Baltic Reed: a coastal nutrient management project
About the project
The objective of the Baltic Reed project is to recycle nutrients from eutrophicated coastal waters of the Baltic Sea to land by harvesting common reed. At the same time, the project promotes the sustainable utilisation of reed biomass as a raw material for diverse purposes.
The project aims to explore and develop reed-based commercial value chains consisting of landowners, harvesting entrepreneurs, companies processing reed and end users of the reed products. As a result, nutrients are removed from the coastal areas and endangered coastal biotopes are restored and biodiversity enhanced. Reed biomass can replace other materials, for example peat as a component in in soil.
Baltic Reed is a three-year project implemented in Finland, Åland and Sweden and financed by the Interreg Central Baltic Programme. Read more on the project's website.
