Funder: Nordplus; NGO Baltic Sea Region program
Lead partner: Coalition Clean Baltic, Sweden
Summary
The project will address common challenges (e.g. floods/drought, migration barriers, water quality) in 6 transboundary river basins within the Baltic Sea catchment (Nemunas, Daugava, Odra, Western Bug/Vistula, Narva, Pregolya) by joint actions to improve public participation in management of shared watersheds to reach their Good Environmental Status.
Aims
•Introduce integrated ecosystem health and source-to-sea thinking into RBM
•Develop and strengthen Public Advisory River Teams (PARTs)
•Activate the role of NGOs in existing national, bi-and multilateral RBM bodies
Activities, matertials
River Basin Management in Estonia and public participation
Transboundary Daugava river rafting/kayaking expedition, 14-17th May, 2019 on river Daugava, organised by “Environmental Protection Club of Latvia” and Association “Green Belt of Latvia”
Biodiversity and Ecosystem services - presentation for the Estonian-Russian Transboundary Water commission, WG meeting; 1 july in Pskov