Preventing negative consequences of intensive livestock production in the Baltic Sea Region
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- Large-scale livestock production in definitions
- Scale of the Industrial Animal Production
- The Baltic Sea as a particularly vulnerable sea region
- Characteristics of the Baltic Sea catchment area
- Nitrogen and phosphorus cycle in agro-ecosystems
- Conditions defining the environmental impact of industrial livestock farming
- Environmental risks from large-scale livestock production in the BSR
- Preventing the negative consequences of intensive livestock production
- Intensive livestock industry versus corporate social responsibility
- Environment protection laws in agriculture
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06.11.2018
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2018 has seen the publication of two books on phosphorus management, sewage phosphorus removal and P-recovery and recycling technologies and policies - ?Phosphorus recovery and recycling?, Springer, 2018, Editors H. Ohtake & S. Tsuneda, and IWA book ?Phosphorus polluter and resource of the future ...
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Annual losses of N and P to freshwaters worldwide nearly doubled over the twentieth century. Agriculture now represents over 50% of these N and P losses. N and P retention doubled (in rivers, dams and reservoirs). Also nearly 400 mtN have accumulated in groundwaters worldwide.
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A theoretical optimisation model of agriculture, human diet, phosphorus use and recycling suggests that mineral phosphorus input could be reduced by 90%, assuming complete recycling of crop wastes, slaughterhouse waste phosphorus, animal manures and human excreta, no soil P accumulation and low soil ...
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Coalition Clean Baltic is glad to share the invitation to the Greener Agriculture for a Sustainable Sea Conference (GRASS 2018), that will be arranged by CCB in Minsk, Belarus on 13-14 December 2018. The Conference will address wide range of national and international stakeholders (farmers, authorities, ...
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The petitioner and a group of academics representing the air quality odour laboratory of the West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin are calling on the Commission to prepare draft legislation to regulate the presence of odours in the environment. In this connection, the petitioner calls ...
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The 3rd European Sustainable Phosphorus Conference (ESPC3), co-organised by Baltic Sea Action Group (BSAG) and ESPP, brought together nearly 300 participants from 30 countries. The conference was held in Helsinki (Finland) on 11-13 June 2018.
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