Project title: Innovative approaches for marine biodiversity monitoring and assessment of conservation status of nature values in the Baltic Sea (Acronym – MARMONI).

Project duration: 01.10.2010 – 31.03.2015

Project funded by: European Union LIFE+ Nature & Biodiversity program as well as other donors and project partners (Project Nr. LIFE09 NAT/LV/000238)

Project coordinating beneficiary: Baltic Environmental Forum – Latvia; project manager Ms. Heidrun Fammler: heidrun.fammler@bef.lv

Project overall objective: to develop concepts for assessment of conservation status of marine biodiversity, including species and habitats and impacts of various human activities.

The project developed innovative monitoring and assessment approach based on joint set of marine biodiversity indicators as well as to test in practice the monitoring and assessment techniques. The project was acting in the Baltic Sea in territorial waters and EEZ of Estonia, Latvia, Finland and Sweden and it  aimed at applying a regional approach for future marine biodiversity monitoring and cross country co-operation when assessing marine biodiversity in the Baltic Sea.
The Executive Summary of the project had been prepared and it includes an overview of the project activities carried out and results achieved during the implementation of the project.

The Public version of the project’s final narrative report had been prepared and it includes an overview of the project activities carried out and results achieved during the implementation of the project (01/10/2010 – 31/03/2015).

For further information please contact:

In Latvia: Ms. Anda Ruskule: anda.ruskule@bef.lv

In Estonia: Ms. Kai Klein: kai.klein@bef.ee

In Finland: Ms. Heidi Hällfors : Heidi.Hallfors@ymparisto.fi

In Sweden: Mr. Martin Isaeus: martin.isaeus@aquabiota.se

Project co-financiers: Latvian Environmental Protection Fund and Estonian Environmental Investment Centre