Apr 6, 2018 | Events, Institutional Development, Main news, News, Newsletter, Pilot Fish, Pilot Gypsum, Pilot Mussel, Pilot Nutrient Exchange, Platform
Now it is the time to share the results! Welcome to NutriTrade Final Seminar on May 25, 2018 at 10-13. The seminar presents the results of the project and introduces possibilities for the future: How can the Baltic Sea benefit from the new water protection methods,...
Nov 6, 2017 | Newsletter, Pilot Gypsum
By Eliisa Punttila, Helsingin yliopisto The Savijoki River – An excellent site for agri-environmental research The Savijoki River meanders across an agricultural landscape in the southwestern Finland. During rainy seasons and snow-melt periods its flow drastically...
Nov 6, 2017 | Newsletter, Platform
By Anna Saarentaus, John Nurminen Foundation The first version of Nutribute crowdfunding platform developed by project NutriTrade will soon be in test use at nutribute.org. Nutribute is aimed at improving the state of the Baltic Sea. It is a site where all...
Nov 6, 2017 | Newsletter, Platform
By Anna Saarentaus, John Nurminen Foundation Project NutriTrade has been active in raising awareness about the idea of nutrient offsetting. In nutrient offsetting, an individual, company, country, etc., reduces its nutrient discharges through the funding of activities...
Nov 6, 2017 | Institutional Development, Newsletter
By Antti Iho, Natural Resources Institute Finland People’s determination is the fuel driving marine protection. The engine – innovations, technologies, policy instruments – only go so far without our willingness to strive for the common good. Baltic Sea protection has...
Nov 6, 2017 | Newsletter, Pilot Fish
By Miina Mäki, John Nurminen Foundation On April 6th 2017, Finnish company Kesko launched a new product, Pirkka Saaristolaiskalapihvi, a fish steak made of bream. Ok, one might think – a fish product, what’s so special about it? The fish used for the product is...
Nov 6, 2017 | Newsletter, Pilot Mussel
By Katarina Elofsson, SLU The NutriTrade project has now contracted five additional mussel farmers. Three mussel farms are located along the Swedish east coast (St Anna archipelago, Byxelkrok and Kalmar) and two on Åland. The total contracted harvest amounts to 104...
Nov 6, 2017 | Newsletter, Platform
By Anna Saarentaus, John Nurminen Foundation Baltic Sea calculator is an internet-based tool that helps identifying the most important sources of nutrient pollution arising from consumption, and the easiest ways to reduce it. With the help of this tool, a consumer can...
Feb 27, 2017 | Institutional Development, Newsletter
By Marjukka Porvari, John Nurminen Foundation Nutrient discharges to the Baltic Sea have reduced significantly over the past 20 years. Especially in the Gulf of Finland, the positive effect of 60-70% reduction of phosphorus discharges to the sea area in just 10 years...
Feb 27, 2017 | Institutional Development, News, Newsletter
By Claes Ek, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences In February 2017, researchers from Denmark, Sweden and Finland joined Swedish national and regional decision makers in Stockholm for a one-day workshop on the eutrophication of the Baltic Sea. The topic: are...
