Green Belt of Fennoscandia Project Workshop 5th April in Helsinki – building a cross border project promoting biodiversity values
Green Belt is a unique network of nature sites near the border of Finland, Russia and Norway. The biodiversity values of the area are outworthy also on a global scale. The well-connected network of nature sites is crucial for species in their adaptation to the climate change. Livelihoods of many people living in the area are dependent on the nature.
In the coming years the Green Belt will be developed into a widely acknowledged transboundary model area for biodiversity conservation, social well-being, and environmentally sustainable economic growth generated by the region’s unique biological and geological diversity and cultural heritage. The development priorities have been defined in the strategy for the development of the GBF prepared in the trilateral cooperation process.
The development of the GBF is implemented through institutional cooperation and through projects and programs financed by external funding instruments such as ENI CBC. The new ENI CBC Programmes have been accepted by the European Commission and they are expected to be opened in autumn 2016.
The Finnish Environment Institute and Ministry of the Environment organizes a Green Belt of Fennoscandia Project Workshop on 5th April, 2016 in Helsinki. The aim of the workshop is to support project planning, networking and building of partnerships.
The workshop is open for all stakeholders interested in developing the Green Belt from Finland, Norway and Russia.
Language of the workshop is English.
The Green Belt of Fennoscandia –project of the Finnish Environment Institute SYKE is financed by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland.
- Programme (pdf)
Presentations
- Green Belt of Fennoscandia - model of transboundary biodiversity conservation, Kristiina Niikkonen, Ministry of the Environment (pdf)
- Prospects for financing in the Barents Area - Kolarctic CBC 2014-2020, Katja Sukuvaara, Regional Council of Lapland (pdf)
- Potential funding instruments for the GBF, Aino Rekola, Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) (pdf)
Building an idea into best practice – experiences
- Best practices from biodiversity and nature tourism ENPI-projects, Alwin Hardenbol, Ministry of the Environment (pdf)
- Kostomukshsky state nature reserve’s contribution to the development of Greenbelt of Fennoscandia, Valentina Ipatova, Kostamus National Park (pdf)
- ABCGheritage - Lessons learned, Pertti Itkonen, Parks and Wildlife Finland (pdf)
Project pitches
- Trans-connect project Anna Kuhmonen, Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) (pdf)
- Green River Corridors, Kari-Matti Vuori, Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) (pdf)
- Life goes -River flows, Vuoksi-project, Teppo Vehanen, Natural Resources Institute of Finland (pdf)
More information:
Researcher Aino Rekola, Finnish Environment Institute SYKE, Tel. +358 295 251 871, [email protected]
Leading Expert Tapio Lindholm, Finnish Environment Institute SYKE, Tel. +358 295 251 379, [email protected]
Environment Counsellor Kristiina Niikkonen, Ministry of the Environment, Tel. +358 295 250 198, [email protected]