This project will examine and analyse the environmental effects of primer used on ships and provide a basis for recommendations on how it can be reduced.
Read more: Reduced environmental burden from shipping in the Baltic Sea
The project aims to develop a manual as to how bladderwrack stocks can be restored in areas where seaweed has disappeared or diminished.
Within the project Living coast BalticSea2020 together with The Swedish Water Ecologists will improve the vegetation area in the bay of Björnöfjärden.
Uppsala University will analyze phosphorus from agricultural and forest areas to sort out which of these contributes to eutrophication in Björnöfjärden and the Baltic Sea.
Read more: Evaluation of phosphorus that contributes to eutrophication
The project aims to encourage farmers to take initiative to reduce nutrient runoff and improve water quality, based on their knowledge and experience.
Read more: Self evaluation concerning nutrients by farmers in Poland