BERNET - Baltic Eutrophication Regional NETwork

To see the BERNET CATCH recommendations, click here or go to BERNET CATCH.

Welcome to the new website of BERNET. On this website you find information about the BERNET activities, the BERNET partner regions, and an up-dated information about the project implementation.

We recommend that you visit the News page to see the latest information.

• What is BERNET?
  
• The aim of BERNET
  
• The Baltic Sea
  
• Here you find..

What is BERNET
BERNET is a network co-operation between seven regions from seven countries around the Baltic Sea. It was formed in 1999 as a regional contribution to improve the aquatic environment in the Baltic Sea and in the regional waters in it´s catchment.

 

BERNET is a network co-operation between 7 regions around the Baltic Sea.
Click on the map to see more about the partner regions.

The aim of BERNET 
The aim of the BERNET is to improve the management of eutrophication problems in the Baltic Sea Region.
Through this, the BERNET Partners wish to contribute to the overall aim of the Helsinki Declaration of protecting the Baltic Sea against all sorts of pollution.

To achieve this, the BERNET Partners strive to identify and draw attention to the major eutrophication problems in the Baltic Sea Area, to compare and evaluate the present strategies of eutrophication management in the regions, and to develop recommendations for improved regional eutrophication management.

In the period 2003 - 2005, the BERNET focus on the development of water district plans at catchment level as a regional implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive. The initiative is named BERNET CATCH: Integrated Management of Catchments, and is financially supported by the EU Commission.

The Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is a magnificent, enclosed sea extending from the brackish Botnian Bay to the marine waters of Kattegat.

The Baltic Sea is surrounded by a unique assembly of independent countries with more than 80 million inhabitants. The Baltic Sea constitutes a major resource and asset for all these inhabitants, but the anthropogenic activities are at the same time a major threat to it’s aquatic environment.

The pollution with nutrients (Nitrogen and Phosphorous) is one of the most severe and widespread environmental threats to the Baltic Sea. The consequences, known as eutrophication, are excessive algal growth, changed food web structures, and widespread oxygen depletion. Eutrophication thus hampers a sustainable development in the Baltic Sea Region.

Here you find…
On this website you will find more information and links about the BERNET co-operation and the partner regions. You can also download the BERNET reports on Baltic Eutrophication Management and Regional Action Plans for improved aquatic environment.

The BERNET Partners furthermore have access to the intranet for project members, with internal information about the implementation of BERNET CATCH.