Sustainable agriculture for a healthy Baltic Sea: Cultivating joint solutions and sharing best practices
Eurooppasali, Helsinki 11 October 2024 at 10:00-12:00
This event was organised by the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in Finland and HELCOM, to celebrate the arrival of the Save The Baltic Sea expedition to Helsinki.
Programme
10:00 Opening words
H.E. Edvilas Raudonikis, Ambassador of Lithuania to Finland
Virginijus Sinkevičius, MEP, Vice President of Greens/EFA group, former European Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries
Antton Keto, Programme Manager, Department of the Natural Environment, Water Resources and Marine Protection Unit, Ministry of the Environment, Finland
Rüdiger Strempel, Executive Secretary, HELCOM
10:30 Setting the scene
Ieva Gumuliauskaitė, Dovilė Jadenkutė and Giedrius Bučas, Save The Baltic Sea campaign:
Our journey
Sari Luostarinen, Principal Specialist, Natural Resources Institute of Finland: Overview of the relationship between agricultural practices, eutrophication and the state of the Baltic Sea
11:00 Panel discussion: What can we do?
Moderated by Lotta Ruokanen, Professional Secretary, HELCOM
Maria Staniszewska and Mikhail Durkin, Coalition Clean Baltic (CCB): Consumers’ options for making an impact
Niels Peter Pretzmann, Founder, Framers Circle: Farmers balancing between consumers and policy
Eija Hagelberg, Senior Specialist, Ministry of the Environment, Finland: Policymakers’ role
Sari Luostarinen, Principal Specialist, Natural Resources Institute of Finland
11.55 Closing words
Vitalijus Auglys, Head of Pollution Prevention Policy Group, Ministry of Environment, Lithuania, Chair of HELCOM 2024-2026
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