NATURESHIP
Natureship (Integrated planning and management in the Baltic Sea Region)
- Thematic cluster:
- Vigorous sea
- Programme:
- Central Baltic Programme
- Priority:
- 1. Safe and healthy environment
- Direction of support:
- Supporting sustainable spatial planning and environmental management
- Duration:
- Oct 2009 - Jan 2013 (3 years, 4 months)
- Total funding:
- 1 398 570 €
- ERDF funding:
- 1 078 710 €
- EUSBSR Priority area
- Preserving natural zones and biodiversity, including fisheries
- Website:
- http://www.ymparisto.fi/
Development idea
In the Central Baltic area, it is important to carry out a sustainable planning of coastal areas including water protection, and conservation of key areas of biodiversity. Various plans have been developed in different sectors, but there has been a lack of interdisciplinary, cross-sectoral and cross-border approaches.
Aim of the project
The aim of NATURESHIP was to increase cooperation in nature management and water protection in Finland, Sweden and Estonia. The project partners carried out planning and management of coastal areas according to the principles of sustainable development. All partners tried to find the best and most cost-effective methods of promoting water protection and biodiversity.
Main project activities
The project NATURESHIP improved the conditions of the Baltic Sea by developing tools for integrated planning and management of coastal areas. This was done by gathering experts in this field from Sweden, Finland and Estonia, and by producing several guidlines and recommendations enhancing the management of coastal habitats. In addition, the project caried out practical management of specific habitats and arranged several outreach activities for the general public in order to show the importance of these areas from the biodiverisity and landscape point of view.
Partners
Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment in the southwest Finland
- Country:
- Finland
- Region:
- Varsinais-Suomi
- ERDF funding:
- 228 996 €
- Amount of eligible national funding:
- 76 332 €
Vihti municipality
- Country:
- Finland
- Region:
- Uusimaa
- ERDF funding:
- 22 500 €
- Amount of eligible national funding:
- 7 500 €
University of Turku Department of Geography and Geology
- Country:
- Finland
- Region:
- Varsinais-Suomi
- ERDF funding:
- 99 000 €
- Amount of eligible national funding:
- 33 000 €
University of Tartu
- Country:
- Estonia
- Region:
- Lõuna – Eesti
- ERDF funding:
- 110 360 €
- Amount of eligible national funding:
- 23 360 €
Salo town
- Country:
- Finland
- Region:
- Varsinais-Suomi
- ERDF funding:
- 22 500 €
- Amount of eligible national funding:
- 7 500 €
Raisio town
- Country:
- Finland
- Region:
- Varsinais-Suomi
- ERDF funding:
- 15 000 €
- Amount of eligible national funding:
- 5 000 €
Norrtälje Nature Conservation Foundation
- Country:
- Sweden
- Region:
- Stockholm
- ERDF funding:
- 95 715 €
- Amount of eligible national funding:
- 31 905 €
Metsähallitus Natural Heritage Services
- Country:
- Finland
- Region:
- Uusimaa
- ERDF funding:
- 161 858 €
- Amount of eligible national funding:
- 53 957 €
Hamina town
- Country:
- Finland
- Region:
- Kymenlaakso
- ERDF funding:
- 4 999 €
- Amount of eligible national funding:
- 1 668 €
Environmental Board (Estonia)
- Country:
- Estonia
- Region:
- Põhja-Eesti
- ERDF funding:
- 167 636 €
- Amount of eligible national funding:
- 29 583 €
County Administrative Board of Gotland
- Country:
- Sweden
- Region:
- Gotland
- ERDF funding:
- 150 150 €
- Amount of eligible national funding:
- 50 050 €
Results
Series of publications about planning and managing of coastal areas
NATURESHIP produced a series of publications based on the project's expert work, networking activities and the experiences from management experiments in specific areas of the project regions.
The series of publications is published in several of the region's languages (Finnish, Swedish, Estonian) and English. The main publications cover themes like grazing of animals, management of meadows in urban environments, coastal lagoons, indicator species, planning and management of coastal areas using GIS and guidelines for management of seminatural landscapes.
Management guidelines for semi-natural landscapes (ENG)
Animals to the shore - yes or no? (ENG)
City meadows, vitality from a living heritage (ENG)
Coastal lagoons in Estonia and the Central Baltic Sea region (ENG)
Indicator species (ENG)
Integrated coastal zone planning and management in the Baltic region (ENG)
In addition, other project publications are available at the project's website.
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