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Harnessing the biodiversity value of Central and Eastern European farmland
A large proportion of European biodiversity today depends on habitat provided by low‐intensity farming practices, yet this resource is declining as European agriculture intensifies. Within the European Union, particularly the central and eastern new member states have retained relatively large areas of species‐rich farmland, but despite increased investment in nature conservation here in recent years, farmland biodiversity trends appear to be worsening. Although the high biodiversity value of Central and Eastern European farmland has long been reported, the amount of research in the international literature focused on farmland biodiversity in this region remains comparatively tiny, and measures within the EU Common Agricultural Policy are relatively poorly adapted to support it. In this opinion study, we argue that, 10 years after the accession of the first eastern EU new member states, the continued under‐representation of the low‐intensity farmland in Central and Eastern Europe in the international literature and EU policy is impeding the development of sound, evidence‐based conservation interventions. The biodiversity benefits for Europe of existing low‐intensity farmland, particularly in the central and eastern states, should be harnessed before they are lost. Instead of waiting for species‐rich farmland to further decline, targeted research and monitoring to create locally appropriate conservation strategies for these habitats is needed now. Volkswagen Foundation
Microsoft Academic Graph classification: Ecology European union media_common.cataloged_instance media_common Common Agricultural Policy Resource (biology) Accession Biodiversity Agricultural land Agriculture business.industry business Eastern european
Agricultural intensification, Agri-environment schemes, Common agricultural policy, European Union, High nature value farmland, Medio Ambiente, Environmental science, Agricultural intensification, Agri-environment schemes, Common agricultural policy, European Union, High nature value farmland, Medio Ambiente, Environmental science, Agricultural intensification; agri-environment schemes; common agricultural policy; European Union; high nature value farmland, PE&RC, Animal Ecology, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, agri-environmental measures, bird populations, buntings miliaria-calandra, conservation, eu accession, intensification, land-use intensity, member states, species richness, Dierecologie, /dk/atira/pure/core/keywords/biology, Ecosystems Research, Agricultural intensification; agri-environment schemes; common agricultural policy; European Union; high nature value farmland, agri environment schemes, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], [SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences, 4111 Agronomy, 1172 Environmental sciences, 1181 Ecology, evolutionary biology, Agricultural intensification, agri-environment schemes, common agricultural policy, European Union, high nature value farmland, 570 Life sciences; biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Agricultural intensification, Agri-environment schemes, Common agricultural policy, European Union, High nature value farmland, Medio Ambiente, Environmental science, Agricultural intensification, Agri-environment schemes, Common agricultural policy, European Union, High nature value farmland, Medio Ambiente, Environmental science, Agricultural intensification; agri-environment schemes; common agricultural policy; European Union; high nature value farmland, PE&RC, Animal Ecology, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, agri-environmental measures, bird populations, buntings miliaria-calandra, conservation, eu accession, intensification, land-use intensity, member states, species richness, Dierecologie, /dk/atira/pure/core/keywords/biology, Ecosystems Research, Agricultural intensification; agri-environment schemes; common agricultural policy; European Union; high nature value farmland, agri environment schemes, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], [SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences, 4111 Agronomy, 1172 Environmental sciences, 1181 Ecology, evolutionary biology, Agricultural intensification, agri-environment schemes, common agricultural policy, European Union, high nature value farmland, 570 Life sciences; biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Microsoft Academic Graph classification: Ecology European union media_common.cataloged_instance media_common Common Agricultural Policy Resource (biology) Accession Biodiversity Agricultural land Agriculture business.industry business Eastern european
- University of Maribor Slovenia
- University of Siena Italy
- University of Tartu Estonia
- University of Zagreb Croatia
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences Hungary
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- UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
- NE/J500665/1
- NERC
- University of Maribor Slovenia
- University of Siena Italy
- University of Tartu Estonia
- University of Zagreb Croatia
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences Hungary
- University of Münster Germany
- Slovak Academy of Sciences Slovakia
- University of Lisbon Portugal
- UNIVERZA V MARIBORU Slovenia
- University of Cambridge United Kingdom
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Germany
- University of Helsinki Finland
- Babeș-Bolyai University Romania
- Universität Lüneburg Germany
- University of East Anglia United Kingdom
- French National Institute for Agricultural Research France
- University of Bonn Germany
- Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Bulgaria
- Aleksandras Stulginskis University Lithuania
- University of Bern Switzerland
- University of Alcalá Spain
- Université Paris Diderot France
- Autonomous University of Barcelona Spain
- University of Göttingen Germany
- Stockholm University Sweden
- University of Latvia Latvia
- Butterfly Conservation United Kingdom
A large proportion of European biodiversity today depends on habitat provided by low‐intensity farming practices, yet this resource is declining as European agriculture intensifies. Within the European Union, particularly the central and eastern new member states have retained relatively large areas of species‐rich farmland, but despite increased investment in nature conservation here in recent years, farmland biodiversity trends appear to be worsening. Although the high biodiversity value of Central and Eastern European farmland has long been reported, the amount of research in the international literature focused on farmland biodiversity in this region remains comparatively tiny, and measures within the EU Common Agricultural Policy are relatively poorly adapted to support it. In this opinion study, we argue that, 10 years after the accession of the first eastern EU new member states, the continued under‐representation of the low‐intensity farmland in Central and Eastern Europe in the international literature and EU policy is impeding the development of sound, evidence‐based conservation interventions. The biodiversity benefits for Europe of existing low‐intensity farmland, particularly in the central and eastern states, should be harnessed before they are lost. Instead of waiting for species‐rich farmland to further decline, targeted research and monitoring to create locally appropriate conservation strategies for these habitats is needed now. Volkswagen Foundation