BSRP Kaspars Zurins, Niclas Bergman, Johanness Delstra, Viesturs Jansons

1. Regional conference on Nutrient pollution control in the Danube- Black sea basinChisinau, October 3-6 2006 BSRP Kaspars Zurins, Niclas Bergman, Johanness Delstra, Viesturs Jansons

2. Nordic/Baltic cooperation • Has been a continued cooperation since beginning of the 90’s • Start with Gulf of Riga project • Several projects followed, often in close cooperation between Sweden, Norway and Baltic countries • Main themes • capacity/institutional building • networking • training • One of the main results • implementation of standardized monitoring system for quantification of nutrient losses from agricultural dominated catchment

3. Baltic Sea Regional Project • WB/GEF 5.5 million USD grant • Other co-financiers • Project June 2003 – June 2006 extended till June 2007 • Managed by HELCOM in cooperation with ICES, SLU, WWF, NEFCO.

4. Four Components • Comp. 1: Large Marine Ecosystem Activities • Comp. 2: Land and Coastal Management Activities • Comp. 3: Institutional Strengthening and Regional Capacity Building • Comp. 4: Project Management

5. Baltic Sea Regional Project • Capacity building and institutional strengthening • Training of farmers • Development of tools for investments • Nutrient balance calculations • Improved data on loads from agriculture • Better knowledge on link between loads and effects in the sea

6. Environmental Management System (EMS) • Helping the farms making a status of the situation today • Suggesting investments and change in management • Helping farmer to look for credits and grants

7. EMS • Combines environmental and economical issues • Flexible, individual or in group • Ending up in an application to Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (Nefco) to receive credits and grants (GEF funding)

8. EMS Environmental and technical part • Information about the status in the Baltic Sea • Nutrient loads from different countries to the sea • Nutrients flow • Manure and pesticide handling • Technical solutions • Management • Nutrient balance • Checklist at the farm

9. EMS Economical part • Theory of economical calculations • Profit/loss, balance sheet • Calculation of key figures -equity, profit etc

10. GEF, Baltic Sea Regional Project,Integration of sea, coastal zone and land based activities • Monitoring elements included: • catchment monitoring programme, • specific demonstration activities, • contamination of drinking water in farm wells • contamination of surface- and ground water at local “hot spots”. • Modelling Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Kaliningrad Now also to include St. Petersburg region

11. For a monitoring network to function over time and to provide reliable data for modelling • scientifically defensible • reliable results are generated • harmonises with similar programs in the Nordic and Baltic region • “sustainability” of the program • not be extravagant • should be operative without long-term support sources • suitable and attractive for research and educational purposes

12. 2nd Phase of monitoring and modelling activities in the Baltic Sea Regional Project (BSRP)

13. New project title: Harmonisation of methods for monitoring, modelling and assessment of nutrient loading from land to the Baltic Sea and effects of counter measuresHarmoBalt

14. Focus in BSRP • The main focus is on up-scaling of modelling activities to a regional level relevant for reporting the Pollution Load Compilations (PLC:s) to HELCOM. • Monitoring activities in small agricultural catchments will be maintained, further developed and integrated with modelling activities. • To improve public awareness for water pollution from agriculture.

15. Selected demonstration catchments for multi-scale modelling and monitoring Estonia Pärnu River Russia Luga River Gulf of Riga watershed Lithuania Nemunas River tributary Nevezis Latvia Lielupe River tributary Berze Baltic Sea Russia Pregal River tributary Instruch

16. Models • For the field scale modelling of nitrogen leaching of nitrogen from arable land the Swedish SOILNDB model will be used

17. Models • For the field scale modelling of phosphorus leaching from arable land the Swedish ICECREAM model will be used

18. Models • For the river basin scale source apportionment modelling the Swedish FYRIS model will be used

19. Framework for monitoring programme Develop monitoring objectives Advisory board, ministries Challenge will be implementation EU/WFD, Baltic Sea Design monitoring system, program Background; national, international, comply with international standards Improve water quality through increased environmental awareness Convey results, findings Reporting, local meetings, conferences, internet, newspaper Collect field, lab data Through existing program + additional Assess and interpret data Part of reporting, modelling Compile and manage data Routines for collection, reporting Data collected used for research purposes

20. Questions for discussion Could we develop cooperation between projects at several levels: • Farmers; • NGO’s; • Municipality level; • Governmental institutions; • Expert groups.

21. Questions for discussion Should we focus more on exchange of experience between international Projects: • Methodologies; • Management; • Beneficiaries

22. Thank you!