Baltic Development Forum welcomes you to nominate candidates which you find have made extraordinary contributions to the development of the Baltic Sea region. The Baltic Sea Award was established in 2007. This summer it is distributed for the 6th  consecutive year. The event takes place at the BDF Gala dinner in the Copenhagen City the 18th June during the Baltic…

The 2011 Baltic Sea Award goes to Professor Arjen Hoekstra for his pioneering work on the water footprint concept. Mr. Hoekstra is both a university academic at the University of Twente and scientific director of the international NGO The Water Footprint Network, www.waterfootprint.org. In many respect the Baltic Sea is one of the most polluted waters in the world. This…