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02.01.2013

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Baltic COMPASS aims to find ways how the agricultural sector in the Baltic SeaRegion can produce the daily food required by the region's 90 millioninhabitants and at the same time preserve the Baltic Sea. The largecatchment area and the shallowness and enclosedness of the Baltic Seamake it very vulnerable. The Baltic Sea has 9 riparian countries andtherefore close international cooperation as well as sectoralcooperation is needed in order to move towards healthier ecosystems inthe whole Baltic Sea Region.

BalticCompass is a Pan Baltic project where the 22 partners from all theriparian countries share their practical and scientific knowledge aboutagriculture and the environment. Baltic Compass will thus function as aregional platform where participants and stakeholders can develop moreefficient agro-environmental policies, share innovations and bestpractises, create scientific scenariosand facilitate investments.Baltic Compass fosters win-win solutions for agriculture and environmentand thus led to more sustainable rural economies.

Theexpectations on Baltic Compass is to contribute with sharing ofpractical solutions and innovations (web portal), business andinvestment facilitation (advice and networking), strategic riskassessment concerned with land use and animal husbandry (science and scenarios) and the policy adaptation required (political and ministerial level dialogue).

Theconcrete benefit for the farmers will be better access to decisionsupport when investing for future businesses in the sensitive Balticecosystems ? independently in which Baltic Sea Region country.

BalticCompass is regarded as a strategic level project by the financier theBaltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013 for its contributions toinvestments and policy environments. The project will in a practicalmanner encompass the political ideas of the HELCOM Baltic Sea ActionPlan and the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region.

Project's website: www.balticcompass.org

 

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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