Environmental strategies on livestock farms: Results obtained after evaluation
Tuesday, May 20, 2014 - 19:02
in Earth & Climate
The effectiveness of technologies and practices used on livestock farms in the European Atlantic region are being evaluated in order to reduce their environmental impact on the air, water and soil. In connection with the environmental problems involved in livestock production, the EU 2010/75/EC Directive seeks to regulate all forms of emission into the atmosphere, water and soil coming from intensive livestock farms (farms with a population of over 40,000 hens, 2,000 fattening pigs or 750 sows), and makes the obtaining of comprehensive environmental authorization compulsory.