Environmental Education Centre of Tallinn Zoo opened on 1 July 2014. The zoo received a place where to carry out informative educational activities near an excellent zoological learning base.

Results of Project

• A building that enables offering to all visitors and schoolchildren different environmental educational activities from school programmes supporting formal learning to extracurricular education and spending free time meaningfully – all year long – has been completed.
• Training classes and the laboratory hobby group lessons and practice sessions of the nature school for 300 students.
• The 149-seat auditorium allows for carrying out theme nights, movie programmes, nature-themed lectures, seminars, international conferences and training session.
• The large lobby displays nature-themed exhibitions and hosts different events.
• The Environmental Education Centre has an important children’s zoo for families and toddlers open year round, where visitors can meet household animals and pets.
• Popular city camps and educational nature-themed children’s birthday parties are carried out by specialists of the nature school both in Estonian and in Russian.
• The Environmental Education Centre offers educational programmes to students, interns, people with special needs, etc.

The new multifunctional vessel improves the capability of discovering, localising and eliminating marine pollution that helps to minimise potential environmental damage. The multifunctional nature of the vessel is important in order to carry out daily prevention and monitoring work and also have the capability to react as quickly as possible in case of discovering pollution and immediately start localising and collection of pollution.

Results of Project

• By acquiring the new multifunctional vessel, the Boarder Guard Board will achieve 26% of the capacity of reducing pollution complying with the minimum requirements according to HELCOM recommendation 11/13 by 2013, which is covering a 1.2 km2 area in 12 hours. Indirect objectives of the planned activity are to reduce the intentional generation of pollution at sea through prevention and monitoring activity and in case of discovering marine pollution, be ready to quickly and effectively eliminate thereof in order to minimise potential environmental damage and ensure the sustainable development of the region.

Marimetsa hiking trail is one of the longest hiking trails in Lääne County and has particularly beautiful and interesting nature. The reconstructed trail introduces significantly different nature values: there is a maintained grassland, drained peatland forest, bog island with a broad-leaved forest, and different development stages of a bog – eutrophic fen, mesotrophic fen and pocosin or bog. The trail is a place to meet animals, listen to and view birds, get to know vastly different plants.

Results of Project

• The reconstruction project completed in 2009 was corrected (a new working project was completed).
• 1.9 km of boardwalk (extension to resting places as part of the boardwalk, 8 wooden benches were constructed and installed), 0.94 km of the soil trail was covered with pine bark mulch and the trail utility line was repaired, 8 signposts were installed, 13 displays (i.e. information board bases) were installed.
• 2 walkways across the ditch and the Marimetsa stream were constructed (necessary for constructing and future maintenance of the trail).

With the help of projects, rural life was significantly furthered in one area, taking approx. 400 hectares of ecological reserves and agricultural land into use.

Results of Project

• 250 ha of coastal meadows, juniper shrublands and other habitats were restored.
• One permanent workplace was created.
• Areas are maintained continuously.
• Livestock was purchased, a livestock complex together with necessary infrastructure was built.

In 2010, Väätsa Prügila entered into a cooperation agreement with Eesti Energia to collect the stock reserve of waste to be mass-incinerated in Iru waste incineration unit and temporarily store it in Väätsa landfill. In order to perform this agreement, a 900 m2 reloading building was built, 3,500 m2 of temporary storage territory was established and necessary technology for baling mixed municipal waste was purchased.

As a result of carrying out the project, mixed municipal waste collected in the area is no longer landfilled, but is instead baled and stored temporarily with the objective of transferring the baled waste to Iru incineration unit according to a respective order.

Results of Project

• A 900 m² reloading building was built.
• 3,500 m² of temporary storage territory was established.
• necessary technology for baling mixed municipal waste was purchased.

Pursuant to the emergency response plans prepared according to the Emergency Act and the Rescue Act, the prime responsibility for eliminating forest and landscape fires and natural disasters lies with the Rescue Board. Due to the aforementioned, the Rescue Board has to ensure sufficient ability to resolve the described situations quickly and effectively and therefore purchase gear and equipment; Contemporary technological base and supplies enable increasing the preparedness of rescue structures in case of emergencies and their ability to carry out different rescue work and decrease the time spent on eliminating an accident and emergencies during rescue work.

Results of Project

• Within the framework of the project, the Rescue Board purchased a pump system together with a hose container, hose containers together with a device for picking up hoses, an extinguishing module for forest fires, hose maintenance equipment together with a counting system for hoses, rapid intervention firefighting trucks with special capacity and personal protective equipment for persons involved in rescue work. The purchased new and contemporary equipment has greater mobility, reliability and technical capability.
• As a result of the project, the preparedness of rescue structures for accidents, emergencies and accidental fires on land improved. The improvement of the technical capability of the Rescue Board helps to ensure better preparedness for environmental emergencies in case of accidents and emergencies and thereby contribute to the preservation of nature.

As a result of the project, the dam facility of the regulator of the dam-bridge of Põltsamaa River located in the city of Põltsamaa has been renovated and equipped with automatic brushes that enable regulating and maintaining the water level correctly and operatively. The river bed has been cleaned of sediments, and an appropriate fish passage has been established next to the dam. As a result of the project, the biodiversity of the river and living environment as a whole will improve.  Prerequisites are established for gradual increase of fish stock in the Põltsamaa River. Preservation of buildings under heritage conservation has been ensured on the bank of Põltsamaa River.

Results of Project

• Renovation of the dam and establishing a fish passage.
• Cleaning the river bed of sediments.

The centre has been operating since 2014. The centre has mostly worked on supporting the procreation and restocking the small population of the natterjack toad. The habitats of the natterjack toad have become unsuitable, and populations are therefore very small, isolated and vulnerable. In order to ensure successful procreation in the populations, part of the natterjack toad spawn must be raised in more secure conditions (in centres), ensuring the growth of specimens every year to preserve small populations. 4,046 natterjack toads in 2014 and 4,496 natterjack toads in 2015 were raised and populated into the nature. It is necessary to continue this activity. Activities associated with oil pollution have not been required yet, but the centre is prepared for it.

Results of Project

• The house was insulated properly, geothermal heating was installed, the entire electrical, ventilation and water systems were updated.
• capability for cleaning and recovering water birds rescued in the course of oil pollution have been created for the centre.
• All conditions have been created for supporting the population of the endangered species of amphibian – natterjack toad – to grow them from spawn into specimens that have undergone metamorphosis.
• Conditions have been created for growing endangered plant species from seeds.

Preserving the historically developed design, landscape appearance and nature conservation values of Narva Pimeaed. The maintained park increases the opportunities for learning its nature and history.

Results of Project

• External walls of Victoria Bastion have been reconstructed.
• Internal walls of Victoria Bastion have been secured.
• Two-storey birch mats of Victoria Bastion have been restored.
• External wall of the rampart between Victoria and Honor has been reconstructed.
• Drainage system has been built.
• Gunpowder cellar has been restored.
• Nearby territory has been fixed up.
• Walkways have been restored/established.
• Outdoor lighting has been established.
• Historical exposition has been completed and installed in the birch mats of the bastion.

The object of the project is to increase the recycling of paper and cardboard waste from the 4,000 tonnes before the project to 8,300 tonnes per year by 2015.

Results of Project

• Recycling of paper and cardboard waste increases from the current 4,000 tonnes to 8,300 tonnes per year by 2015
• The investment has a positive effect on the growth of the company’s profitability by approx. 1–2%, which is mostly due to lower production costs.
• Production costs decrease, because new technologies enable drying the paper cloth significantly before it reaches the drier, so approx. 10% less steam is required to produce 1 tonne of finished product.
• Electricity consumption is also reduced, because preparation of the mass uses less starting cycles and the entire paper machine operates quicker on the whole, plus the turbo vacuum is significantly more efficient. The estimated reduction of electricity consumption on the whole is approx. 7%.
• The project also has a positive effect on the environment, as more waste is recycled and the volume of CO2 released into the air is decreased, because the use of natural gas decreases as a result of more efficient production.