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In this context, LRF would like to draw attention to the Swedish Board of
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Agriculture's proposed action to reduce nutrient losses and greenhouse gas emissions
from agriculture, published 2010. It points out that it could foresee actions that might
reduce emissions from agriculture much more than the eight percent that the proposal
aim for but that this hardly makes sense as long as consumption patterns remain the
same: "Nothing is gained if production moves and operates with equal or greater
impact elsewhere. " This reasoning is based on the overarching new Generational goal
in the national system of environmental quality objectives: “The overall goal of
Swedish environmental policy is to hand over to the next generation a society in which
the major environmental problems in Sweden have been solved, without increasing
environmental and health problems outside Sweden’s borders. "
3.5.2 LRF's proposals
Sweden needs to pursue a more action-oriented policy based on all the relevant knowledge,
cost-effectiveness and impact assessments. LRF wants to contribute actively and
constructively to such a policy, and therefore wish that the Government urgently to take a
holistic approach and work with both the LRF and other stakeholders so that the Baltic Sea
can be restored in the quickest and most cost-effective way. Some additional examples of
proposals to the Government, in addition to the more comprehensive proposals presented
above, are as follows:
Ensure an efficient, cost-effective coordination of measures to reduce eutrophication in
the Baltic Sea within Sweden's national action program under the EU Water Framework
Directive, the Marine Strategy Framework Directive and the HELCOM BSAP.
In various ways, stimulate, inspire and ensure that the Baltic Sea countries try to fund and
execute joint efforts to combat eutrophication within the Rural Development Program
(Second pillar of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy).
Ensure that Swedish LOVA funding for local water projects from 2014 onwards at least
are raised to previous levels and targeting the eutrophication problem.
Ensure continued support to Baltic Deal, a major, international collaboration project to
improve farmers’ and advisors' knowledge of agri-environmental issues around the Baltic
Sea with a focus on nutrient management.