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26 CHALLENGE 1 SYNERGIES BETWEEN AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AND BIODIVERSITY 1 st RECOMMENDATION DEVELOP AN EUROPEAN FARM EVALUATION SYSTEM (EFES) TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION PROCESS AND FARM MANAGEMENT ON BIODIVERSITY. EFES SHOULD BE DEVELOPED ON THE BASIS OF INDICATORS PROPOSED BY EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY (EEA) IN THE FRAMEWORK OF EU BIODIVERSITY STRATEGY 2020 “OUR LIFE INSURANCE, OUR NATURAL CAPITAL” (20) Intensive agriculture has a negative impact on the environment and biodiversity: it pollutes water and soil, the agro-ecosystem becomes simplified, unstable and low in biodiversity. In contrast, a responsible type of sustainable agriculture can contribute towards the suitable management of the environment and, therefore, towards the conservation of biodiversity. If negative impacts are not perceived by the agricultural sector itself, and if sustainable agriculture is not respected and promoted by environmental and Agricultural European Policy, any co-responsibility effort will be unsuccessful. ACTION PLAN Implementation of the proposed indicators (SEBI indicators (21) ) to monitor the impact of agricultural practices on biodiversity and the evolution of the situation, at local and farm level. Implementation of SEBI Agriculture Indicators including the use/preservation of agricultural genetic resources and the conservation of soil biodiversity. Definition of the Impact Analysis and Impact Assessment procedures. Definition of correction and compensation tools. Distribution of soil health assessment tools to European farmers. Improvement of the definition of limitations to intensive farming in Natural Protected Areas and Natura 2000 sites. (20) [COM(2011) 541 final], Annexes to impact assessment [SEC(2011) 244 final]. (21) http://biodiversity.europa.eu/topics/sebi-indicators EUROPEAN AGRICULTURE AND BIODIVERSITY CHARTER CHALLENGE 1
2 nd RECOMMENDATION LINK PUBLIC FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO GOOD AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES RELATED TO BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION The adoption of biodiversity-friendly agricultural practices has to be supported by public funds. One of the objectives of this recommendation is to link farmers’ access to Rural Development Policy (RDP) funds to the European Farm Evaluation System (EFES) foreseen in previous recommendation. ACTION PLAN Use the European Farm Evaluation System (EFES) to give farms that respect biodiversity-friendly agricultural practices special access to RDP funds, e.g. raising the access score based on the EFES. Facilitate farmers’ access to credit (through public warrantee) for specific investments that will enable them to limit the impact of agricultural practices on the environment, to preserve biodiversity and to contribute to the connectivity of landscape features, thereby boosting the establishment of the Green Infrastructure. Include in the new RDP specific measures for farmers who adopt practices that contribute to the Green Infrastructure. Include direct payments in the CAP’s first pillar rewarding agricultural practices that have a positive impact on biodiversity, recognizing farmers who protect biodiversity as public goods providers. Encourage member States to implement the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) and identify the related operational obligations for farmers to be included in cross-compliance as proposed by the integration scenario of the legal proposals for the Common Agricultural Policy towards 2020 (22) . Promote the practice of Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) (23) , also identifying potential public or private bodies interested in “buying” services originating from biodiversity-conserving management practices. (22) http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/cap-post-2013/legal-proposals/index_en.htm (23) Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES), also known as Payments for Environmental Services (or Benefits) is the practice of offering incentives to farmers or landowners in exchange for managing their land to provide some sort of ecological service. EUROPEAN AGRICULTURE AND BIODIVERSITY CHARTER CHALLENGE 1 27
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