk Partners: AquaBiota Water (UG), Federal Maritime SYKE, IMGW, from Gdynia (IMGW), (SMNH), Research ABWR AB SMHI, Finnish Game and and Hydrographic Latvian Institute of (AquaBiota), Estonian SYKE Fisheries Research Agency Aquatic Ecology Marine Institute Stakeholders: Institute (FGFRI), (BSH), Latvian Institute (LIAE), SMHI, (EMI), Klaipeda Thünen Institute of WWF Finland, of Aquatic Ecology Leibniz Institute for University (KUCORPI) (LIAE), SYKE Baltic Sea Research Baltic Sea Fisheries (TI- Estonian Fund for OF) Nature (EFN), Warnemünde External assistance: ICES External assistance: (IOW ) BSH, HELCOM, UG
HELCOM GEAR to supervise EC and MSFD Project Coordination Group implementation of BALSAM, -input to WG DIKE and GES MONAS and HABITAT groups informed Coordination with the HELCOM MORE ICES Working project for monitoring revision Groups WP1: Coordination, facilitation and administration Project Coordinator Johanna Karhu, HELCOM Secretariat WP3: Regional coordination of WP2: Promoting resource- monitoring of marine mammals efficiency in national monitoring Communication with and seabirds strategies other sea regions: two other New Knowledge WP Lead: Aarhus University, WP Lead: HELCOM Secretariat projects, Baltic2Black Denmark (BALSAM Project Coordinator) and ICES to contribute WP4: Non-indigenous species – multi- WP5: Tools for optimizing disciplinary monitoring schemes to gain coordinated international use synergies for ballast water risk-management of research vessels for and environmental monitoring monitoring activities WP Lead: HELCOM Secretariat (Professional WP Lead: Tallinn University of Coordination with Secretary for HELCOM MARITIME) Technology (TUT, Estonia) HELCOM SEAL EG MARMONI project WP6: A common standard for mapping and monitoring of Baltic Sea benthic biotopes and habitats, and format for data exchange ; WP Lead: Baltic Environmental Forum Latvia (BEF, Latvia) Supports ALIENS3 ICES WGITMO
BALSAM Activities • Kick-off meeting held 14-15 November in Helsinki • WP1 meeting on 7 May 2014 in Tallinn • Spring 2014 – collecting information for catalogue by updating MORE excel files and filling in monitoring topic templates (WP2, WP3, WP4 and WP6) • November 2014 – proposals for integrated monitoring • Final report in spring 2015
First progress report to the EC by end of May 2014 • Includes information collected during cataloguing activity • Contributing to the HELCOM Monitoring Manual • Final information will be presented in the HELCOM online Monitoring Manual BALSAM HELCOM MONITORING MANUAL MORE
In meetings last week WP1: Planned the first interim report to the EC and the next steps in the project – proposals for integrated Monitoring WP3: First seabird meeting – discussion on establishment of a platform for monitoring WP6: Planned the development of a monitoring manual for benthic habitats
Upcoming outcomes • Action plan to improve data flows and processes for environmental and fisheries data + workshop • Joint methods for seal monitoring + proposals for further improvements in monitoring, databases • Platform on seabird monitoring + proposals on how to coordinate monitoring in the future, metadatabase • Report on NIS monitoring for MSFD and IMO BWMC • Online platform on research vessels, planned cruises, enhanced access • Manual for monitoring of benthic habitats Published and presented to HELCOM groups
Challenges To bring in added value to the HELCOM Monitoring Manual by focusing on gaps - DONE To ensure continuation of the seabird monitoring platform after the project – possibility to have a task force under HELCOM? To make a concrete action plan with ICES focusing on improving regional data flows and databases, for e.g. Indicator needs To take proposals coming out from BALSAM WPs forward in HELCOM working groups (seals, seabirds , NIS, benthic habitats, enhanced access to cruises )
Thank you!
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