Seminar “Common Agricultural Policy for 2014-2020: Challenges and perspectives in implementing environmental commitment “
CCB • November 11, 2013
To prepare CCB´s participatin in the EUSBSR Annual Forum 2013, Gunnar Norén (CEO of CCB) and Maria Staniszewska (Polish Ecological Club) participated first at the seminar Agricultural Policy 2014-2020: challenges and perspectives in implementing environmental commitment. The seminar was held in Vilnius, Lithuania, one day before the Annual Forum. It was arranged under the Lithuanian EU presidency and organized by the Lithuanian Fund for Nature.
Agenda
Presentation – Ambition to reduce nutrients
, Gunnar Norén
Presentation – Agriculture measures in Poland
, Maria Staniszewska
Outcomes of the seminar
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