🌍 Today is International Day for Biodiversity! 🌿

Celebrated on May 22, it marks the 1992 adoption of the Convention on Biological Diversity. The 2024 theme, 'Be part of the Plan,' urges support for the GBF.

How to get involved: ow.ly/2gSH50RQtay

#BiodiversityDay 🌱🌊

🎉🌍 75 years strong! We are 46 countries united around common values.

🔗 Explore the story of the #CouncilOfEurope :

coe.int/en/web/coe-sto…

#CoE75

New report on hazardous submerged objects in the #BalticSea has been released!
👉 bit.ly/4bqHR6T
💥These warfare materials pose immediate hazards to fishermen, divers, offshore wind farm constructors, and beachgoers.
🤝International collaboration remains essential!

🕰️It’s HELCOM Through History time! 🕰️

The Joint HELCOM-VASAB Maritime Spatial Planning Working Group was established to ensure cooperation among the Baltic Sea Region countries for coherent regional Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) processes🗺️

#HELCOMThroughHistory

🌊 Today is International Day of the Baltic Harbour Porpoise (IDBHP)! 🐬

IDBHP, by ASCOBANS, raises awareness about the critically endangered Baltic harbour porpoise, with < 500 left, they face threats like bycatch, pollution and noise 💙

Learn more: ow.ly/z88a50RJC32

Saturday’s International #WomenInMaritimeDay stresses the importance of empowering women in the maritime sector, and celebrates their invaluable contributions to the maritime community.

More from International Maritime Organization: imo.org/en/About/Event…

Applications are now invited for the post of Professional Secretary at HELCOM Secretariat to coordinate the work related to three subsidiary bodies of HELCOM: Maritime, Response and Sea-based pressures.

👉Please find the full ad here:
bit.ly/44TgPTl
#BalticSea #job

🕰️It’s HELCOM Through History time! 🕰️

Introduced within the Baltic Sea Action Plan, the HELCOM nutrient input reduction scheme is a regional approach to sharing the burden of nutrient reductions, with the aim of a Baltic Sea unaffected by eutrophication.

#HELCOMThroughHistory

🕰️It’s HELCOM Through History time! 🕰️

The Baltic Sea Action Plan, first adopted in 2007, is HELCOM’s strategic programme of measures and actions for achieving good environmental status of the sea, ultimately leading to a Baltic Sea in a healthy state 🌱

#HELCOMThroughHistory

This Friday, we will be at the Bonn Night of Science! Come and hear our scientist Jesper Dr.amsch @[email protected] talk about how AI-powered weather forecasts are changing the world 🌐
🕕 17 May, 18:00–18:45 CEST
📍 Haus der Bildung
More info ➡️ bonner-wissenschaftsnacht.de
#BoWiNa2024 Wissenschaftsnacht

Did you know that helium balloons can travel far?

REALLY far…

In 2013 a schoolboy in the UK released a helium balloon for a school project. It was recovered in Australia!

So… let’s stop doing it.

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#CelebrateBetter with KIMO International & HELCOM

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🪶🌍 La maravillosa migración de las aves en Europa de una forma muy gráfica.

#DíaMundialDeLasAvesMigratorias #DíaDeLasAvesMigratorias

Indicator of the week: Seal reproduction

This indicator evaluates reproductive status of grey & ringed seals. Good status is achieved at 90% annual pregnancy rate. Both species fail to reach this in the Baltic Sea.

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#HELCOMindicators #BSAP #HOLAS3

Congratulations to Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt and the Jewish people in Europe for being awarded the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen 2024. #karlspreis2024

What is the role of the Arctic Council in advancing ecosystem approach to management? We asked our experts from Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), WWF Global Arctic Programme, The Saami Council, AMAP & Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment 🌊

Watch the full interviews here 📽️ vimeo.com/showcase/11133…

🕰️It’s HELCOM Through History time! 🕰️

The Baltic Sea, identified by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) as a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA), highlights need for special protection due to vulnerability to maritime environmental damage.

#HELCOMThroughHistory

💥Online stream of the HELCOM 5️⃣0️⃣th anniversary event is now available!
Keynote speeches, photos, videos, congratulatory remarks and greetings - check them all out at the event webpages:
👉bit.ly/3wrbk0W

Why do we celebrate #EuropeDay on May 9?

#OnThisDay in 1950, Robert Schuman delivered a groundbreaking declaration that laid the foundation for the European Union as we know it.

Take a look to learn more about this visionary man who changed the course of European history ↓

🕰️It’s HELCOM Through History time! 🕰️

Shipping exhaust gas emissions are key pollution sources in the Baltic Sea. The Baltic Sea SOx Emission Control Area aims to reduce sulphur oxides emissions, marking a crucial step in environmental regulations.

#HELCOMThroughHistory