Sep 12, 2017 | Main news, News, Platform
Porvoon vesi – the waterworks utility in Porvoo – is investing in the city’s own wastewater treatment plant. Furthermore, Porvoon vesi offsets its own nutrient discharges by participating in Nutribute and challenges also other water utilities to neutralise their...
Sep 5, 2017 | Main news, News, Pilot Gypsum
Finnish Society of Soil Sciences (Suomen Maaperätieteiden Seura ry) arranged a soil excursion in southwestern Finland to learn more about the clay soil profile in the area and the gypsum pilot. In total 15 soil experts took part in the excursion. The bus took us to...
Sep 5, 2017 | Main news, News, Platform
On August 29, nutrients and offsetting were discussed by high-level experts at a joint JNF stakeholder event and a Nutribute marketing event. The session “Joining forces to protect the Baltic Sea” was attended by 100 persons and chaired by journalist Peter Nyman, who...
Jul 14, 2017 | Main news, News, Pilot Fish, Platform
Yesterday on 13.7, the City of Kotka celebrated the opening of the The Tall Ships Races 2017 event with its own contribution towards improving the state of the Baltic Sea. The City of Kotka, Kotka Maritime Research Centre and Kymen Vesi Oy have compensated for their...
Jun 29, 2017 | Main news, News, Pilot Gypsum
A year ago, in summer 2016, stakeholders in the selected pilot area in Lieto and Paimio got prepared for a large-scale gypsum application experiment, a unique pilot project. Farmers, contractors and actors in the logistical chain made plans how the gypsum application...
Jun 26, 2017 | Main news, News, Platform
The 8th Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region was organised in Berlin on 13-14 June 2017 by the Federal Foreign Office of Germany. The theme of the Forum, connectivity, was elaborated in many presentations from e.g. peace building,...
Jun 20, 2017 | Main news, News, Pilot Mussel
The first mussel harvest within the project has been carried out on 6 June. The mussels, in total 1.2 tons, were successfully harvested on Åland under good weather conditions. The mussel farm plans to harvest once more within the time frame of the project, in 2018....
Jun 19, 2017 | Main news, News, Pilot Mussel
The NutriTrade project has now contracted five additional mussel farmers. The mussel farms are located along the Swedish east coast and on Åland. The total contracted harvest amounts to 104 tons, and harvest will be carried out during 2017 and 2018. The mussel...
May 9, 2017 | Main news, News, Platform
NutriTrade were invited by the Government Offices of Sweden to attend a workshop on May 8th regarding “local measures against eutrophication”. The workshop addressed the following questions: What are the driving forces behind local engagement? Where do we need...
May 5, 2017 | Main news, News, Platform
On April 27th, Swedish NutriTrade partner Anthesis Enveco arranged a workshop in Stockholm. There were a little over 20 participants at the workshop, representing the Swedish government, projects, research, government agencies, companies, and NGOs. Based on...
