Mikhail Durkin

Mikhail Durkin is a biologist who has strived to improve the environment of the Baltic Sea for more than 30 years. Since 2015, he is Executive Secretary of the Coalition Clean Baltic, a network consisting of 28 environmental NGOs. This network carries out and leads many environmental projects and constantly improves cooperation between the Nordic and the Baltic states. The network is also a very important source of information for the environmental work within the Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (Helcom), where Mikhail Durkin himself had a leading position during the years 2008–2014. Through his broad knowledge and great commitment, Mikhail Durkin has helped to position SLU’s research and environmental assessment in the work with environmental challenges that affect the Baltic Sea, including areas such as fish stocks, eutrophication, environmental toxins and marine litter.

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Mikhail Durkin. Photo: Camille Fraizy, Coalition Clean Baltic