Congratulations Maria Staniszewska!

On February 10 the prize winners of the 2005 Baltic Sea Fund was released. Coalition Clean Baltic is very happy to congratulate Maria Staniszewska, member of the CCB Board and President of the CCB member organization Polski Klub Ekologiczny (PKE).

The motivation of the jury reads:

“Maria Staniszewska of Gliwice, Poland, is awarded for her long-term efforts in reduction of eutrophication in the Baltic Sea. She has conducted outstanding work in the environmental organization PKE (Polski Klub Ekologiczny) in order to minimize nitrogen load from the Polish farming. In her work she has primarily focused on introducing ecological farming with low demand of chemical fertilizers. She has also taken initiative in promoting sales of ecologically grown products. As an active lobbyist she has created understanding and awareness of environmentally friendly farming among the wide public. Maria Staniszewska has been an active promoter of an annual ecological fair in Poland. With the fair she has succeeded in engaging Polish politicians to support ecological farming. The fair has also become an important event in promoting environmentally friendly farming.”

The prize sum of EUR 24,000 is shared with the Polish researcher Dr. Krzysztof E. Skóra of Gdansk whose awarded efforts have been the struggle against introduction of alien species, and reintroduction of endangered species in the Baltic Sea.