Finland: New water protection programme approved

The Finnish Government today approved a new set of national Water Protection Policy Outlines to 2015 in a decision-in-principle that also defines measures needed to improve water quality. The decision-in-principle particularly stresses the need to combat eutrophication, which is the most serious ecological problem today facing Finland's inland waters and the Baltic Sea.

Contact information	Ulla Kaarikivi-Laine, Director, Water Issues Phone: +358 9 1603 9722
News type	Inbrief
File link	http://www.environment.fi/default.asp?contentid=210706&lan=en
Source of information	Finland’s environmental administration
Keyword(s)	water protection
Subject(s)	NATURAL MEDIUM , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RIGHT
Geographical coverage	Finland
News date	23/11/2006
Working language(s)	ENGLISH , FINNISH

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