For the sake of the environment
Saturday 27 May 2023 (14:30)
Today, within the walls of the Academy of Social and Media Culture in Toruń, the conference “Contemporary Challenges of Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development” is taking place.
The event was preceded by Holy Mass at 7.00 a.m. at the Shrine of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Star of the New Evangelization and Saint John Paul II in Toruń.
The conference opened prof. Maria Laska, Vice President of the Academy of Social and Media Culture, who emphasized the essence of the meeting, noting that environmental protection is now very important. She also mentioned the relationship with the University of Professor Jan Szysko, who established a postgraduate course such as environmental policy.
The first speaker was Dr. Pałwisz Sasek, Adviser to the President of the Republic of Poland on Environmental Protection, Climate Policy and Sustainable Development. Presented the topic “Environment, Nature, Forests – Comitology in the European Union, TFEU Treaty, CJEU Provisions”.
– Dr. Bawish Sayek indicated that what is being excluded today, i.e. spatial management and water management, is only the competence of the state, and the European Union wants to include it in mixed competences.
The letter was taken by prof. Dr. Hap. Janusz Wojdalski of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences with a lecture entitled “Agro-Food Industry in the Context of Circular Economy”.
Bioeconomics is a field of activity that covers the production and processing of renewable biological raw materials and the conversion of waste generated in the process of processing them into products of positive value, such as food, bioproducts, feed and bioenergy. (…]A bioeconomy is part of sustainable and sustainable development – explained prof.
In turn, Dr. Katarzyna Szysko Podgorska of the Society for Sustainable Development in Poland is named after prof. doctor. Hap. Jana Shishko gave a lecture entitled “The Impact of Human Activity on the Species Richness of Animals”.
“What if there is no man?” This is an important question in connection with the prevailing ideological belief that humans have a negative impact on diversity and the environment.
– And the doctor noted that if there were no people, the forest environment would prevail in the area. They are now only rare and can be found in national parks or nature reserves. Man began to build dams, dams, and use sprays to protect various plants, or put out fires. Thanks to this, agriculture and hunting developed, for example. (…]Nature protects biodiversity through environmental disasters, and man through use – explained Dr. Katarzyna Szysko-Podgorska.
Another speaker – Dr. Marek Kondras from Warsaw University of Life Sciences gave a lecture on different forms of land use and the effectiveness of carbon dioxide sequestration.
In Europe, the annual average carbon sequestration in forest biomass, soils and forest products is estimated to be 719 million tonnes between 2005 and 2015.
– With proper environmental management, we can contribute to reducing the concentration of carbon dioxide in the air – said Dr. Marek Kondras.
Ms. Krystyna Szyszko featured her late husband’s material, which appeared in his articles, statements, and interviews. The address of the speech was “Sustainable development in terms of the late. Prof. Jan Szyszko.
– Along with the economic development in many parts of the world, the state of the natural environment has deteriorated, causing problems for the world. The biggest ones are the lack of potable water – in terms of quality and availability – and the lack of quality air, the loss of biodiversity, hunger and related population migrations. The spokesman pointed out that the direct causes include deforestation and the degradation of forests and agricultural soils.
