Overview
Name Sustainable farming practices for The Baltic Sea Regional Project, Tranche 1
Practice
Sustainable farming practices
Project
Baltic Sea Regional Project, Tranche 1
Beneficiary country: Y
Region:
Baltic Sea
Central and Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia
Details
Description:
A change of attitude towards more environmentally sustainable farming practices with clearly demonstrable economic benefits among farmers in the Baltic States, and to some extent in the Kaliningrad region of Russia.
Farmers participated in introductory environmental seminars in all beneficiary countries; Farms/farmers participated in EMS courses offered by BSRP; Farms/farmers benefited from the BSRP agrienvironmental credit scheme.
Lessons learned: Different riparian countries may require different approaches; Limited GEF resources can still have a major impact.
Comments: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and the Russian Federation Russian Federation is a beneficiary country
Implementation start date:
2003-01-01
Implementation end date:
2007-12-31
Link to project documents: Project documents http://www.ices.dk/projects/balticsea.asp
Link to project reports: Project reports http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2008/07/04/000333038_20080704055246/Rendered/PDF/ICR5850ICR0P041isclosed0July0202008.pdf
Results
Annual tons of nitrogen reduced: 864
Annual tons of phosphorous reduced: 47
Other outcomes: Two areas of wetlands have been restored to increase the retention of nutrients otherwise flowing into the Gulf of Riga and the Curonian Lagoon; A change of attitude towards more environmentally sustainable farming practices with clearly demonstrable economic benefits among farmers in the Baltic States, and to some extent in the Kaliningrad region of Russia.
Finance
Total co-finance (USD): 6,620,000
Total GEF/WB investment: USD 5.5 million
Contacts
Other partners: Council of the Baltic Sea States Baltic Marine Environment Bibliography Baltic Marine Biologists BONUS BONUS/ICES, Helsinki Commission
World Bank contact: Karin Shepardson
World Bank contact (email): kshepardson@worldbank.org
Project Manager:
Jan Thulin
