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How can an agri-environmental scheme be designed for farmland bird protection, and what does it mean for the CAP 2023–2027?

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Title How can an agri-environmental scheme be designed for farmland bird protection, and what does it mean for the CAP 2023–2027?
 
Creator Buschmann, Christoph
Narjes, Manuel
Röder, Norbert
 
Subject biodiversity
protection
nature conservation
agricultural policies
farmers
farmland
vanellus vanellus
 
Description Biodiversity loss is recognized as a major global threat. The European Commission has addressed this issue with vigour in its current strategy papers. Farmland birds, such as the lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), whose population has been rapidly declining in Germany, have been particularly affected. To date, the European Union has tried to tackle the problem of biodiversity loss mainly with voluntary agri-environmental schemes (AESs), which are financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD). However, only a small fraction of agricultural land is enrolled in such programs. We identify the possible drivers and inhibitors of farmers’ acceptance of a potential AES that, if introduced, could contribute to lapwing conservation. Our analysis is based on a discrete choice experiment conducted with 252 arable farmers in Germany. The results suggest that scheme attributes tied with EAFRD compliance, i.e., a minimum participation period of five years and the nature of the relevant sanctions regime, reduce farmers’ potential acceptance of the proposed AES. Furthermore, farmers and farm characteristics have an influence on preferences for specific AES attributes. Finally, this article outlines how the identified weaknesses of AES may be addressed in the new “Green Architecture” of the Common Agricultural Policy 2023–2027.
 
Date 2023-06
2023-06-06T09:13:14Z
2023-06-06T09:13:14Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Buschmann, C.; Narjes, M.; Röder, N. (2023) How can an agri-environmental scheme be designed for farmland bird protection, and what does it mean for the CAP 2023–2027? Journal for Nature Conservation 73: 126418. ISSN: 161:7-1381
1617-1381
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130655
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2023.126418
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 126418
application/pdf
 
Publisher Elsevier BV
 
Source Journal for Nature Conservation