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WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme panda/dcpo

WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme www.panda.org/dcpo. Recognizing the European Importance of High Nature Value Farmlands The case of Galati 17-18 April 2008. WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme www.panda.org/dcpo. Objectives of the workshop.

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WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme panda/dcpo

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  1. WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme www.panda.org/dcpo Recognizing the European Importance of High Nature Value Farmlands The case of Galati 17-18 April 2008

  2. WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme www.panda.org/dcpo Objectives of the workshop • illustrating at a local level, for the benefit of both policy makers and farmers, what HNV farmland concept means on the ground in Galati, and • b) drawing a series of lessons and questions for the currently evolving policy framework in Romania and EC

  3. WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme www.panda.org/dcpo The workshop Organizers: • The European Forum for Nature Conservation and Pastoralism • WWF Danube Carpathian Programme Romania Donor: • The BBI Matra Programme of the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture

  4. WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme www.panda.org/dcpo The Political Framework for High Nature Value Farming

  5. WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme www.panda.org/dcpo The Political Framework Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Agreed in 1992, Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, • Three main goals: • The conservation of biodiversity; • Sustainable use of the components of biodiversity; and • Sharing the benefits arising from the commercial and other utilisation of genetic resources in a fair and equitable way

  6. WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme www.panda.org/dcpo The Political Framework Environment for Europe Conference, Kiev (2003) European Environmental Ministers agreed the following targets: By 2006, identify, using agreed criteria, all high nature value areas in agricultural ecosystems in the pan European region By 2008, a substantial proportion of these areas will be under biodiversity-sensitive management by using appropriate mechanisms such as rural development instruments, agri-environmental programs and organic agriculture, to inter alia support their economic and ecological viability. By 2008, financial subsidy and incentive schemes for agriculture in the pan-European region will take the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity into consideration

  7. WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme www.panda.org/dcpo The Political Framework European Agriculture Fund for Rural Development(2007-2013) • Explicit request for member states to address the issues of: • Biodiversity, and the preservation of high nature value farming and forestry systems, • Water, • Climate change.

  8. WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme www.panda.org/dcpo The Political Framework European Environment Agency and Joint Research Center 1st mapping exercise to identify HNV farming areas: initially in the EU-15 Member States, and the results published in 2004; 2nd mapping included 25+2 (Bulgaria and Romania); results in 2006 DG Agri HNVF Indicator study

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