#WorldWetlandsDay
Wetlands filter water, nurture biodiversity, store carbon, and support the natural rhythms that sustain the Baltic Sea Region. Through #BaltCOP, we work to restore and safeguard these amazing ecosystems!
🌊Discover our regional efforts: www.wwfbaltic.org/our-work/lan...
The EU is gathering evidence for its #OceanAct — a huge chance to turn the tide for the #BalticSea 🌊
WWF urges the EU & Baltic countries to legally commit to protecting 30% of marine areas by 2030.
Our sea deserves real protection 💙
Read more🔗 www.sustaineurope.com/europe-ocean...
As 2025 draws to a close, we reflect on the challenges, successes and hard work that have taken place over the last year 🌊🌍
Our latest newsletter is out now! www.wwfbaltic.org/newsroom/lan...
Subscribe to receive future newsletters straight to your inbox ➡️ www.wwfbaltic.org/baltic-newsl...
#Baltic
Exciting news! The BaltCOP project will be featured at the EU Water Resilience Forum today in Brussels.
Our mission: restore and protect the water cycle from source to sea through cross-border cooperation and innovative catchment solutions.
Learn more: centralbaltic.eu/project/balt...
📢Swedish farmers win the WWF Baltic Sea Farmer Award 2025!
The Jonsson brothers transformed large-scale dairy farming with wetlands, two-stage ditches, and a unique irrigation system that removes 1000kg nitrogen from their local bay to protect the Baltic Sea
Learn more 👉 t.co/1lZ5RpI6X3
Today at #Agritechnica, we will announce the regional winner of the Baltic Sea Farmer Award 2025!
Meet the national winners who go above and beyond for the Baltic Sea and are in the running to get the regional award
👉 wwfbalticfarmer.org/winners-2025/
Farmers are key to saving the Baltic Sea 🌊
Since 2009, WWF Baltic Sea Farmer Award has honored 80+ farmers for adopting sustainable practices that fight eutrophication—keeping nutrients on land, improving soil health, managing water & nutrients efficiently.
Read 👉 www.wwfbalticfarmer.org/stories/
Meet the farmers who go above & beyond for the Baltic Sea!🌊
WWF Baltic Sea Farmer Award 2025 celebrates farmers in Germany, Estonia, Latvia, Sweden & Poland who reduce nutrient runoff to help fight eutrophication that threatens marine life.
Learn more👉http://wwfbalticfarmer.org
📢 EU Fisheries Ministers fail to implement legal safeguards for fish, jeopardizing the fragile #BalticSea ecosystem.
NGOs express their grave concern over the decision to prioritize short-term economic interests over long-term ecosystem recovery.
Full statement: www.wwfbaltic.org/newsroom/fis...
We welcome the #OurBaltic Conference — but a lack of stakeholder inclusion and clear outcomes, like a declaration, means no action. The Baltic Sea is in crisis!
Urgency must be matched by action, transparency, and bold decisions by the Member States.
@jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu @CostasKadis
United by our concern for the #BalticSea, NGOs, small-scale fishers and anglers met yesterday with @ec.europa.eu
commissioner @CostasKadis to discuss recovery measures for Baltic fish and ecosystems.
We hope today’s #OurBaltic Ministerial Conference responds with the urgent action needed.
Can the catchment approach to restoration be the solution to a healthier Baltic Sea? 🤔🌊
Find out below and let us know your thoughts!👇
To discover more about the project, visit our project page: www.wwfbaltic.org/our-work/lan...
#BaltCOP
Next week, our very own @vernamats.bsky.social will be presenting about our cross-border project #BaltCOP at the PA Nutri Talks, part of EUSBSR.
📅 Tuesday, 9 September 2025 | 💻 Online
⏰ 13:00 EET / 12:00 CET
Want to hear more? Sign up to the webinar here: eusbsr.eu/event/pa-nut...
@umwelthilfe.bsky.social, @naturskyddsf.bsky.social, FishSec, @justynazajchowska.bsky.social
#BalticSea
The EU Commission proposed precautionary fishing limits for herring & sprat for 2026, something NGOs welcome 🐟🌊
📢 We now call on EU fisheries ministers to support this responsible approach at the October AGRIFISH Council
Learn more: bit.ly/461iebz
Algal blooms are approaching the shores of the #BalticSea
The cause?🧪 Eutrophication - too many nutrients flowing from land to sea
The consequence?☠️ Oxygen deficiency, killing marine life
Now WWF and partners are working to reduce nutrient runoff. Find out more ➡️ www.wwfbaltic.org/newsroom/mar...
Our latest #newsletter is live!
In this edition:
🤖 Using AI to detect lost fishing gear
🐟 Baltic Sea fish stocks are in crisis
🏆 How to turn landowners into restoration champions
📖 Our 2024 work from source to sea and field to policy
➕ more
Read and subscribe ⬇️
mailchi.mp/bcfb57f78174...
This week WWF Baltic Sea Programme's @johannakfox.bsky.social, @justynazajchowska.bsky.social and Metta Wiese will be at #UNOC3, the UN Ocean Conference taking place in Nice, France 🌊 Be sure to say hi!
Discover all the events WWF is running at the conference 🪸 wwf.panda.org/discover/oce...
#UNOC
We are proud to share our first-ever #AnnualReport! 🌊
Learn more about our:
✔️ Field-to-policy strategy
✔️ National highlights from around the #BalticSea
✔️ Actions across landscapes, seascapes and communications
✔️ Financial transparency
Read it here 📖 www.wwfbaltic.org/newsroom/mar...
🚨The EU is taking rare action following illegal Baltic salmon fishing that was disguised as scientific research.
This is a step in the right direction, but more is needed.
Read the full story: www.wwfbaltic.org/newsroom/mar...
#Fisheries #CFP #BalticSea #Breaking
Our marine ecosystems are fatigued... So how can we #ReviveTheOcean? 🌍🌊
New guidelines by @wwf.eu identify 10 key principles for effective marine & coastal restoration, illustrated with case studies and a comprehensive step-by-step checklist.
Read & share! 👉 bit.ly/3QWa0ub
#NatureRestorationLaw
New #newsletter alert! In this edition we focus on our restoration project #BaltCOP:
👥What is BaltCOP about?
🌿Pasaules Dabas Fonds shares about their successful World Wetlands Day event
🗺️Launch of our interactive map
📰Project progress from SE, EE and LV
Read + subscribe here! bit.ly/4kIvIiK
Workshop brief cover page with an image of wind turbines in the sea, some cormorants in the water and geese flying past. The text reads: 'shared waters: harmonising offshore wind, marine protection and planning in the Baltic Sea. Workshop outcomes. 31 October 2024.'
📢 Our #OffshoreRenewableEnergy workshop outcomes are finally available!
In October we held an interactive workshop on nature-friendly expansion of ORE at EUSBSR Annual Forum. It resulted in a synthesis of key actions for the #BalticSea 🌍🌊
Read the results here 🔗 www.wwfbaltic.org/newsroom/off...
world wetland day event with community engagement and education about wetland species
world wetland day hike with nature experts
world wetland day workshop, building wetland models
Earlier this month Pasaules Dabas Fonds held a successful event in LV aimed at educating the community about #wetlands. It included:
🌾Hands-on restoration
👣Educational hikes
🧺Nature cooking
💧Creative workshops
Learn more: www.wwfbaltic.org/newsroom/bal...
Part of the EU-funded #BaltCOP project 🌍
Created by @wwf.de. Donate your sonar data and help the ghost net search!
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🚨 #AI is now being used to recover invisible killers in our oceans.
Ghost nets are one of the biggest threats to marine animals and ecosystems. But we now have the technology to stop it: introducing #GhostNetZero.
Find out how you can help the search here 👉 bit.ly/4gFdATX or visit ghostnet.ai
@wwf.de @wwfsverige.bsky.social
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This weekend is #WorldWhaleDay! 🌍 Let’s not forget that we have a small whale right here in the Baltic Sea: the Baltic harbour porpoise 🐬🐋
They risk going extinct… Can innovation be the solution?
Find out more 🔗 www.wwfbaltic.org/newsroom/marine/finding-harmful-ghost-nets
Ghost nets pose a big threat to our sea’s only whale 🐬
Discover what @wwfsverige.bsky.social and @wwf.de are doing to protect the Baltic harbour porpoise in our latest article 🔗 www.wwfbaltic.org/newsroom/marine/finding-harmful-ghost-nets
#BalticSea #WorldWhaleWeek #GhostGear
It’s #WorldWhaleWeek! Did you know we have whales right here in our Baltic Sea? 🐬🌍
But the Baltic harbour porpoise is being pushed to extinction from bycatch, noise, pollution, overfishing and climate change. Only a few 100 individuals remain.
Let’s save our only whale, together 🐋
