Nordic Assessment on the Nordic coastal ecosystems The full reports of the Nordic IPBES-like Assessment has been launched. The assessment has its focus on the coastal ecosystems through an assessment of ten Nordic case study areas. The assessment includes Denmark, Iceand, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Greenland and Faroe Islands. One of the conclusions is that many biological values of the region are slowly recovering from very low values following past overexploitation and that the network of marine and coastal Protected Areas is important for preserving biodiversity and accompanying services in the Nordic region. Among the pressures are chemical pollutants, eutrophication and plastics, which are affecting…