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    Analysis of farmers social networks identifies important stakeholders for biodiversity conservation

    22.11.2016By: European Commission DG Environment

    Stakeholder support is essential to the success of environmental policies. A recent study has identified stakeholders that can promote biodiversity in European agricultural landscapes. The researchers found farmers were the most influential group of stakeholders, as they make the final decisions on land use. In turn, farmers are influenced in their decisions by a number of actors whose influence is perceived differently on a local and Regional level.

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  • Agroforestry delivers more ecosystem services than conventional land uses

    Agroforestry delivers more ecosystem services than conventional land uses

    02.11.2016By: European Commission DG Environment

    Agroforestry — managing trees alongside crop or animal-production systems — has been proposed as a means of protecting biodiversity and enhancing ecosystem service supply. A study bringing together evidence has confirmed that agroforestry does have an overall positive effect over conventional (separate) agriculture and forestry. Its environmental benefits, which should be considered in rural planning policy, include reduced nutrient run-off and soil erosion, and biodiversity protection.

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  • Greenhouse gas emissions from Agriculture, Forestry and other Land Use

    Greenhouse gas emissions from Agriculture, Forestry and other Land Use

    29.09.2016

    Food Security and Agriculture face major challenges under climate change, in terms of expected negative impacts on productivity as well as implementation of sectoral actions to limit global warming. Agriculture's greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise – although not as fast as emissions from other human activities. Better national data on emissions from farming, livestock-raising, fisheries and forestry can help countries identify opportunities for reducing emissions while addressing their food security, resilience and rural development goals – and gain access to global funding to pursue them.

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  • Global Forest Resources Assessment - FAO

    Global Forest Resources Assessment - FAO

    04.04.2016By: FAO Forestal

    How are the world’s forests changing?
    Forested areas have decreased but rate of net forest loss has been cut by 50%.

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