Submitted by
Mikhail.DURKIN
on Fri, 06/16/2023 - 11:56
General Information
Resolution
49798
IUCN Constituent
Coalition Clean Baltic
IUCN Constituent type
IUCN Member organisation
Period covered
Geographic scope
European Union (EU)
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Activity
Education/Communication/Raising awareness
Description and results/achievements of activities:
CB has continued to disseminate knowledge about the Baltic harbour porpoise to the public, through both general CCB as well as dedicated social media channels and a CCB public petition #SaveTheBalticPorpoise, launched in April 2022.
Status
On-going
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken
The petition #SaveTheBalticPorpoise collected over 120,000 signatures from the citizens of all the countries around the Baltic Sea and many others in Europe and globally, and was delivered to Virginijus Sinkevičius, the EU Commissioner on the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, in Helsinki, Finland, in November 2022.
Identify and briefly describe what future actions/activities are planned for the implementation of this Resolution
Future action / activity
Policy influencing/advocacy
Description
The petition #SaveTheBalticPorpoise continues open. This is intended to be disseminated at the EU level and delivered to the Swedish Government for further action and implementation of protection measures in MPAs in Sweden.
III. Additional Information
Report status
Published
Constituent type
IUCN Member