About » Industrial Animal Farming

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Part-financed by the European Union

Intensive animal farming causes a number of hazards, which may have anegative impact on the Baltic Sea Region environmental condition. The possible impactconcerns all components of the environment: air, soil and ? what is the mostimportant for the Baltic Sea ? water (surface water, subsoil water, rainwater). Negative effects of industrial animal farming have also social, economic and legal connotations.

The most inconvenient sources of pollution are big factory farms, in which even a few thousands of animals are kept. This particular kind of animallivestock farming is called industrial (or factory, intensive). In the CouncilDirective 96/61/EC of 24th September 1996 concerning integrated pollutionprevention and control (IPPC Directive/IED) industrial animal farms are defined asplants, that are obligated to possess integrated permits (which includes allpollutant emission from particular plant to all environment components), thatis with livestock density for unless 40,000 individuals (poultry), 2,000 pigsover 30 kg, or 750 sows. In 2008, the Helsinki Commission (HELCOM) has recognized large-scale farms as Point Sources of Agricultural Pollution (Baltic Hot Spots). Also factory cattle farms with more than 400 Animal Units, as wellas sheep, goats, horses and fur animals large-scale breeding installations withequivalent number of livestock were counted among this category (HELCOM, 2009).

 

Federacja Zielonych GAJA
5 Lipca 45, 70-374 Szczecin, Poland
Phone. +48 91 489 42 33
Fax + 48 91 489 42 32
fzbiuro@gajanet.pl


Coalition Clean Baltic
Östra Ågatan 53
SE-753 22 Uppsala, Sweden
SHORT ABOUT THE PROJECT

Project Industrial animal farms in the Baltic Sea Region - sustainable practices to reduce nutrient loads is a part of a long-term campaign of the Coalition Clean Baltic and Green Federation "GAJA", aiming to reduce the negative impact of large-scale animal production on the environment and local communities in the Baltic Sea Region, particularly by reducing nutrient run-off into the sea. The project is part-financed by the European Union. This website reflects only the view of the Coalition Clean Baltic. The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.

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