Preventing negative consequences of intensive livestock production in the Baltic Sea Region
RecomMended topics
- 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
- Links to full-text versions of legal acts
- Important events
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