News » Seminar on reducing nutrient runoff from large-scale animal farms

01.01.2014

CCB international seminar ?Reducing nutrient runoff from large-scale animal production in the Baltic Sea Region? was organizedon December 6, 2013, in the Polish Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Warsaw. The seminar was organized in cooperation with Green Federation "GAJA" and Department of Genetics and Animal Breeding of the West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin.

This one-day seminar included 3 thematic panels and 15 expert-presentations:

SESSION I - ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE BALTIC SEA

  • Agriculture and environment protection in the Baltic Sea Region/Gunnar Norén, Coalition Clean Baltic, Sweden,
  • Characteristics of solid and liquid manure management in the countries of the Baltic Sea Region ? fertilizing and energetic aspects/Ksawery Kuligowski, Ph.D., Pomeranian Science and Technology Park POMCERT ? University of Gdańsk, Poland,
  • The impact of large-scale animal farms on the environment and local communities, Marek Kryda, INDIGENA Foundation, Poland

SESSION II - CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LARGE-SCALE ANIMAL PRODUCTION IN THE BALTIC SEA REGION

  • -Large-scale animal farms in Belarus/Anatol Kalach, Center for Environmental Solutions, Belarus,
  • -Large-scale animal farms in Denmark/Henrik Butze-Ruhnenstierne, Danish Society for Nature Conservation, Denmark,
  • -Large-scale animal farms in Estonia/Meriliis Kotkas, Estonian Green Movement, Estonia,
  • -Large-scale animal farms in Lithuania/Ruta Bankauskaite, Lithuanian Green Movement, Lithuania,
  • -Large-scale animal farms in Latvia/Ilze Liepa, Environmental Protection Club of Latvia - VAK, Latvia,
  • -Large-scale animal farms in Germany, Jörg Schmiedel, BUND Mecklenburg-Vorpommern e.V., Germany,
  • -Large-scale animal farms in Poland/Jakub Skorupski, Green Federation ?GAJA?, Poland,
  • -Large-scale animal farms in Russia/Vera Ovcharenko, Green World, Russia,
  • -Large-scale animal farms in Sweden/Gunnar Norén, Coalition Clean Baltic, Sweden,
  • -Large-scale animal farms in Ukraine/Prof. Petro Hrytsyshyn, Ph.D., The Western Centre of the Ukrainian Branch of the World Laboratory, Ukraine,

SESSION III - HOW TO COUNTERACT THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF THE INDUSTRIAL ANIMAL FARMING?

  • Alternative, environmentally friendly technologies of animal fertilizers utilization/Ksawery Kuligowski, Ph.D., Pomeranian Science and Technology Park POMCERT - University of Gdańsk, Poland,
  • Problems with the implementation of the Helsinki Convention in Poland/Prof. Zbigniew Bukowski, Ph.D., Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland,
  • Organic animal production in Denmark/Henrik Butze-Ruhnenstierne, Danish Society for Nature Conservation, Denmark,

DISCUSSION PANEL - CAN LARGE-SCALE ANIMAL PRODUCTION BE SUSTAINABLE?

The seminar was attended by 65 participants, representing various levels decision-makers, farm owners, agricultural associations, agricultural advisory centers, agricultural research institutes, NGOs dealing with agri-environmental issues, scientific institution and agricultural schools, media.

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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