The project team would like to thank the members of the Steering Committee for their participation in the multiple progress meetings and their contributions through written comments and reviews of the guidelines:
Helen Klint (Swedish Environmental Protection Agency), Nadezda Maslova (Swedish Environmental Protection Agency), Caroline Persson Hager (Norwegian Environment Agency), Anne Christine Parborg Meaas (Norwegian Environment Agency), Kristine Von Hanno (Norwegian Environment Agency), Maria Hedenstad (Norwegian Environment Agency), Anna Karlsson (Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management), K. Sóley Bjarnadóttir (Environment Agency of Iceland), Hólmfríður Þorsteinsdóttir (Environment Agency of Iceland), Frank Jensen (Ministry of Environment of Denmark), Laitinen Jyrki (Finnish Environment Institute), Julia Talvitie (Finnish Environment Institute).
We are very grateful to OSPAR RAP coordinators: Jennifer Godwin & Lex Oosterbaan for allowing the presentation of this work at the Intersessional Correspondence Group on Martine Litter (ICG-ML).
We also would like to thank all the stakeholders who contributed to this work by sharing their experience and knowledge regarding biocarriers:
Raphaël Détourbe (University of Gothenburg), Anders Norskiv Stidsen (Ringkobing–Skjern Kommune), Regis le Quillec (Agence de l’Eau Loire Bretagne), Fabien Abad (Agence de l’Eau Rhone Mediterranée Corse), Bernard Bombardi (WWTP of Bastia), Marie Bonnamy (WWTP of Chateauneuf Le Rouge), Eric Bourneaud (Water Authority – Agglomération Pays Basque), Adélaïde Combret (SAUR), Aurélien Brott (SOCOTEC), Jean-Sébastien Zabé (Techfina), Louise Munk (Mutag Biochips), Sofia Lind (Anox Kaldnes – Veolia), Robert Almstrand (Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management), Maximilan Ludtke (Swedish Environmental Protection Agency), Asa Magnusson (WWTP of Gothenburg), Florina Lachman (Vastkuststiftelsen), Agnes Tunstad, Mareike Erfeling (Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management), OSPAR Contracting Parties.
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