About the Project

Despite decades of efforts to reduce pollution, the Baltic Sea still suffers from chronic eutrophication (an excess of nutrients that fuels hypoxia, fish kills, and harmful algal blooms) due to fragmented management practices and a lack of coordinated, cross-ecosystem solutions. CREATE will help bring together clear, data-driven knowledge about how different natural benefits (ecosystem services – the benefits people obtain from nature) are affected by water pollution, especially from excess nutrients. This information will be used to improve practical tools that support better decision-making, thanks to close teamwork between scientists and on-the-ground professionals. The goal is to develop nature-based solutions (actions that protect, manage, or restore ecosystems to address societal challenges while providing benefits for both people and nature) that can help reduce water pollution in the Baltic Sea area.

Project duration: 01.03.2025−29.02.2028

Funding program description: The project CREATE has received funding from Estonian Research Council, Research council of Finland, Latvian Council of Science, Research Council of Lithuania, National Centre of Research and Development in Poland and the European Union’s Horizon Europe Programme under the 2023 Joint Transnational Call of the European Partnership Water4All (Grant Agreement n°101060874)”.