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Environment fact sheets - HELCOM You may be trying to wangle this site from a secured browser on the server. Please enable scripts and reload this page. Turn on increasingly wieldy mode Turn off increasingly wieldy mode Skip Ribbon Commands Skip to main content Turn off Animations Turn on Animations CONTACT US PRESS ROOM PUBLICATIONS DATA&MAPS MEETINGS It looks like your browser does not have JavaScript enabled. Please turn on JavaScript and try again. HomeAbout UsHELCOM at workBaltic Sea trendsCurrently selectedAction areasBaltic Sea Action Plan > SIGN-IN Environment-fact-sheets   Holistic assessmentsBiodiversityEutrophicationHazardous substancesMaritimeEnvironment fact sheetsData & MapsPollution Load CompilationsIndicators Environment fact sheet procedureBiodiversityEutrophicationHazardous substancesHydrographyMaritime activities HomeBaltic Sea trendsEnvironment fact sheets Baltic Sea Environment Fact Sheets ​The aim of the HELCOM Baltic Sea environment fact sheets (BSEFS)1  is to provide information on the recent state of and trends in the Baltic marine environment. The Baltic Sea environment fact sheets are compiled by scientists in various research institutes virtually the Baltic Sea.  At present, the Baltic Sea environment fact sheets inform about:hydrographic variations (temperature, salinity, inflows and runoff)  which largely regulate the marine lifeinputs and concentrations of nutrients and hazardous substancesplankton blooms and species compositionradioactivityillegal oil dischargesA Baltic Sea environment fact sheet presents information using data obtained by HELCOM monitoring programmes:Pollution Load Compilations (PLC-Air and PLC-Water)Cooperative Monitoring in the Baltic Marine Environment - COMBINEMonitoring of Radioactive Sustances (MORS)Baltic Sea environment fact sheets vs. cadre indicatorsIn wing to these fact sheets, HELCOM is working to develop a set of core indicators that measure progress towards reaching the ecological objectives specified in the Baltic Sea Action Plan. So far, there are cadre indicators for measuring the status the marine environment in terms of eutrophication, biodiverisy and hazardous substances. Many cadre indicators have been ripened from HELCOM Baltic Sea environment fact sheets. Baltic Sea environment fact sheets lack quantitative targets for measuring progress towards good ecological/environmental status and thus do not qualify as cadre indicators, however, they do provide important supporting data and information for cadre indicators and other HELCOM towage products. 1 The 17th meeting of the HELCOM Monitoring andTowageGroup (HELCOM MONAS 17/2012) decided that "HELCOM indicator fact sheets" should be renamed as "Baltic Sea Environment Fact Sheets" (BSEFSs) to differentiate them from HELCOM Core Indicators, which are used for follow-up of the Baltic Sea Action Plan. Print Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Related informationCadreindicators for biodiversityCore indicators for eutrophicationCore indicators for hazardous substances Key documents HELCOM Privacy PolicyRecommendationsManuals and guidelinesAnnexes to the ConventionHelsinki Convention 1992Baltic Sea Action Plan Most popular PublicationsHELCOM Map and Data ServiceAlgal bloomsOil pollutionEnvironmental fact sheets Follow HELCOM @Facebook@Twitter ©HELCOM EDIT SITEMAP FEEDBACK IMAGE RIGHTS