Baltic Compass
Baltic Compass is a cross-border project that links farming, land use and the environment to protect the Baltic Sea while helping it to remain a strong region for people and businesses. The goal is healthier ecosystems and a competitive Baltic Sea region, while still producing enough food for about 90 million people in the area.
The Baltic Sea is shallow and enclosed, making it very sensitive to pollution. Nine countries share the waters and surrounding lands, so close international and sector cooperation is essential. Baltic Compass aims to reduce eutrophication by getting environmental and farming groups to work together across borders.
The project brings together 22 partners from Belarus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden and Russia (as an associated partner). It will form a regional platform where people swap ideas, new farming approaches and successful practices, develop farming rules that protect nature, test planning ideas, and support investments. It aims to create win‑win solutions for farming and the environment and to strengthen rural economies.
For farmers, the project offers better access to help with future decisions and investments in sensitive Baltic ecosystems, regardless of country. Baltic Compass is funded as a strategic project by the Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007–2013 and aligns with the HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan and the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region. The work runs from December 2009 to December 2012.
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