Reduc­ing nitrate pol­lu­tion in the Baltic Sea

BirdLife Europe

The Baltic Sea is one of the most pol­lut­ed seas in the world pri­mar­i­ly due to eutroph­i­ca­tion caused by exces­sive load­ing of nutri­ents from agri­cul­tur­al activ­i­ties. Now more than ever a tran­si­tion to more sus­tain­able prac­tices is inte­gral to the industry’s future. 

To address this and build­ing upon Phase 1 of the project, BirdLife aim to expand the use of nature-based solu­tions in agri­cul­tur­al prac­tices in Poland and Lithua­nia, in order to help decrease the flow of pol­lut­ing nutri­ents into water basins. The project will sup­port the tran­si­tion to more sus­tain­able farm­ing and pro­vide ready-to-imple­ment solu­tions to agri­cul­tur­al stake­hold­ers and pol­i­cy­mak­ers. The solu­tions show­cased will be used as best prac­tice exam­ples for scal­ing up to EU level. 

For more information visit: https://www.birdlife.org/europe-and-central-asia/