On December 6, 2013, in Warsaw, Poland, Coalition Clean Baltic, together with Green Federation Gaja, Baltic MANURE and the Department of Genetics and Animal Breeding of the West Pomeranian University ofTechnology in Szczecin, organized the Seminar 'Reducing nutrient runofffrom large-scale animal production in the Baltic SeaRegion'. Morethan 60 people participated.
Stakeholders from Belarus,Denmark,Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Germany, Russia, Ukraine and Sweden took the floor to present the situation of the large-scale animal production in their country. Some experts presented the impact of such farms on the environment of the Baltic Sea Region. Other stakeholders focused their presentation on manure management and animal fertilizers. The cape between thecurrent practices and the environmental friendly technologies of animal fertilizers available today was highlighted.
The Seminar gave an overview of the large-scale animal farms situation in the Baltic Sea Region. One important conclusion was that stronger regulations and control is needed for big animal farm, to mitigate the eutrophication problem of rivers, lakes and the Baltic Sea environment. Finally, the participants exchanged concrete experiences and brought home some good practices to be shared with the local farmers.
PRESENTATIONS:
Industrial Animal Farming in Sweden
Industrial Animal Farming in Russia
Industrial Animal Farming in Estonia
Industrial Animal Farming in Latvia
Industrial Animal Farming in Lithuania
Industrial Animal Farming in Poland (in Polish)
Industrial Animal Farming in Germany
Industrial Animal Farming in Ukraine
Industrial Animal Farming in Belarus
Problems with implementation of the Helsinki Convention in Poland (in Polish)
Problems connected with Industrial Animal Farming (in Polish)
IAF and nutrients run-off in the BSR (in Polish)
Management of manure in the BSRn (in Polish)
Alternative, environmental-friendly technologies and utilization of natural fertilizers (in Polish)