Helsinki, Finland 17 November 2011
The conference A greener agriculture for a bluer Baltic Sea was jointly organised at hotel Hilton Fiskarstorpet, Helsinki, Finland on November 17, 2010, by the two EU projects Baltic Compass and Baltic Deal. Over 140 professionals, ranging from ministry staff, researchers, civil servants, advisors, farmers and environmentalists from ten Baltic Sea region countries and the Commission of the European Community attended and actively contributed to the conference. The program enabled the participants to benefit from plenary presentations, parallel seminars, panel discussions and also included the award ceremony for the 2010 WWF Baltic Sea Farmers’ Award. The conference constituted one out of several events in Helsinki 17 – 18 November with a focus upon agricultural development and environment.
Report - A greener Agriculture for a bluer Baltic Sea
Presentations from the Conference:
PLENARY SESSION
- Restructuring Polish agriculture: Consequences for the farmers, the economy and the Baltic Sea by Wieslaw Podyma
- Presentation of the WWF Baltic Farmer of the Year Award 2010 by Ottilia Thoreson
- How to measure environmental effects of agro-environmental project in Finland by Katri Rankinen
- Implementation of the WFD with respect to agriculture,comparison between Baltic EU countries by Thomas Dworak
PRESENTATIONS DURING SEMINARS:
Seminar 1:
Seminar 2:
Seminar 3:
- Baltic Compass support to increase investments in innovative agro-environmental technologies by Henning Lyngsö Foged
- Green investments in Lithuanian agriculture by Nerijus Zableckis
- Agro-environmental projects in the Baltic Sea region by Mikael Sjövall
