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.

NEW: The project's main publication available now in internet:
Ikonen, Iiro & Hagelberg, Eija (ed.) 2007: Read up on Reed! Click here to get it!

For more information in English, please contact:

Southwest Finland Environment Centre
P.O.Box 47
FIN-20801 TURKU
Tel. +358-2-525 3500
Fax +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 50 433 9905

Scientist               
Ülo Kask
Tallinn Technical University
Department of thermal technology

tel. +372-620 3908