agriculture - Reverse, European Project to Preserve Biodiversity
agriculture - Reverse, European Project to Preserve Biodiversity
agriculture - Reverse, European Project to Preserve Biodiversity
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CHALLENGE 1 26<br />
SYNERGIES BETWEEN AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AND BIODIVERSITY<br />
Develop an <strong>European</strong> Farm Evaluation System (EFES) <strong>to</strong> assess the impact of the agricultural<br />
production process and farm management on biodiversity. EFES should be developed on the basis<br />
of indica<strong>to</strong>rs proposed by EEA in the framework of EU <strong>Biodiversity</strong> Strategy 2020 “Our life insurance,<br />
our natural capital”<br />
Link public financial support <strong>to</strong> good agricultural practices related <strong>to</strong> biodiversity conservation<br />
Increase the protection level of and economic support <strong>to</strong> High Nature Value Farmland (HNVF)<br />
in <strong>European</strong> countries<br />
Raise awareness in the agricultural sec<strong>to</strong>r and in public society about the importance of preserving<br />
natural and cultivated biodiversity<br />
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CONSERVATION AND PROMOTION OF AGROBIODIVERSITY<br />
<strong>Preserve</strong> and maintain biodiversity from existing genetic resources for food and <strong>agriculture</strong><br />
as well as the heritage of knowledge and culture linked <strong>to</strong> them<br />
Set up and support <strong>European</strong> networks of stakeholders working on the conservation,<br />
enhancement and management of agrobiodiversity, in order <strong>to</strong> encourage regional and national initiatives<br />
and create new entities, also encouraging knowledge transfer on in situ and ex situ conservation<br />
Establish a clear <strong>European</strong> legal framework, within the review of legislation on marketing of seeds<br />
and propagating material, which will recognize farmers’ right <strong>to</strong> exchange and market their own propagation<br />
material (seeds, bulbs, tubers) for biodiversity conservation, dynamic management or plant breeding purposes,<br />
without satisfying the stringent legal requirements currently in force<br />
Promote dynamic on-farm conservation of genetic resources, applying pro<strong>to</strong>cols of participa<strong>to</strong>ry plant breeding<br />
Implement and promote specific marketing actions <strong>to</strong> promote the cultivation of endangered local varieties and<br />
breeding of local breeds<br />
Promote and enlarge GMO-free regions in the <strong>European</strong> Union<br />
EUROPEAN AGRICULTURE AND BIODIVERSITY CHARTER<br />
RECOMMENDATIONS AND ACTION PLANS ON AGRICULTURE AND BIODIVERSITY<br />
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