INVITATION TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
“The Greener Agriculture for a Sustainable Sea” GRASS 2024
The Polish Ecological Club, Coalition Clean Baltic and Climate Coalition cordially invite you to the international conference ” The Greener Agriculture for a Sustainable Sea” GRASS 2024, which will be held on 26 and 28 November 2024 in a hybrid formula: the first day online, the second both online and on-site in Warsaw, at the headquarters of the National Association of Dairy Cooperatives (Krajowy Związek Spółdzielni Mleczarskich) at Hoża 66/68 Street, 00-682 Warsaw, Poland.
The two-day conference will focus on key challenges that agriculture in Poland and Europe is facing in the context of new EU regulations – the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) and the Natural Restoration Law (NRL). The programme includes presentations, panels and debates, during which issues related to nature conservation, climate change and their impact on the agricultural economy and the state of the Baltic Sea waters will be presented.
The GRASS 2024 conference will bring together experts, representatives of scientific communities, environmental organizations, the agricultural sector and administration. It will address key issues for the future of agriculture, such as implementing the European Green Deal, fighting deforestation, implementing sustainable agricultural practices, animal welfare and protection of the aquatic environment. Special attention will be paid to the challenges facing Polish agriculture in the context of growing environmental challenges and climate change.
We cordially invite all interested parties – agricultural practitioners, representatives of non-governmental organizations, scientists, officials, as well as all those who care about supporting sustainable practices in agriculture that serve to protect natural resources, including the valuable ecosystem of the Baltic Sea.
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The conference agenda is subject to change.
To participate in the conference, you must complete the registration form: https://forms.gle/QqkJkhP14iCjHFnr8
The event is hybrid. The number of seats in the live meeting is limited. Submissions of the registration form are accepted until 18.11.2024 or until seats are filled.
Conference agenda
The Greener Agriculture for a Sustainable Sea, GRASS 2024
Day I – 26.11.2024
Topic: Protection of Polish nature in the context of EU regulations (EUDR and NRL)
Where: Online, ZOOM platform
Day I, Part 1 – EUDR – new EU regulation against deforestation
9:30 – 9:45 Welcome by the organizers:
Maria Staniszewska – Polish Ecological Club
Zbigniew Karaczun – Climate Coalition
Mikhail Durkin – Coalition Clean Baltic
9:45 – 9:50 Short introduction by the host
9:50 – 10:10 The Ministry of Climate and Environment – Are we ready for the EUDR and the NRL? (tbc)
10:10 – 10:30 Tomasz Figarski – What is the EUDR and what does it change in the lives of Poles?
10:30 – 10:50 Anne-Sofie Sadolin Henningsen – EUDR from the EU perspective and possible impact on farmers
10:50 – 11:10 Rebecca Nygrѐn – Coalition Clean Baltic „The impact of deforestation in Finland on the flow of nutrients into the Baltic Sea”.
11:10 – 11:30 Discussion
Break
Part 2 – Regeneration of Natural Resources – NRL – Nature Restoration Law
12:00 – 12:20 Bogdan Chojnicki – Poznań University of Life Sciences – „NRL and climate change”
12:20 – 12:40 Ewa Jabłońska – Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw – „NRL and the preservation and restoration of wetlands”
12:40 – 13:00 Jan Marcin Węsławski – Institute of Oceanology of Polish Academy of Sciences in Sopot – „The impact of climate change of the fauna and flora of the Baltic Sea”
13:00 – 13:20 Paulina Kramarz – Institute of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University – Why do we need the NRL? Is this regulation a Chance for Polish farmers and nature?
13:20 – 13:40 Discussion
13:40 – 14:00 Conclusions
Day II – 28.11.2024
Polish agriculture in the context of EU regulations
Where: Online and on-site in Warsaw, at the headquarters of the National Association of Dairy Cooperatives (Krajowy Związek Spółdzielni Mleczarskich) at Hoża 66/68 Street, 00-682 Warsaw, Poland
9:30 – 10:00 Participant registration
10:00 – 10:10 Welcoming the participants and short introduction to the conference
10:10 – 10:30 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development – Elements of the Green Deal that are implemented in Poland as part of the CAP (tbc)
10:30 – 10:50 Marek Krysztoforski – Agricultural Advisory Centre – „Positives and controversies surrounding the Green Deal”
10:50 – 11:10 Tadeusz Pomianek – University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow, Poland – „The transformation of the current food system”
11:10 – 11:30 Discussion
11:30 – 11:50 Break: Tea and coffee
11:50 – 12:10 Zbigniew Karaczun – Climate Coalition – „The CAP and climate and the Baltic Sea”
12:10 – 12:30 Jerzy Kupiec – University of Life Sciences in Poznań – „The impact of large-scale industrial farming on the condition of surface waters, the Baltic Sea and local communities”
12:30 – 12:50 Thyge Nygaard – „A unique agreement in Denmark between the Government, local communities and farmers” (tbc)
12:50 – 13:10 Break
13:10 – 14:20 Debate between farmers, consumers and expert
14:20 – 14:40 Conclusion
14:40 – Dinner