How can the European Common Agricultural Policy help halt biodiversity loss? Recommendations by over 300 experts
Abstract The European Union's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has not halted farmland biodiversity loss. The CAP post‐2023 has a new ‘‘Green Architecture,’’ including the new ‘‘Eco‐scheme’’ instrument. How can this new Green Architecture help tackle the biodiversity crisis? Through 13 workshop...
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| author | Guy Pe'er John A. Finn Mario Díaz Maren Birkenstock Sebastian Lakner Norbert Röder Yanka Kazakova Tanja Šumrada Peter Bezák Elena D. Concepción Juliana Dänhardt Manuel B. Morales Ilona Rac Jana Špulerová Stefan Schindler Menelaos Stavrinides Stefano Targetti Davide Viaggi Ioannis N. Vogiatzakis Hervé Guyomard |
| author_facet | Guy Pe'er John A. Finn Mario Díaz Maren Birkenstock Sebastian Lakner Norbert Röder Yanka Kazakova Tanja Šumrada Peter Bezák Elena D. Concepción Juliana Dänhardt Manuel B. Morales Ilona Rac Jana Špulerová Stefan Schindler Menelaos Stavrinides Stefano Targetti Davide Viaggi Ioannis N. Vogiatzakis Hervé Guyomard |
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| description | Abstract The European Union's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has not halted farmland biodiversity loss. The CAP post‐2023 has a new ‘‘Green Architecture,’’ including the new ‘‘Eco‐scheme’’ instrument. How can this new Green Architecture help tackle the biodiversity crisis? Through 13 workshops and an online survey, over 300 experts from 23 European Member States addressed this question. From experts’ contributions, key principles for success include preserving and restoring (semi)natural elements and extensive grasslands; improving spatial planning and landscape‐scale implementation, including through collective actions; implementing result‐based approaches; and improved knowledge exchange. To maximize the effectiveness of Eco‐scheme for biodiversity, experts highlighted the need to prioritize evidence‐based actions, allocate a sufficient budget for biodiversity, and incentivize management improvements through higher payment levels. Additionally, stronger coherence is needed among CAP instruments. For effective CAP implementation, the European Commission and the Member States should expand investments in biodiversity monitoring, knowledge transfer, and capacity‐building within relevant institutions. The remaining risks in the CAP's ability to reverse the loss of farmland biodiversity still require better design, closer monitoring, greater transparency, and better engagement with farmers. Additionally, greater involvement of scientists is needed to guide the CAP toward restoring farmland biodiversity while accounting for synergies and trade‐offs with other objectives. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-982250f1ffa742acbb884c888fdceaed2022-12-30T08:28:38ZengWileyConservation Letters1755-263X2022-11-01156n/an/a10.1111/conl.12901How can the European Common Agricultural Policy help halt biodiversity loss? Recommendations by over 300 expertsGuy Pe'er0John A. Finn1Mario Díaz2Maren Birkenstock3Sebastian Lakner4Norbert Röder5Yanka Kazakova6Tanja Šumrada7Peter Bezák8Elena D. Concepción9Juliana Dänhardt10Manuel B. Morales11Ilona Rac12Jana Špulerová13Stefan Schindler14Menelaos Stavrinides15Stefano Targetti16Davide Viaggi17Ioannis N. Vogiatzakis18Hervé Guyomard19German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle‐Jena‐Leipzig Leipzig GermanyTeagasc, Environment, Soils and Land Use Department Johnstown Castle Wexford IrelandMuseo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Department of Biogeography and Global Change (BGC–MNCN) Madrid SpainThünen Institute of Rural Studies, Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas Forestry and Fisheries Braunschweig GermanyFaculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, chair of Agricultural Economics University of Rostock Rostock GermanyThünen Institute of Rural Studies, Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas Forestry and Fisheries Braunschweig GermanyDepartment of Economics of Natural Resources University of National and World Economy Sofia BulgariaBiotechnical Faculty University of Ljubljana Ljubljana SloveniaInstitute of Landscape Ecology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (ILE SAS) Nitra SlovakiaMuseo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Department of Biogeography and Global Change (BGC–MNCN) Madrid SpainCentre for Environmental and Climate Science Lund University Lund SwedenDepartment of Ecology and Research Center for Biodiversity and Global Change Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Madrid SpainBiotechnical Faculty University of Ljubljana Ljubljana SloveniaInstitute of Landscape Ecology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (ILE SAS) Bratislava SlovakiaEnvironment Agency Austria Vienna AustriaDepartment of Agricultural Sciences, Biotechnology and Food Science Cyprus University of Technology Limassol CyprusDepartment of Agricultural and Food Sciences University of Bologna Viale Fanin ItalyDepartment of Agricultural and Food Sciences University of Bologna Viale Fanin ItalyFaculty of Pure and Applied Sciences Open University of Cyprus Nicosia CyprusINRAE Centre de Bretagne‐Normandie, SDAR Paris FranceAbstract The European Union's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has not halted farmland biodiversity loss. The CAP post‐2023 has a new ‘‘Green Architecture,’’ including the new ‘‘Eco‐scheme’’ instrument. How can this new Green Architecture help tackle the biodiversity crisis? Through 13 workshops and an online survey, over 300 experts from 23 European Member States addressed this question. From experts’ contributions, key principles for success include preserving and restoring (semi)natural elements and extensive grasslands; improving spatial planning and landscape‐scale implementation, including through collective actions; implementing result‐based approaches; and improved knowledge exchange. To maximize the effectiveness of Eco‐scheme for biodiversity, experts highlighted the need to prioritize evidence‐based actions, allocate a sufficient budget for biodiversity, and incentivize management improvements through higher payment levels. Additionally, stronger coherence is needed among CAP instruments. For effective CAP implementation, the European Commission and the Member States should expand investments in biodiversity monitoring, knowledge transfer, and capacity‐building within relevant institutions. The remaining risks in the CAP's ability to reverse the loss of farmland biodiversity still require better design, closer monitoring, greater transparency, and better engagement with farmers. Additionally, greater involvement of scientists is needed to guide the CAP toward restoring farmland biodiversity while accounting for synergies and trade‐offs with other objectives.https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12901agri‐environment‐climate measuresCommon Agricultural PolicyEco‐schemesEuropean Unionfarmland biodiversitygreen architecture |
| spellingShingle | Guy Pe'er John A. Finn Mario Díaz Maren Birkenstock Sebastian Lakner Norbert Röder Yanka Kazakova Tanja Šumrada Peter Bezák Elena D. Concepción Juliana Dänhardt Manuel B. Morales Ilona Rac Jana Špulerová Stefan Schindler Menelaos Stavrinides Stefano Targetti Davide Viaggi Ioannis N. Vogiatzakis Hervé Guyomard How can the European Common Agricultural Policy help halt biodiversity loss? Recommendations by over 300 experts Conservation Letters agri‐environment‐climate measures Common Agricultural Policy Eco‐schemes European Union farmland biodiversity green architecture |
| title | How can the European Common Agricultural Policy help halt biodiversity loss? Recommendations by over 300 experts |
| title_full | How can the European Common Agricultural Policy help halt biodiversity loss? Recommendations by over 300 experts |
| title_fullStr | How can the European Common Agricultural Policy help halt biodiversity loss? Recommendations by over 300 experts |
| title_full_unstemmed | How can the European Common Agricultural Policy help halt biodiversity loss? Recommendations by over 300 experts |
| title_short | How can the European Common Agricultural Policy help halt biodiversity loss? Recommendations by over 300 experts |
| title_sort | how can the european common agricultural policy help halt biodiversity loss recommendations by over 300 experts |
| topic | agri‐environment‐climate measures Common Agricultural Policy Eco‐schemes European Union farmland biodiversity green architecture |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12901 |
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