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The Baltic Sea Action Plan 2019-2023 of Helsinki and Turku Joint Baltic Sea Action Plan of the Cities of Helsinki and Turku 2019-2023 The Baltic Sea Challenge is a free-of-charge, international network initiative to protect nearby waters and the Baltic Sea. We invite a variety of organisations to voluntarily commit to implement new tangible water protection measures. In the network, the organisations find partners, share information and learn and work together to improve the state of the Baltic Sea and our nearby waters. By 2018, 270 organisations from Baltic Sea countries have joined the Baltic Sea Challenge network. 2 This is the third joint Baltic Sea Action Plan of the cities of Helsinki and Turku. The first action plan was published in 2007 with the launch of the Baltic Sea Challenge. The period of the second Baltic Sea Action Plan was 2014–2018. 3 Table of contents Preparing the action plan ............................................................................................................................................................. 5 Declaration ................................................................................................................................................................................. 6 The Baltic Sea is unique and changing ............................................................................................................................................ 8 The value of the ecosystem services of the sea and a sustainable, blue economy ............................................................................... 11 Operating environment ................................................................................................................................................................. 13 International—the UN goals of sustainable development and the EU’s strategy for the Baltic Sea region ........................................ 13 National—Finland’s Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region.............................................................................................................. 14 The role of cities and municipal residents ................................................................................................................................ 15 Helsinki: other strategies and programmes ....................................................................................................................... 16 Turku: other strategies and programmes .......................................................................................................................... 18 Vision and objective 2023—background ......................................................................................................................................... 20 Goals of the Action Plan 2019–2023—Five waves of action for the benefit of the Baltic Sea .................................................................. 22 1. Clear coastal waters ................................................................................................................................................................ 23 Actions that support this goal in other strategies and programmes ............................................................................................ 23 Actions ................................................................................................................................................................................ 24 2. Healthy marine ecosystems ...................................................................................................................................................... 30 Actions that support this goal in other strategies and programmes ............................................................................................ 30 Actions ................................................................................................................................................................................ 31 3. Clean and safe water traffic ...................................................................................................................................................... 35 Actions that support this goal in other strategies and programmes ............................................................................................ 35 Actions ................................................................................................................................................................................ 36 4. Systematic water area management .......................................................................................................................................... 39 Actions that support this goal in other strategies and programmes ............................................................................................ 39 Actions ................................................................................................................................................................................ 40 5. Active Baltic Sea citizenship...................................................................................................................................................... 42 Actions that support this goal in other strategies and programmes ............................................................................................ 42 Actions ................................................................................................................................................................................ 43 Preparing the action plan This third joint Baltic Sea action plan of the cities of the years 2019–2023. In May–June, the same topics were Helsinki and Turku for the years 2019–2023 was prepa- discussed by the Baltic Sea working groups of the cities red during 2017 and 2018. The joint Baltic Sea Challenge and the joint Baltic Sea Challenge executive committee, executive committee of the cities of Helsinki and Turku where the more detailed objectives were also confirmed. decided on the update of the action plan in its meeting The latest draft action plan was sent for comments to held in May 2017, and the matter was then discussed in the specialists of the cities from the end of June until the the Baltic Sea working groups of the cities in autumn end of August 2018, and resident hearings were arran- 2017. Two specialist workshops were arranged in Hel- ged on the updated action plan in both cities in July–Au- sinki in autumn 2017, while one specialist workshop was gust 2018. The action list was updated and specified in arranged in Turku in spring 2018 for producing and col- further detail on the basis of the comments and hearings lecting ideas and actions. The national annual seminar in the Baltic Sea working groups of the cities at the end of the Baltic Sea Challenge, arranged in December 2017, of August. The executive committee finalised the action yielded more suggestions for actions from our network list and discussed other draft texts of the action plan in members. September 2018. The draft programme was finalised at the end of September 2018 for decision-making. The specialists of Helsinki and Turku had a joint work- shop in April 2018, where more detailed objectives and the collected suggestions for actions were worked on for 5 Declaration The protection of the Baltic Sea is important to the cities of Helsinki and Turku. This is why already in 2007 we started the Baltic Sea Challenge. We have invited other organisations to voluntarily protect the Baltic Sea beyond the legislation’s provisions. By 2018, 270 organi- sations from Finland and other Baltic Sea countries have joined the Baltic Sea Challenge network. The third joint Baltic Sea Action Plan of our cities for the years 2019–2023 has now been completed. For more than a decade, we have implemented dozens of tangible actions in order to reduce the environmental loads from the cities of Helsinki and Turku to waters. Our Baltic Sea Challenge partners have taken hundreds of measures for the benefit of the nearby waters and the entire Baltic Sea. We have implemented several international projects to develop our activities and arranged numerous events and meetings for exchanging best practices and experiences. We continue to support the Helsinki-based professorship in the Economics of Baltic Sea Protection and the operation of the Protection Fund for the Archipelago Sea in Turku. We have noticed that such strategic partnerships can accomplish influence and tangible results outside of our own immediate sphere of activity. Systematic water protection work has accomplished much in the Baltic Sea: for example, the eutrophicating nutrition load has been halved and the populations of a few key species, such as the white-tailed eagle, have strengthened. Despite this, the entire sea and our coastal waters continue to be in an all-too-poor state. According to an extensive assessment published this spring by the Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission, HELCOM, eutrophication continues to be a severe problem in almost all of the Baltic Sea, including the coastal regions of the Gulf of Finland and the Archipelago Sea. In addition, numerous harm- ful chemicals and microplastics can be found at alarming levels in the aquatic environments. For these reasons, many ecosystems and habitats of the Baltic Sea are threatened. The rec- reational value of the coastal regions of the cities along the Gulf of Finland, the Archipelago Sea and the entire Baltic Sea is very high. This is a further reason why protecting the sea is to the
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