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  • CONTRA Final Conference Documentation

    Posted by Jane Hofmann on 2021-06-07

    Thank you to all participants of the CONTRA final conference “Converting beach wrack into a resource and asset – towards sustainable solutions for beach wrack use“, 1-2 June…


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  • How can we use problematic beach wrack in a more sustainable way?

    Posted by Jane Hofmann on 2021-05-17

    Over the past two and half years, CONTRA has conducted a total of seven case studies in the Baltic Sea Region to further develop knowledge on how it can…


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  • CONTRA Final Conference – 1-2 June 2021 – REGISTRATION OPEN!

    Posted by Jane Hofmann on 2021-03-22

    We hope you will join us for the “CONTRA Final Conference” event, which will take place on the 1-2 June 2021 as an online event (free of charge).


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  • CONTRA featured at COASTAL Biogas 4th Conference

    Posted by Jane Hofmann on 2020-12-16

    On December 9th, 2020 the “Biogas and digestate from cast seaweed – regulations and policies – COASTAL Biogas 4th conference” of our sister project COASTAL Biogas took place in…


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  • Review – Linnaeus ECO-TECH ’20 and CONTRA session

    Posted by Jane Hofmann on 2020-12-11

    Eco-Tech is calling on researchers and industry to work together to ensure benefits from a rapidly expanding society were students will work with professional scientists and become scientist themselves…


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  • Community building and networking in the Baltic Bioeconomy

    Posted by Jane Hofmann on 2020-12-07

    On Wednesday, 2 December 2020 the event “Beach Wrack in the Bioeconomy” was arranged by the CONTRA partner Krinova Incubator and Science Park. Over 60 attendees had…


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  • CONTRA article published in the journal “Ocean and Coastal Management”

    Posted by Jane Hofmann on 2020-12-01

    We are pleased to announce that the article ‘Converting beach wrack into a resource as a challenge for the Baltic Sea (an overview)’ (B. Chubarenko et al., 2020) has…


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  • Linnaeus ECO-TECH ’20 – Book of abstracts available

    Posted by Jane Hofmann on 2020-11-27

    On 23 – 25 November 2020 the “12th International conference on establishment of cooperation between companies and institutions in the Nordic countries, the Baltic Sea region and the world”,…


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  • Register now for the CONTRA Networking Event “Beach Wrack in the Bioeconomy”!

    Posted by Jane Hofmann on 2020-10-30

    We hope you will join us for the “Beach Wrack in the Bioeconomy” event, which we will hold on the 2 December 2020, 13:00-16:00 CET.


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  • Beach Wrack Compost to Mitigate Methane Emissions?

    Posted by Jane Hofmann on 2020-10-12

    CONTRA project partner, the University of Southern Denmark has started a trial to test if compost made out of beach wrack can be used to mitigate methane emissions….


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  • The Effect of Mechanical Beach Cleaning on Wildlife

    Posted by Jane Hofmann on 2020-09-08

    The University of Rostock has been researching the impact that mechanical beach cleaning has on local wildlife, particularly coastal birds. Four different managed beaches along the German Baltic Sea…


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  • CONTRA research activities on German television

    Posted by Jane Hofmann on 2020-09-01

    As reported earlier, students of the University of Rostock has been researching the impact that mechanical beach cleaning has on local wildlife, particularly coastal birds along the German Baltic…


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    CONTRA and beach wrack in the media

    Posted by Jane Hofmann on 2020-08-19

    CONTRA project partners Linnaeus University in Sweden as well as University of Rostock and


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  • Institute of Oceanology of Russian Academy of Science logo.

    Beach wrack residence time successfully monitored by the Institute of Oceanology Russian Academy of Sciences

    Posted by Jane Hofmann on 2020-06-19

    Knowledge of the beach wrack residence time on the seashore is an important aspect when it comes to understanding its role in coastal ecosystems and the potential…


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  • Island of Poel provides fresh beach wrack for composting trials

    Posted by Jane Hofmann on 2020-05-29

    With the tourists’ return, the municipality Spa Administration on the Island of Poel in northern Germany, has also started to prepare the island’s beaches for the summer season. In the…


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  • On The Road to Recovery of Organic Waste into a Growth Substrate – Öland, Sweden

    Posted by Jane Hofmann on 2020-05-08

    Beach wrack refers to the piles of seagrass, reeds, and marine algae that are found alongside beaches worldwide and are most commonly associated with sandy beaches. As…


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  • CONTRA partners held online meeting on soil improvement products

    Posted by Jane Hofmann on 2020-04-22

    German and Swedish CONTRA partners KS-VTCtech GmbH, Hanseatische Umwelt, Linnaeus University and Krinova Incubator and Sience Park met online to discuss ways of making soil improvement products from beach…


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  • CONTRA online partner meeting mastered

    Posted by Jane Hofmann on 2020-04-09

    Due to the current challenging situation, CONTRA has conducted its partner meeting on the 25th and 26th of March online via video-conferencing instead of meeting in person in Odense,…


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  • Beach wrack as an inspiration for the development of subsequent water projects

    Posted by Jane Hofmann on 2020-02-28

    On the 12-13th of February, 2020, stakeholders from the Euroregion Baltic Water Core Group, Polish partners, as well as other partners from the CONTRA and Umbrella project convened…


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  • CONTRA partners contribute to Coastline Reports

    Posted by Jane Hofmann on 2020-02-04

    The Coastline Reports is a journal that serves the dissemination of project and conference results with a focus on coastal management and coastal research. It has been published by…


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  • Learn more about On-Site Treatment with Reed Beds Towards Fertilizer Amendments

    Posted by Jane Hofmann on 2020-01-10

    Project partner, Gdańsk University of Technology (Department Water and Waste-Water Technology, Faculty of Civil And Environmental Engineering) prepared a paper on “Solving the Beach Wrack Problems by On-Site Treatment…


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    “Fertiwrack case study” takes a leap forward

    Posted by Jane Hofmann on 2019-11-11

    As one of the major pillars of the CONTRA project a total of seven case studies are conducted to further develop existing reuse options and to explore new and…


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    Beach wrack – a problem shared is a problem halved

    Posted by Jane Hofmann on 2019-10-30

    On 21 October 2019, stakeholders from the German states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (M-V) and Schleswig-Holstein (S-H) came together in Lübeck-Travemünde for a joint symposium on beach wrack management….


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  • Legal issues surrounding beach wrack management a topic for discussion

    Posted by Jane Hofmann on 2020-10-15

    On October 13, 2020, German CONTRA partners EUCC-D and Hanseatische Umwelt GmbH took part in a working visit to the Baltic Sea Island of Poel near Wismar to discuss,…


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