This article is about the Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission. For the independent U.S. government agency, see Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe.
The Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (Helsinki Commission, HELCOM) is an intergovernmental organization governing the Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area (Helsinki Convention). A regional sea convention and a platform for environmental policy making at the regional level, HELCOM works for the protection of the marine environment of the Baltic Sea. HELCOM consists of ten members – the nine Baltic Sea countries Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Sweden, plus the European Union.
The Helsinki Convention was signed in 1974 by the Baltic Sea coastal countries to address the increasing environmental challenges from industrialisation and other human activities, and that were having a severe impact on the marine environment. The Helsinki Convention includes the protection of the Baltic Sea from all sources of pollution from land, air and sea. It also commits the signatories to take measures to conserve habitats and biological diversity and to ensure the sustainable use of marine resources. The Helsinki Convention was updated in 1992 to take into account the geopolitical changes and emerging environmental challenges in the region. The current version was ratified in 2000.
Contracting parties of HELCOM are:[1]
Denmark
Estonia
European Union
Finland
Germany
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Russia
Sweden
The HELCOM Secretariat is located in Helsinki, Finland.
The Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (Helsinki Commission, HELCOM) is an intergovernmental organization governing the Convention on the Protection...
the Baltic Sea. The convention is implemented by the Helsinki Commission (HELCOM). The first Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the...
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on 26 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023. Helcom : Welcome Archived 6 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Helcom.fi. Retrieved on 23 June 2011. Alhonen, Pentti...
has been listed as a vulnerable species by the IUCN and as endangered by HELCOM. It is an extremely important fish within the Baltic Sea ecosystem, both...
1038/s41598-019-55000-5. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 6892815. PMID 31798001. HELCOM (2013). "HELCOM Red List of Baltic Sea species in danger of becoming extinct" (PDF)...
issued a finding that the proposed protections were not warranted. In 2014, HELCOM classified the Atlantic wolffish population in the Baltic Sea as endangered...
fluviatilis". NatureGate. Retrieved 2013-12-15. Home – Nakkila HELCOM (2013). "HELCOM Red List of Baltic Sea species in danger of becoming extinct" (PDF)...
1994, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2005 and 2008. Effective: 5 March 2009. HELCOM (2013). "HELCOM Red List of Baltic Sea species in danger of becoming extinct" (PDF)...
Commission may mean: The Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (HELCOM) Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission)...
doi:10.1579/0044-7447-33.4.249. PMID 15264604. S2CID 198154591. HELCOM (2013). "HELCOM Red List of Baltic Sea species in danger of becoming extinct" (PDF)...
"Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area". Helcom.fi. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 8 November...
3354/meps083103. "Red List – Submarine structures made by leaking gases" (PDF). HELCOM. 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2017. "Proposed measures for fisheries management...
1988, 1991, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2005 and 2008". 5 March 2009. HELCOM (2013). "HELCOM Red List of Baltic Sea species in danger of becoming extinct" (PDF)...
Assessment in the Baltic grey seal (Halichoerus grypus)". HELCOM Indicator Fact Sheets 2011. HELCOM. Archived from the original on 3 November 2011. Wikimedia...
scavenger and a cannibal. "Species Information Sheet: Saduria entomon" (PDF). HELCOM Red List Benthic Invertebrate Expert Group. 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2016...
Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area Helsinki Convention (HELCOM), Helsinki, 1974, 1992 Conventions within the UNEP Regional Seas Programme...
Commission for the Protection of the North-East Atlantic Oceans, London, England HELCOM Helsinki Commission for the Protection of the Baltic Sea, Helsinki, Finland...
investigation by HELCOM, the international ecological association, found Phosphorit in all likelihood responsible for the pollution. Specifically HELCOM accused...
Forbes (1912)". Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. HELCOM (2013). "HELCOM Red List of Baltic Sea species in danger of becoming extinct" (PDF)...
BCCA Baltic Sea Forum BSPC BSRUN BSSSC BUP Business Advisory Council CPMR HELCOM IOM NGO Forum OECD ScanBalt UBC In June 2014, the Council decided, after...
rockling: Rhinonemus cimbrius". NatureGate. Retrieved 2013-12-17. HELCOM (2013). "HELCOM Red List of Baltic Sea species in danger of becoming extinct" (PDF)...
Relatives: Ecology and Conservation. IUCN. p. 7 ISBN 2-8317-0460-X. HELCOM (2013). "HELCOM Red List of Baltic Sea species in danger of becoming extinct" (PDF)...
oblique oval shape and have a thin shell. They are found in the Baltic Sea. HELCOM Red List Benthic Invertebrate Expert Group (2013). Parvicardium hauniense...
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