DESCRIPTION OF ACTION
The KIPSI project will be implemented in the clay fields in the catchment area of the Archipelago Sea. The project is coordinated by the ELY Centre for Southwest Finland. The aim of the project is to treat 50,000–80,000 hectares of fields with gypsum to reduce topsoil erosion and phosphorus runoff to waters.
SCHEDULE
2019–2022 (–2025)
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT AND FUNDING
Water Protection Programme, Ministry of the Environment
Approximately EUR 20 million
MAIN IMPLEMENTING PARTY AND CONTACT
ELY Centre for Southwest Finland
Pekka Salminen and Tanja Pajunoja/ELY Centre for Southwest Finland
http://www.ymparisto.fi/kipsinlevitys