Agriculture
Ecological Focus Areas – Crucial for biodiversity in the agricultural landscape!
Position of the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, the German Federal Environment Agency and the Agriculture Commission at the German Federal Environment Agency (KLU) on the issue of the national implementation of ecological focus areas
With its reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), the EU Commission strives for not only a fairer distribution of agricultural funds but, in particular, for a more environmentally friendly, a “greener” CAP. The dramatic decline in farmland biodiversity, persistently high nutrient deposition in soils and watercourses, and European as well as global biodiversity targets demonstrate the need f…weiterlesen