Developments in Sweden
Together with Animal Welfare Sweden (Djurskyddet), Sea Alarm organized a national workshop on oiled wildlife response and planning, on 4 April 2008 in Stockholm, Sweden.
Training exercise ‘Parlita’
On 28 March 2008 a national oiled wildlife response table-top exercise took place in Ostend, Belgium. The exercise was organised by the Governor”s Office with the assistance of the Coastal Coordination Point and Sea Alarm.online roulette
Baltic Regional Training Workshop
A regional training workshop was held in Helsinki on 17-19 March 2008. Organised by WWF-Finland, SYKE, and Sea Alarm, the conference brought together 35 participants from the Baltic coastal states and Norway, and lecturers from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Belgium.
Mystery Spill in Germany
In early February 2008, the Federal State of Schleswig Holstein, was confronted with a mystery spill. This incident came too early for the local authorities who had not yet finalised their oiled wildlife response plan.
Black Sea incident – on site
The team arrived on site on Saturday 17 November. Lots of birds slicked with oil washed have been ashore. So far, 115 oiled birds, mainly grapes and cots, were collected by volunteers and brought into a very basic camp.
Black Sea incident – a team is travelling to site
A team consisting on Hugo Nijkamp (Director, Sea Alarm), Claude Velter (Pro-bird Belgium) and Toni Jokinen (WWF-Finland) are travelling on site tonight to make an assessment together with WWF Russia.