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24.09.2020

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This Monday the Stockholm Resilience Centre have launched the Baltic Health Index, which is based on the original global Ocean Health. A press release by SU of the BHI can be found here https://www.stockholmresilience.org/research/research-news/2020-09-21-how-the-baltic-sea-is-really-doing.html or https://ohi-science.org/news/BHI_scores_announced and the ?shiny app?, where all scores, calculations, data used are visible, please explore: https://baltic-ohi.shinyapps.io/dashboard/.

The goal of this Index is to provide a transparent, comprehensive andadaptable, index of the ?health? of the Baltic Sea. The viewpoint (ortarget of 100) is that marine life would fare better and we as humanswould gain more benefits if we use the ocean in more sustainable ways.Another interesting feature of the BHI is that the anticipated trend ofa given goal (for example eutrophication) affects its score (i.e., ascore going down indicates a worse health than an increasing one and bythis indicates a management priority). The overall score is currently 76from 100, where 100 is the minimum sustainable management target, butthe spatial variability is large. A paper is on the way, so stay tuned.

By viewing the scores on the ?shiny app?, you hopefully see manyinteresting spatial, national or thematic features, but you may alsospot index values that may feel unjustified.

Any comments, proposals for new or better data, or other suggestions for improvements, are most welcome. Please send them to Thorsten Blenckner, PhD AssociateProfessor, Stockholm Resilience Centre.

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