REED STRATEGY IN FINLAND AND ESTONIA

Presentation of project Finnish-Estonian Interreg IIIA –project "Reed strategy in Finland and Estonia" is led by Southwest Finland Regional Environment Centre. The budget is 992 000 euros and duration 2005-2007. The project approach is interdisciplinary trying to find solutions for problems and possibilities concerning common reed (Phragmites australis). The project will focus specially on questions that are connected with the following five themes:

1) water protection
2) biodiversity
3) construction and building
4) bioenergy
5) culture, landscape, farming and recreation

All these previous themes are connected together in order to create the reed strategy for pilot areas in Finland and Estonia. The pilot areas in Finland are located in the coastal areas of Turku city and Salo town and in Estonia in Väinämeri –area. The project will carry out innovative planning and management actions also in other coastal areas of Southern Finland and Estonia. The project leaders and collaborators wish to have contacts everywhere from Europe in order to increase both the knowledge of management of reedbeds and utilisation of reed.

Contact:
Southwest Finland Environment Centre
P.O.Box 47
FIN-20801 TURKU
Tel. +358-2-525 3500Fax +358-2- 525 3509
www.ymparisto.fi/los
www.environment.fi

Project coordinator
Iiro Ikonen
Southwest Finland Regional Environment Centre
firstname.familyname@ymparisto.fi
tel. + 358-40 825 6610

Project planner
Eija Hagelberg
Southwest Finland Regional Environment Centre
firstname.familyname@ymparisto.fi
tel. + 358-40 825 6610

Scientist
Ülo Kask
Tallinn Tecnical Univeristy
Department of thermal technology
tel. +372-620 3908