EU agricultural reform fails on biodiversity

G. Pe'er; L.V. Dicks; A. Visconti; R. Arlettaz; A. Baldi; D. Kleijn; A.V. Scott

doi:10.1126/science.1253425

EU agricultural reform fails on biodiversity

G. Pe'er, L.V. Dicks, A. Visconti, R. Arlettaz, A. Baldi, D. Kleijn, A.V. Scott

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Abstract

In December 2013, the European Union (EU) enacted the reformed Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for 2014–2020, allocating almost 40% of the EU's budget and influencing management of half of its terrestrial area. Many EU politicians are announcing the new CAP as “greener,” but the new environmental prescriptions are so diluted that they are unlikely to benefit biodiversity. Individual Member States (MSs), however, can still use flexibility granted by the new CAP to design national plans to protect farmland habitats and species and to ensure long-term provision of ecosystem services.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1090-1092
Journal	Science
Volume	344
Issue number	6188
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1253425
Publication status	Published - 2014

Keywords

agri-environment schemes
farmland biodiversity
habitat heterogeneity
population trends
food security
conservation
europe
management
birds
intensification

UN SDGs

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Kleijn, D.
1/01/14 → 31/12/14
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