Working Group on the State of the Environment and Nature Conservation
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The Working Group on the State of the Environment and Nature Conservation is a HELCOM expert body that assesses the Baltic Sea’s environmental status and coordinates regional efforts for marine protection and biodiversity conservation.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
HELCOM working group
→
environmental advisory body → expert body → regional marine protection body → |
| affiliation |
Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area
→
Helsinki Convention → |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Baltic Sea
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| coordinatesWith |
HELCOM Contracting Parties
→
national environmental authorities in the Baltic Sea region → other HELCOM working groups → |
| countryServed |
Denmark
→
Estonia → Finland → Germany → Latvia → Lithuania → Poland → Russia → Sweden → |
| fieldOfWork |
biodiversity conservation
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ecosystem-based management → environmental assessment → environmental monitoring → marine biodiversity → marine environment protection → marine policy support → regional sea conventions → |
| focusesOn |
cumulative impacts on the Baltic Sea
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marine habitats → pressures on the marine environment → protected areas → threatened species → |
| goal |
assess the environmental status of the Baltic Sea
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contribute to achieving good environmental status of the Baltic Sea → coordinate regional efforts for marine protection → support biodiversity conservation in the Baltic Sea → support implementation of the HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan → |
| language |
English
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| operatesIn |
Baltic Sea region
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| parentOrganization |
HELCOM
→
Helsinki Commission → |
| partOf |
HELCOM subsidiary bodies
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| produces |
biodiversity and nature conservation guidance for HELCOM
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recommendations for marine protection measures → regional environmental assessments for the Baltic Sea → |
| usesMethod |
coordinated monitoring programmes
→
indicator-based assessment → regional environmental assessments → |
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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HELCOM
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hasWorkingGroup |