Transcript Slajd 1 - Baltic Green Belt

Baltic Green Belt
The Baltic Green Belt project wants
to conserve, use and develop the
common natural and cultural heritage of the coastal border areas formerly dividing east and west. To this
end, the project establishes a platform for transnational cooperation between stakeholders working in
nature conservation and sustainable development of the southern and
eastern Baltic Sea coast. Within several pilot studies, the Baltic Green
Belt project demonstrates good practice in sustainable tourism, extensiv
animal farming, coastal and marine
conservation, integrated regional
planning and public participation.
The project community led by the University of Kiel (CAU)
unites the Baltic NGO network Coalition Clean Baltic (CCB) with
the IUCN (World Conservation Union) as well as a number of
national institutions from all countries along the Baltic coas from
Lübeck to St. Petersburg. Altogether, 22 partners – among them
NGOs, universities and state agencies - have developed the
Baltic Sea Region Programme/Interreg IVB project baltic green
belt. The project started in January 2009 will run until January
2012 and has a budget of more than 2 Mio €.
www.balticgreenbelt.uni-kiel.de
The main objectives of the project "Baltic Green Belt" are:
• development of an ecological network under the umbrella of
the European Green Belt following the Green Belt vision,
• collaboration of environmental NGOs, universities and
authorities for a sustainable development of the coast,
• protection of the environment and natural resources;
improvement of the ecological status of the marine and
terrestrial Baltic Sea area (eutrophication, waste water,
agriculture, tourism),
• supporting the implementation of the HELCOM Baltic Sea
Action Plan for the protection of the Baltic,
• evaluation of the implementation of international agreements
for coastal nature protection along the Baltic Green Belt,
• identification of barriers and success factors/indicators of
sustainable coastal development,
• contribution to the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea by
preserving natural zones and biodiversity.
The Polish Green Belt puts an emphasis
on the influence of inland human activities on the sea. As the most important,
the intensive agri-culture has been here
indicated (industrial animal farming, unsustainable land cultivation), which are
serious sources of eutrophication of a
sea waters – one of the most danger environmental problems nowadays. Thus 2
sections of the Polish Green Belt were
defined – agricultural advisory services
geared to sustainable development in rural areas and monitoring of the functioning of large-scale livestock farms, for
compliance with environmental regulations and the possibility of reducing their
negative impact on local communities
and the natural environment.
Intensive animal farming causes a number of hazards, not only
for the immediate vicinity of farms, but the whole Baltic Sea
catchment area. This negative impact concerns all components
of the environment: air, soil and water (surface water, subsoil
water, rainwater). The negative effects of large-scale farming
also have serious social, economic, legislative and legal
connotations.
Pig population in Poland is 13.3 million animals (March 2009),
and poultry – 124.3 million (December 2008). The number of
operating large-scale farms is estimated at 650, including 126
pig farms and 524 poultry farms.
It is crucial than to look for good agricultural practices, that
overthrow large-scale livestock closer to the model of sustainable agriculture, which relies on the use of environmentally
friendly methods, enabling the reduction of the negative impact
of agriculture on the environment through the introduction of
integrated pest management and fertilization plan, based on
nitrogen balance.