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To what extent does the European common agricultural policy affect key landscape determinants of biodiversity?

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dc.contributor.authorPardo, Adara
dc.contributor.authorRolo, Víctor
dc.contributor.authorConcepción, Elena D.
dc.contributor.authorDíaz, Mario
dc.contributor.authorKazakova, Yanka
dc.contributor.authorStefanova, Vyara
dc.contributor.authorMarsden, Katrina
dc.contributor.authorBrandt, Katharina
dc.contributor.authorJay, Marion
dc.contributor.authorPiskol, Stephan
dc.contributor.authorOppermann, Rainer
dc.contributor.authorSchraml, Antonia
dc.contributor.authorMoreno, Gerardo
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-14T11:40:53Z
dc.date.available2021-05-14T11:40:53Z
dc.date.issued2020-12
dc.description.abstractAgricultural intensification continues to threaten habitat and biological diversity in farmland. In Europe, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has established several measures to support biodiversity-fostering elements such as landscape features, semi-natural habitats and extensive land uses, together referred to as Green and Blue Infrastructure (GBI). However, CAP measures’ effectiveness to support GBI has not been accurately evaluated yet. We assess GBI occurrence across a variety of European agricultural systems covering a gradient of farming intensity and analyse to what extent the CAP is supporting their presence by enhancing farmer's awareness and the uptake of measures that foster GBI. We carried out habitat surveys in 115 Landscape Test Squares (LTS) of 500m × 500m in six case study areas, including arable land, pastures and mixed farming systems in Spain, Germany and Bulgaria. We mapped GBI including small landscape elements, in-field elements (both semi-natural and productive) and connectivity features. We used historical imagery to map changes on GBI occurrence in LTS from 2012 to 2018. We also used questionnaires with farmers and stakeholders on their GBI awareness and compared their answers to elements mapped. Results showed that landscape and in-field GBI occurrence was higher in extensive than in intensive farming systems regardless of the region, whereas the opposite was found for connectivity features (e.g. grassy strips). The analysis of habitat changes showed a small increase of certain biodiversity-fostering in-field GBI, but no substantial change in connectivity features or landscape elements. Moreover, a significant reduction of valuable GBI like grasslands was observed. There were several mismatches between the patterns of GBI identified by farmers and stakeholders and their mapped abundances. Our results indicate that the CAP has not substantially increased the availability of biodiversity-fostering GBI in these regions and that adopted features were mostly related to neutral or negative effects on biodiversity. Farmers’ perception of GBI features seems driven by production management decisions rather than by biodiversity concerns.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work is a contribution to the projects BIOGEA 'Testing BIOdiversity Gain of European Agriculture with CAP greening' (BiodivERsA3-2015-180), funded by the Spanish National Research Agency, the Bulgarian Science Fund, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, and the European Commission within the ERA-Net BiodivERsA Co-Fund scheme, and REMEDINAL TE-CM (52018/EMT-4338). A.P. is recipient of a postdoctoral fellowship funded by the Regional Government of Extremadura (P017006) and co-funded by the European Social Fund (ESF) of the European Union. V.R. was supported by Regional Government of Extremadura (TA18022). E.D.C. is recipient of a Juan de la Cierva-IncorporaciOn postdoctoral fellowship (IJCI-2016-30964) from the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationPardo, A., Rolo, V., Concepción, E.D., Díaz, M., Kazakova, Y., Stefanova, V., Marsden, K., Brandt, K., Jay, M., Piskol, S., Oppermann, R., Schraml, A. & Moreno, G. (2020). To what extent does the European common agricultural policy affect key landscape determinants of biodiversity? "Environmental Science and Policy", 114, 595-605. DOI:10.1016/j.envsci.2020.09.023en
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.envsci.2020.09.023pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn1462-9011 (Online)
dc.identifier.issn1873-6416
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/239128
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/5914
dc.identifier.wos000591437100008
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherElsevierpt_PT
dc.relationConsolidating the European Research Area on biodiversity and ecosystem services
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1462901120313423pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectFarmers Awarenessen
dc.subjectFarmland Speciesen
dc.subjectGreen and Blue Infrastructureen
dc.subjectGreeningen
dc.titleTo what extent does the European common agricultural policy affect key landscape determinants of biodiversity?en
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.awardTitleConsolidating the European Research Area on biodiversity and ecosystem services
oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/642420/EU
oaire.citation.conferencePlaceNetherlandspt_PT
oaire.citation.endPage605pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage595pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleEnvironmental Science & Policyen
oaire.citation.volume114pt_PT
oaire.fundingStreamH2020
person.familyNamePardo
person.givenNameAdara
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project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100008530
project.funder.nameEuropean Commission
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