Good professional practice

As good agricultural practice (GAP) in is German law, compliance with certain principles of animal and environmental protection in agriculture , forestry and fisheries , respectively.

Good professional practice can be seen as a framework for action. It represents a basic strategy and includes the measures that

• are regarded as secure in science
• are recognized as suitable, appropriate and necessary based on practical experience
• be recommended by the official advice and
• are known to knowledgeable users

Agriculture

Part of good agricultural practice

• a site-specific management ,
• the protection and connection of biotopes ,
• animal husbandry that is balanced in relation to the cultivated area ,
• the protection of grassland in certain areas,
• the conservation of soil , water , flora and fauna as well
• Records of the use of fertilizers and pesticides .

According to §2a of the German Plant Protection Act, plant protection may only be carried out according to good professional practice. Good professional practice serves on the one hand "to maintain the health and quality assurance of plants and plant products", on the other hand "to ward off dangers caused by the use, storage and other handling of plant protection products or other plant protection measures, in particular for human health and animals and for the natural balance ”.

Good professional practice is a basic strategy in crop protection.

To date, good professional practice in agriculture has led to a loss and threat to biodiversity and soil fertility .

forestry

In forestry, natural forests are to be sought and deforestation is to be avoided.

fishing

The fishery has to protect natural waters and riparian zones as habitats for native animals and plants and to refrain from stocking with non-native animal species and to observe the fairness of hunting .

The following regulations contain principles of good professional practice:

• Section 5 of the Federal Nature Conservation Act
• Section 17 of the Federal Soil Protection Act
• Section 3 of the Plant Protection Act

See also

• State of the art , state of science , good practice
• Good agricultural practice

Individual evidence

1. ^ Gesine Hellberg-Rode: Soil erosion . Hypersoil project - University of Muenster. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
2. ↑ Rostock Botanical Garden . Rostock University. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
3. ↑ As of February 1, 2015 1 Humus and soil fertility . Chamber of Agriculture North Rhine-Westphalia. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
4. ↑ Soils are threatened with loss of fertility . Deutscher Landwirtschaftsverlag GmbH. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
5. ↑ The soil is alive - but it is in danger . FiBL Germany eV. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
6. ↑ Karsten Weitzenegger: Challenges to 2030 in and on Germany through the SDG . SID Hamburg. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
7. ↑ Endangerment of biodiversity . Federal Environment Agency. Retrieved December 3, 2015.

Web links

• Good Professional Practice - To standardize behavior. In: Nature and Law. 26, 2004, p. 725, doi : 10.1007 / s10357-004-0484-0 .
• Good professional practice in crop protection

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