Working Group on the State of the Environment and Nature Conservation

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The Working Group on the State of the Environment and Nature Conservation is a HELCOM expert body that assesses the Baltic Sea’s environmental status and coordinates regional efforts for marine protection and biodiversity conservation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf HELCOM working group
environmental advisory body
expert body
regional marine protection body
affiliation Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area
Helsinki Convention
appliesToJurisdiction Baltic Sea
coordinatesWith HELCOM
surface form: HELCOM Contracting Parties

national environmental authorities in the Baltic Sea region
other HELCOM working groups
countryServed Denmark
Estonia
Finland
Germany
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Russia
Sweden
fieldOfWork biodiversity conservation
ecosystem-based management
environmental assessment
environmental monitoring
marine biodiversity
marine environment protection
marine policy support
regional sea conventions
focusesOn cumulative impacts on the Baltic Sea
marine habitats
pressures on the marine environment
protected areas
threatened species
goal assess the environmental status of the Baltic Sea
contribute to achieving good environmental status of the Baltic Sea
coordinate regional efforts for marine protection
support biodiversity conservation in the Baltic Sea
support implementation of the HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan
language English
operatesIn Baltic Sea coastal states
surface form: Baltic Sea region
parentOrganization HELCOM
Helsinki Commission
partOf HELCOM subsidiary bodies
produces biodiversity and nature conservation guidance for HELCOM
recommendations for marine protection measures
regional environmental assessments for the Baltic Sea
usesMethod coordinated monitoring programmes
indicator-based assessment
regional environmental assessments

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HELCOM hasWorkingGroup Working Group on the State of the Environment and Nature Conservation