Effectief agrarisch natuurbeheer (KB-14-002-041)

The increasing pressure on remaining natural areas and limited conservation budgets invoke the need for scientific underpinning of questions addressing the amount of natural elements needed for biodiversity preservation, especially when this nature is interwoven with other land use forms such as agriculture. Moreover, spatial targeting of conservation measures would help to provide positive biodiversity effects at lower costs. In this study, we will provide two desicion support instruments that can be used to find optimal locations and measures in the framework of agri-environmental schemes at two different spatial scales (few farms to regional/national scale).