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Developa Baltic survey on environmental problems at Industrial Animal Farms(IAF) in the Baltic Sea Region, connected to nutrient run-off frommanure handling, and whether legal requirements on manure management,according to international agreements (HELCOM & EC) are fulfilled,in at least four Baltic Sea Region countries.

Publishof a report on Industrial Animal Farms (IAF) and natural fertilizers management in the Baltic Sea Region. The report will contain informationon overall characteristics on the industrial farm sector in the BSR, aninventory of existing industrial animal farms (with a size that require permits according to national legislation and IED Directive). The focus will be on installations in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland,Belarus, Ukraine and Russia, but information will also include description of the situation in other BSR-countries. The report will also include recommendations for important steps needed for a better implementation of existing legislation and regulations, as well as anindicative list of potential candidate industrial animal farms for a HELCOM Hot Spot list. Identified and listed IAF should be further studied whether legal requirements for manure management is according to international agreements/legislation (EC & HELCOM).

Advocate,as an observer at HELCOM meetings (Agri/Env Forum; LAND, HOD,Commission; Ministerial meeting) and via contacts with Baltic regionministries, for full implementation of the action 'to establish by 2009 alist of Hot Spots identifying existing installations for the intensiverearing of cattle, poultry and pigs not fulfilling the requirements inthe revised Annex III of the Helsinki Convention' , agreed by all BalticSea Region countries governments and EC, within the HELCOM Baltic SeaAction Plan from 2007 (this agreed action is still not implemented atall). Such advocacy will be specially focused for the HELCOM Ministerialmeeting in October 2013.

Advocate(lobby work for same target groups as above) for the development andfull implementation of the HELCOM's Point Source Agricultural Hot Spotsconcept, in accordance with the HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan, andmonitoring and contributing to the HELCOM's list of Agricultural HotSpots for intensive rearing of cattle, poultry and pigs, via to complywith, Annex III, part 2 of the Helsinki Convention. This activity willbe conducted by active (e.g. connected with project outputs/reportpresentation and distribution) participation in international andnational events (thematic conferences and seminars, HELCOM meetings,official meetings with decision-makers).

Promotionof high environmental standards for industrial animal farms in theBaltic Sea region, mainly via HELCOM BSAP and Annex III to the HelsinkiConvention. A proper monitoring of the implementation of regulationsthat control the nutrient run-off from industrial animal farms is acrucial component. HELCOM Annex III has also strong connections to theEU IPPC/IED directive on Intensive rearing of animals. This task willinclude elaborating of thematic webpage in English.

Organisationof a CCB international seminar on Nutrient-balanced fertilization toreduce the nutrient leakage from Baltic agriculture (one-day seminarheld in Warsaw in September, with 3 thematic panels and at least 9expert-presentations, prepared for at least 60 participants representingmainly various levels decision-makers, farm owners, agriculturalassociations, agricultural advisory centers, agricultural researchinstitutes, NGOs dealing with agri-environmental issues, scientificinstitution and agricultural schools, media).

Prepareand publish a fact-sheet on 'Guidelines for Best Environmental Practicefor Industrial Animal Farms' for owners/companies and people employedwith Industrial Animal Farms and authorities controlling suchinstallations.

Promotionof examples of good agricultural practices in intensive rearing of livestock factory farming in agricultural schools, focused primarily with Poland (e.g. providing information about biogas production asenvironmental friendly manure management, conducting workshops foragricultural schools).

Mediawork in Baltic Sea Region to raise public awareness on industrialanimal farming and its impact on the Baltic marine environment(organization of at least 1 press conference presenting elaboratedreport, publishing of at least 10 articles in national and internationalthematic and daily press, running the project website, promotion workconnected with participation in agricultural and environmental events,such as agricultural fairs and exhibitions, developing and distributinginformation-promotional materials).

Participationas a NGO member of the EC Expert Group on the exchange of informationon Best Available Techniques related to industrial emissions (IEDArticle 13 Forum). CCB has applied to EC to become a NGO-member of thisgroup, and has become a member of the group in October 2012, which iscoordinated by DG Environment, Directorate C - Sustainable ResourceManagement, Industry and Air. CCB plan to participate in the expertgroup in 2013 and will provide the group with information and proposalsfor the new BREF document for Intensive farming of animals, to influenceso Best Practice will be the future standard for this sector.

Findout prerequisites to start an infringement process for one BalticEU-country not fulfilling all the IED (IPPC) directive requirementsrelated to Intensive rearing of animals.

Produceand spread in Baltic Region countries a leaflet on environmentalproblems at industrial animal farms, focused on water issues, and how tomitigate such problems.

Disseminateand present the CCB-report 'Industrial Pig-farms in the Baltic SeaCatchment Area of Belarus', to raise awareness in EU BSR-countries onthe situation onintensive rearing of animals in Belarus.

Presentationanddissemination of the 'Report on Industrial Pig-farms in the BalticSea Catchment Area of Belarus' to raise the awareness on theconnectionwith unproper speading of manure and bad river water qualityandunhealthy water quality in drinking wells.