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Past projects

Name	Type	Timeframe	Countries Involved	Results	Point of contact	Report Available
Environmental investigations in the Lielvarde Airbase	PP, CU	1995 - 1997	GER, LAT	Investigations of pollution and risk assessment of the Lielvarde Airbase	LAT
Environmental seminar	E, EMS	3 - 7 June, 1996	DEN, EST, LAT, LIT, POL	The delegations were shown how environmental considerations can be incorporated in daily military activities	DEN
Environmental Investigations of Soviet Military Sites	PP, CU	1996 - 1997	LAT, NOR	Preliminary audit and risk assessment of former Soviet Military facilities	LAT
Environmental Investigations and evaluation of pollution in Liepaja Harbour	PP, CU	1996 - 1997	CAN, DEN, EU, LAT, US	Detailed investigations of pollution in the Liepaja Harbour; proposals for decontamination and remediation steps	LAT
FEDULOVO		Finished 1998	GER, RUS	Dealt with issues related to the use of clean-up technologies at a military oil-contaminated site in Russia (armoured unit)	RUS, GER
Nordic working group concerning environmental management systems, Defence Command level	E, EMS	1996 - 2000	DEN, FIN, NOR, SWE	Concluded that there was no need to develop a special military EMS since all Nordic militaries used ISO 14001	DEN, FIN, NOR, SWE
Nordic working group concerning environmental considerations in large military exercises	E	Finished 2000	DEN, FIN, NOR, SWE	Study of the environmental impacts of large military exercises and ways to reduce these impacts and thus the costs of damages	DEN, FIN, NOR, SWE
Ämari Airbase Environmental Investigations	CU	1997-2001	EST, SWE	Project for cleaning up the Ämari Airbase from oil products	EST
Environmental Base Management Plan for Adazi Training Area	MP	1997 (1998) - 2002	LAT, SWE, US	Development of Environmental Base Management Plan for Adazi Training Area; Adazi base anture protection plan	LAT, SWE, US
Seminar on protection of nature and conservation in military shooting ranges	E, NP	20 - 22 April, 1998	DEN, EST, LAT, LIT, POL	The delegations were shown how the Danish Armed Forces and environmental authorities co-operate on nature protection in Danish training Areas	DEN
NATO/CCMS workshop on military activities and the environment	SE, General	8 - 10 June, 1998	DEN, EST, FIN, GER, LAT, LIT, POL, SWE etc	Exchange of information and experience	NATO CCMS
Seminar on military land and conservation	E, NP	18 - 22 Oct, 1999	DEN, EST, FIN, GER, LAT, LIT, POL, SWE	Exchange of information and experience	GER
EUCOM Pfp Environmental Conference	General	1999		Forum for discussion between Baltic States	US
Environmental Handbook	E	1999 - 2002	EST, SWE	Developing and processing Environmental Handbook for Estonian Defence Forces	EST
Baltic/Swedish/ US Environmental Security Programme: Regional Environmental Training Courses for Environmental Officers	E	1999 - 2003	EST, LAT, LIT, SWE, US	Courses for environmental officers, base commanders and officers/NCO-s were organized at Warfare Training Centre in Lithuania and under distance training technique	EST, LAT, LIT, SWE	Yes (in English)
EUCOM Pfp Environmental Conference	General	2000	EST, LAT, LIT, MAC, NOR, US	Forum for discussion between Baltic States	US
Environmental Base Management Plan	MP	2000 - 2002	LIT, SWE, US	Environmental Management Plan for Central Training Area developed	LIT, SWE, US
EUCOM Pfp Environmental Conference	General	2001	LAT, LIT, MAC, NOR, POL, US	Forum for discussion between Baltic States	US
Environmental Protection on training areas and disaster relief operations	General	2001	GER, RUS	Expert talks on specific topics	GER, RUS
Environmental Protection in Armed Forces, utilisation and conversion	E, MP, NP	2001	CZE, EST, GER, LAT, LIT, POL, RUS	Expert talks on specific topics	GER
Environmental Management System for Zagan Training Area	EMS	2001	GER, POL		GER, POL
Study materials of training areas	MP	2000-2001	EST, FIN, US	Proposals for development of training areas (mainly north-estonia)	EST
Environmental Handbook	E	2001 - 2003	LAT, SWE	Developing and processing Environmental Handbook for Latviand Armed Forces	LAT, SWE
Cleaning up heavy oil products	CU	2001 - 2003	RUS, SWE	Cleaning up of heavy oil products in Ostrov near Pskov	RUS, SWE
Environmental protection at garrison, armament & procurement	EMS	2002	GER, POL		GER, POL
Central Training Area Noise Study	N	2002	EST, US	Noise study in Central Training Area and recommendations for further action	EST	YES (in english)
EUCOM Pfp Environmental Conference	General	2002	BEL, DEN, EST, LAT, LIT, MAC, NOR, US	Forum for discussion between Baltic States	US
Environmental Protection for Training areas (incl. EMS, GIS)	EP	2002	EST, GER		EST, GER
Ämari Airbase Environmental Investigations	PP	2002	DEN, EST	Heavy metal and Cl-rite problems	DEN, EST	YES (in english)
Rocket fuel remains	CU	2002 - 2003	SWE, LIT	Analysis and disposal of rocket fuel remains and disposal at Siauliai Air Base	LIT, SWE
Environmental Management Plan for Central Training Area	MP	2002 - 2003	EST, LAT, LIT, SWE, US	Preparing Environmental Risk Assessment and Environmental Management Plan for Central Training Area	EST	YES (in english)
Baltic/Swedish/U.S. Environmental Security Programme Environmental officers course	E	(1998) 2002 - 2003	EST, LAT, LIT, SWE (NBC School), US (EPA&USAFA)	New Environemental Officers Course study material developed and issued on CD-s, first course based on distance and session training techniques took place in Oct-Dec 2003	EST, LAT, LIT, SWE, US
Environmental Handbook	E	2002 - 2003	LIT, SWE	Developing and publishing the Environmental Handbook for the Lithuanian Armed Forces	LIT, SWE
Environmental Management System	EMS	2002 - 2004	CAN, LIT, SWE	Implementation of ISO 14001 based EMS in the Armed Forces of Lithuania	CAN, LIT, SWE
Mine harbour Environmental Investigations	CU	2002 - 2004	EST, SWE	Project for cleaning up the Mine Harbor from oilproducts	EST	YES (in english)
Expert talks - GIS	General	Febr 2003	GER, LIT	information exchange on possible co-operation, GIS	GER, LIT
Expert talks - Environmental protection	E, NP, N	March 2003	GER, LAT	Environmental Protection organisation and training, Environmental Protection on training areas	GER, LAT
Workshop on Shipboard Liquid Waste Management	SE, Maritime environmental protection	April 2003	AS, BE, CA, FRA, GER, IT, LAT, NL, NOR, POL, SP, TUR, UK, US	NATO Special working group 12 (SWG/12) sponsored workshop adressing management of liquid wastes on navy ships	LAT
EUCOM Pfp Environmental Conference	General	2003	DEN, EST, LAT, LIT, NOR, RUS, SWE, US	Forum for discussion between Baltic States	US
Environmental Seminar	E	August 2003	GER, EST, LAT, LIT	Environmental Management on training Areas, GIS	GER
Expert talks - Environmental Protection in NATO	E, NP	September 2003	GER, POL		GER, POL
EUCOM Pfp Environmental Conference	General	May 2004	DEN, EST, LAT, LIT, NOR, ROM, RUS, SWE, US	Forum for discussion between Baltic States	US
Forest management on training areas	MP	June 2004	EST, FIN	Expert talks on specific topics	EST, FIN
MEDCEUR/RESCUER 2004	NP	July 2004	DEN, EST, LAT, LIT, POL	Seminar about Navy's role in environmental protection	LAT
Environmental seminar	General	Sept 2004	EST, GER, LAT, LIT, RUS and NATO	International Symposium on Environmental Protection. "The way ahead to EU and NATO: Environment and Armed Forces in Europe. State of the art and perspective"	GER
Drafting of plans for organising environmental protection in the Estonian Defence Forces	MP	1997 - 2005	EST, GER	Organising the environmental protection in the Estonian Defence Forces, Environemental Protection Concept since 2001	EST
Waste management	WM	2003 - 2004	LIT, DEN	Exchange of information on waste handling situation in LTU and waste management strategy and database for waste registration in Danish Armed Forces	DEN, LIT
Noise modelling in Adazi Training Area	N	2004	LAT, NOR	Modelling and mapping of noise in the Adazi Training Area	LAT

The following list is a classification for the type of project:

E - Education and Training (environmental handbooks, study materials, courses)
MP - Management Plans
EMS - Environmental Management System
NP - Nature Protection
CU - Clean Up
PP - Pollution Prevention
N - Noise
WM - Waste Management
SE - Something else/Other (please specify)

The following list is a classification for countries:

BEL - Belgium
CAN - Canada
CZE - Czech Republic
DEN - Denmark
EST - Estonia
EU - European Union
FIN - Finland
GEO - Georgia
GER - Germany
LAT - Latvia
LIT - Lithuania
MAC - Macedonia
NOR - Norway
POL - Poland
ROM - Romania
RUS - Russia
SWE - Sweden
UK - United Kingdom
US - United States

Some specific work arrangements have been established, named BALTDEC (Baltic Sea Region Defence Environmental Co-Operation). Together, the Baltic Sea Region Defence Environmental Co-Operation Strategy and BALTDEC form the Riga Initiative.