As 2025 draws to a close, we reflect on the challenges, successes and hard work that have taken place over the last year 🌊🌍 Our latest newsletter is out now! www.wwfbaltic.org/newsroom/lan... Subscribe to receive future newsletters straight to your inbox ➡️ www.wwfbaltic.org/baltic-newsl... #Baltic

Exciting news! The BaltCOP project will be featured at the EU Water Resilience Forum today in Brussels. Our mission: restore and protect the water cycle from source to sea through cross-border cooperation and innovative catchment solutions. Learn more: centralbaltic.eu/project/balt...

📢Swedish farmers win the WWF Baltic Sea Farmer Award 2025! The Jonsson brothers transformed large-scale dairy farming with wetlands, two-stage ditches, and a unique irrigation system that removes 1000kg nitrogen from their local bay to protect the Baltic Sea Learn more 👉 t.co/1lZ5RpI6X3

Today at #Agritechnica, we will announce the regional winner of the Baltic Sea Farmer Award 2025! Meet the national winners who go above and beyond for the Baltic Sea and are in the running to get the regional award 👉 wwfbalticfarmer.org/winners-2025/

Farmers are key to saving the Baltic Sea 🌊 Since 2009, WWF Baltic Sea Farmer Award has honored 80+ farmers for adopting sustainable practices that fight eutrophication—keeping nutrients on land, improving soil health, managing water & nutrients efficiently. Read 👉 www.wwfbalticfarmer.org/stories/

Meet the farmers who go above & beyond for the Baltic Sea!🌊 WWF Baltic Sea Farmer Award 2025 celebrates farmers in Germany, Estonia, Latvia, Sweden & Poland who reduce nutrient runoff to help fight eutrophication that threatens marine life. Learn more👉http://wwfbalticfarmer.org

📢 EU Fisheries Ministers fail to implement legal safeguards for fish, jeopardizing the fragile #BalticSea ecosystem. NGOs express their grave concern over the decision to prioritize short-term economic interests over long-term ecosystem recovery. Full statement: www.wwfbaltic.org/newsroom/fis...

We welcome the #OurBaltic Conference — but a lack of stakeholder inclusion and clear outcomes, like a declaration, means no action. The Baltic Sea is in crisis! Urgency must be matched by action, transparency, and bold decisions by the Member States. @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu @CostasKadis

United by our concern for the #BalticSea, NGOs, small-scale fishers and anglers met yesterday with @ec.europa.eu commissioner @CostasKadis to discuss recovery measures for Baltic fish and ecosystems. We hope today’s #OurBaltic Ministerial Conference responds with the urgent action needed.

Can the catchment approach to restoration be the solution to a healthier Baltic Sea? 🤔🌊 Find out below and let us know your thoughts!👇 To discover more about the project, visit our project page: www.wwfbaltic.org/our-work/lan... #BaltCOP

Next week, our very own @vernamats.bsky.social will be presenting about our cross-border project #BaltCOP at the PA Nutri Talks, part of EUSBSR. 📅 Tuesday, 9 September 2025 | 💻 Online ⏰ 13:00 EET / 12:00 CET Want to hear more? Sign up to the webinar here: eusbsr.eu/event/pa-nut...

The EU Commission proposed precautionary fishing limits for herring & sprat for 2026, something NGOs welcome 🐟🌊 📢 We now call on EU fisheries ministers to support this responsible approach at the October AGRIFISH Council Learn more: bit.ly/461iebz

Algal blooms are approaching the shores of the #BalticSea The cause?🧪 Eutrophication - too many nutrients flowing from land to sea The consequence?☠️ Oxygen deficiency, killing marine life Now WWF and partners are working to reduce nutrient runoff. Find out more ➡️ www.wwfbaltic.org/newsroom/mar...

Our latest #newsletter is live! In this edition: 🤖 Using AI to detect lost fishing gear 🐟 Baltic Sea fish stocks are in crisis 🏆 How to turn landowners into restoration champions 📖 Our 2024 work from source to sea and field to policy ➕ more Read and subscribe ⬇️ mailchi.mp/bcfb57f78174...

This week WWF Baltic Sea Programme's @johannakfox.bsky.social, @justynazajchowska.bsky.social and Metta Wiese will be at #UNOC3, the UN Ocean Conference taking place in Nice, France 🌊 Be sure to say hi! Discover all the events WWF is running at the conference 🪸 wwf.panda.org/discover/oce... #UNOC

We are proud to share our first-ever #AnnualReport! 🌊 Learn more about our: ✔️ Field-to-policy strategy ✔️ National highlights from around the #BalticSea ✔️ Actions across landscapes, seascapes and communications ✔️ Financial transparency Read it here 📖 www.wwfbaltic.org/newsroom/mar...

🚨The EU is taking rare action following illegal Baltic salmon fishing that was disguised as scientific research. This is a step in the right direction, but more is needed. Read the full story: www.wwfbaltic.org/newsroom/mar... #Fisheries #CFP #BalticSea #Breaking

Our marine ecosystems are fatigued... So how can we #ReviveTheOcean? 🌍🌊 New guidelines by @wwf.eu identify 10 key principles for effective marine & coastal restoration, illustrated with case studies and a comprehensive step-by-step checklist. Read & share! 👉 bit.ly/3QWa0ub #NatureRestorationLaw

New #newsletter alert! In this edition we focus on our restoration project #BaltCOP: 👥What is BaltCOP about? 🌿Pasaules Dabas Fonds shares about their successful World Wetlands Day event 🗺️Launch of our interactive map 📰Project progress from SE, EE and LV Read + subscribe here! bit.ly/4kIvIiK

📢 Our #OffshoreRenewableEnergy workshop outcomes are finally available! In October we held an interactive workshop on nature-friendly expansion of ORE at EUSBSR Annual Forum. It resulted in a synthesis of key actions for the #BalticSea 🌍🌊 Read the results here 🔗 www.wwfbaltic.org/newsroom/off...

Earlier this month Pasaules Dabas Fonds held a successful event in LV aimed at educating the community about #wetlands. It included: 🌾Hands-on restoration 👣Educational hikes 🧺Nature cooking 💧Creative workshops Learn more: www.wwfbaltic.org/newsroom/bal... Part of the EU-funded #BaltCOP project 🌍

🚨 #AI is now being used to recover invisible killers in our oceans. Ghost nets are one of the biggest threats to marine animals and ecosystems. But we now have the technology to stop it: introducing #GhostNetZero. Find out how you can help the search here 👉 bit.ly/4gFdATX or visit ghostnet.ai

This weekend is #WorldWhaleDay! 🌍 Let’s not forget that we have a small whale right here in the Baltic Sea: the Baltic harbour porpoise 🐬🐋 They risk going extinct… Can innovation be the solution? Find out more 🔗 www.wwfbaltic.org/newsroom/marine/finding-harmful-ghost-nets

Ghost nets pose a big threat to our sea’s only whale 🐬 Discover what @wwfsverige.bsky.social and @wwf.de are doing to protect the Baltic harbour porpoise in our latest article 🔗 www.wwfbaltic.org/newsroom/marine/finding-harmful-ghost-nets #BalticSea #WorldWhaleWeek #GhostGear

It’s #WorldWhaleWeek! Did you know we have whales right here in our Baltic Sea? 🐬🌍 But the Baltic harbour porpoise is being pushed to extinction from bycatch, noise, pollution, overfishing and climate change. Only a few 100 individuals remain. Let’s save our only whale, together 🐋

🌿🌊 This weekend was #WorldWetlandsDay Healthy wetlands are important for reducing eutrophication, increasing biodiversity and adapting to climate change. But many wetlands need restoring. #BalticSea countries must speed up restoration! Help spread the word 🗣️

Wetland and river restoration are essential for ensuring a healthy #BalticSea. But the pace of restoration is too slow. Meet #BaltCOP: a cross-border project that aims to speed up restoration. 🗺️ Discover the project and the ongoing efforts in LV, EE and SE here 🔗 www.wwfbaltic.org/our-work/lan...

#BREAKING: According to @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social, 2024 is the hottest year on record. This is the first year to exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels 🌡️ The #BalticSea is not immune. Find out what this alarming record means for our sensitive sea: www.wwfbaltic.org/newsroom/pol...

Need to start off the new year with some happy news? Check out some of our Baltic Sea conservation wins from 2024 👉 www.wwfbaltic.org/newsroom/mar... #conservation #wins #BalticSea

And so we say goodbye... to 2024 👋 In our latest newsletter: ✍️ A review of the year and message from Director @johannakfox.bsky.social 🏆 Baltic Sea national wins from 2024! 🇪🇺 Exciting updates from our EU-funded project, BaltCOP ❄️ and more Baltic Sea news! Read here🔗 mailchi.mp/2573a0cb51a1...

Sending a huge congrats to Patryk Kokocinski, 2021 WWF Baltic Sea Farmer of the Year, who just won Poland’s Climate Person of the Year award for social activism!🏆🇵🇱 Read more about his farm and the work being done to support healthy soils and a healthy #BalticSea: bit.ly/49HkCFH

The first wetland has been built in our project #BaltCOP, aiming to capture phosphorus + nitrogen, enhance biodiversity and regulate water levels to prevent floods and droughts. Why is this important? Learn more about the project and its successes so far 🔗 bit.ly/3OHirIE

Sending a big hello to the Bluesky community! 👋 We are officially starting our migration and are excited to begin sharing our Baltic Sea work with you all. Join us on our journey towards a healthy, resilient and biodiverse #BalticSea!