{"id":93345,"date":"2025-11-18T10:15:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T10:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fi\/93345\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T10:15:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T10:15:08","slug":"proposal-for-saving-the-baltic-sea-34-actions-to-strengthen-the-network-of-marine-protected-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fi\/93345\/","title":{"rendered":"Proposal for saving the Baltic Sea: 34 actions to strengthen the network of marine protected areas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Baltic Sea nature is threatened by eutrophication, pollution and climate change. The Roadmap for the development of marine protected area network in Finland until 2030, which was drawn up in cooperation between a number of organisations, presents 34 actions for improving the status of the Baltic Sea, safeguarding the most valuable marine areas and achieving international conservation area targets. Never before has an equally extensive and comprehensive plan for the conservation of marine nature been drawn up in Finland. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The key action of the Roadmap relate to how existing protected areas can safeguard underwater biodiversity more effectively and how the network of protected areas could be expanded to cover the most valuable marine areas. The plan also contains proposals for establishing the first strict marine nature reserve in Finland as well as for protecting fish breeding areas and paying particular attention to geological diversity.<\/p>\n

Protected areas support the conservation of marine nature <\/strong><\/p>\n

The most serious threats to the Baltic Sea are eutrophication, pollution and climate change. They impair the ecological status of the sea and cause large-scale biodiversity loss. While key measures for improving the status of the sea include reducing emissions of nutrients and harmful substances, measures taken in the catchments alone are not enough.<\/p>\n

The sea is also affected by additional pressures, which include construction and other types of seabed interventions. In this regard, regional protection is the most effective way of safeguarding biodiversity. The current legislation does not sufficiently protect underwater nature. This is why the Roadmap also proposes legislative amendments and new solutions that to better account for ecological integrity, connectivity and functional diversity.<\/p>\n

Key actions presented <\/strong><\/p>\n