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Title: LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY BUSINESS PRACTICE IN THE BIOREGION ESTABLISHMENT CONTEXT IN LATVIA

LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY BUSINESS PRACTICE IN THE BIOREGION ESTABLISHMENT CONTEXT IN LATVIA
Dace Kaufmane; Daniela Proskina; Liga Proskina; Kaspars Naglis-Liepa
10.5593/sgem2024/5.1
1314-2704
English
24
5.1
•    Prof. DSc. Oleksandr Trofymchuk, UKRAINE 
•    Prof. Dr. hab. oec. Baiba Rivza, LATVIA
Many UN and EU agreements binding on Latvia are aimed at sustainable development, biodiversity and mitigating climate change. In this context, one of the solutions is the development of concepts of bioregions or organic farming regions because the bioregion involves the principles and techniques of organic production and consumption and is characterised by an “organic” lifestyle, healthy nutrition, human relations, nature protection as well as the promotion of a particular area and the peculiarities thereof. Philosophically, rural development policy is based on the idea of balance. In globalised systems, small and local companies are pushed out of the market, which is distributed between large market actors; however, the bioregional approach is aimed at fostering the local economy through developing the rural environment in a particular area, protecting natural resources and biodiversity as well as preserving scenic values and the quality of the cultural environment. The development of a bioregion represents an activity, progress towards the goal and a dynamic process that is planned and evaluated using various criteria, guidelines and restrictions. Environmentally friendly business practice is a set of prerequisites that a business needs to meet in order not to cause damage to the environment. The relevant legal framework is essential to ensure the sustainable use and preservation of natural resources, as well as to promote regional cooperation and sustainable development. In view of the fact that bioregions are a new concept in Latvia, the present research aims to identify and analyse documents that govern environmentally friendly business practices in potential bioregions in Latvia.
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conference
Proceedings of 24th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2024
24th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2024, 1 - 7 July, 2024
Proceedings Paper
STEF92 Technology
International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference Surveying Geology and Mining Ecology Management, SGEM
SWS Scholarly Society; Acad Sci Czech Republ; Latvian Acad Sci; Polish Acad Sci; Russian Acad Sci; Serbian Acad Sci and Arts; Natl Acad Sci Ukraine; Natl Acad Sci Armenia; Sci Council Japan; European Acad Sci, Arts and Letters; Acad Fine Arts Zagreb Croatia; Croatian Acad Sci and Arts; Acad Sci Moldova; Montenegrin Acad Sci and Arts; Georgian Acad Sci; Acad Fine Arts and Design Bratislava; Russian Acad Arts; Turkish Acad Sci.
563-570
1 - 7 July, 2024
website
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bioregion, environmentally friendly business practice, legal framework.

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