Materials from the GRASS 2024 Conference

MatERIALS FROM THE GRASS 2024 CONFERENCE

Last month, the conference “The Greener Agriculture for a Sustainable Sea” GRASS 2024 took place. The first day took place on 26.11.2024 online, and the second day took place on 28.11.2024 and was a hybrid event – online and at the headquarters of the National Association of Dairy Cooperatives at Hoża 66/68 Str. in Warsaw. The conference was organized by: the Polish Ecological Club in Krakow Gliwice Chapter, the Climate Coalition and the Coalition Clean Baltic.

We would like to thank our participants for taking part in the conference. Below we present the conference materials and as well as supplementary materials; we recommend them to everyone interested, including people who did not have the opportunity to take part in our event.

Recordings

Day I of the conference (original sound):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gol3hOLVdaU&

Day II of the conference (Polish sound):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AZu9r8WgpY

Day II of the conference (English sound)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI9xH8Hyx6Q

PreSENTATIONS

Day I – Protection of Polish nature in the context of EU regulations (EUDR and NRL)

1. dr Tomasz Figarski – Naturalists Association Ostoja, University of Łódź – What is the EUDR and what problem should it solve?
2. Anne-Sofie Sadolin Henningsen – European Deforestation Regulation and the possible impact on smallholders
3. Rebecca Nygrѐn – Coalition Clean Baltic – „The Impact of Forestry on the Baltic Sea and How Nature-based Forestry Can Contribute to Nutrient Uptake”
4. prof. Bogdan Chojnicki – Poznań University of Life Sciences – „NRL and climate change”
5. prof. Ewa Jabłońska – Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw – „NRL and the preservation and restoration of wetlands”
6. prof. Jan Marcin Węsławski – Institute of Oceanology PAN – „The impact of climate change of the fauna and flora of the Baltic Sea”
7. prof. Paulina Kramarz – Institute of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University – Does agriculture need biodiversity and why yes?
8. Maria Staniszewska – Polish Ecological Club – The importance of wetlands for the theoretical eutrophication of the Baltic Sea (CCB publication presentation)

Day II – Polish agriculture in the context of EU regulations

1. Marek Krysztoforski – Agricultural Advisory Centre – “Positives and controversies surrounding the Green Deal”
2. Prof. Eng. Tadeusz Pomianek – University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow, Poland – “The transformation of the current food system”
3. prof. Agata Jabłońska-Trypuć – Bialystok University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology – “The impact of pesticides on human health. Pesticides – dangerous micro-pollutants in food, oxidative stress inducers and endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs)“
4. Jerzy Kupiec, PhD, DSc Eng. – University of Life Sciences in Poznań – „Do we need regulations regarding the location of animal farms and concentration of animals?”
5. Uladzimir Zuyeu – Nerush-Natura – “Climate change in the Baltic Sea region”

Conference materials:

1. Uladzimir Zuyeu – Nerush-Natura – “Climate change in the Baltic Sea region” – Article (PL)

References and external supplementary materials :

1. Anne-Sofie Sadolin Henningsen – Forests of the World – Why smallholders must be favoured in the quest for traceability – Briefing for companies 2024 (ENG)
2. Mia Svädang – Coalition Clean Baltic – Buffer Zones in the Baltic Sea Region (The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation) (ENG)
3. Pesticide Atlas 2022 and supplementary materials (ENG)