Home > Research & development > Research and development projects > Projects > Water meets people SEVIRA > Project structure Project structure Sevira project structure. Bigger picture: Sevira project struture (pdf). The project’s objectives Take steps forward to improve the environmental state in a sub-area of the Gulf of Finland (GOF) by combining scientific and societal actions in the surrounding area. Management of the environmental state of the GOF so that it truly takes the land-based load characteristics into account cannot be realized on the entire basin level Rather, the coastal areas have to be handled as separate cases that are tailored to meet local requirements. This project represents a way to deal with local characteristics and provides steps forward in the environmental management in a realistic scale which can be applied to other coastal areas of the GOF. The main outputs of the project Increase in the environmental awareness of the public: citizens have a knowledge base towards environmentally friendly living and consumption habits Impact on local environmental decision-making: land-based nutrient load into the GOF and its effects can be better accounted for in political decisions New advice to the local environmental administration on improved environmental monitoring practices and cost-efficient tools for monitoring More reliable and frequent water quantity and quality data to serve as the basis of all societal discussions Guidance to local decision-makers and e.g. land owners on how to take the expected climate change into consideration in the environmental management The final Road Map for the suggested concrete actions to improve the state of the Finnish-Russian cross-boundary water areas, based on the Round Table discussions between the project group, local decision-makers and NGOs (citizens) Funded by the European Union, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Finland. Published 2019-04-26 at 12:54, updated 2022-07-06 at 13:53 Topic: Ei aiheluokittelua Target group: no user role Share: Feedback for the person in charge Print this page