Baltic sea - HELCOM

The Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission – also known as the Helsinki Commission (HELCOM) – is an intergovernmental organisation (IGO) and a regional sea convention in the Baltic Sea area. A regional platform for environmental policy making, HELCOM was established in 1974 to protect the marine environment of the Baltic Sea from all sources of pollution.

波罗的海海洋环境保护委员会，亦称赫尔辛基委员会（HELCOM），是一个政府间组织（IGO）以及波罗的海区域的区域性海洋公约。作为区域环境政策制定的平台，HELCOM成立于1974年，旨在保护波罗的海海洋环境免受所有污染源的侵害。