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  A greener CAP: still within reach?

  The greening of the CAP hangs in the balance in the final negotiations; a synthesis of key issues and requirements.

• Biodiversity proofing of the EU budget

  This study shows how more can be done to firstly avoid and minimize detrimental impacts of EU funding on biodiversity, and secondly to increase biodiversity benefits.

• Principles of Double Funding

  This briefing explores the issue of double funding in relation to the CAP reform debate and considers the implications for delivering added value for the environment.

• Systemic approach to adaptation to climate change and renewable energy harnessing (Biomass and Mini-hydro)

  Biochar has the potential to both mitigate greenhouse gases, and to act as an adaptation measure in terms of responding to the impacts of climate change. Based on its compatibility with the appropriate soil properties, it could increase the resilience of soil to erosion.

• European Parliament report on sustainable competitiveness and innovation

  The CAP could, and should, be primarily to assist EU agriculture to become more internationally competitive and sustainable and to achieve this by innovation. It already has many instruments to do this, and the reforms could further assist. However the resources deployed could be far better used.

• Addressing the EU’s biodiversity goals through the CAP

  What is the relationship between the management of agricultural land and biodiversity? To what extent are the EU’s biodiversity goals addressed through the CAP?

• Delivering environmental benefits through entry-level agri-environment schemes in the EU

  A new study of the 2007-13 agri-environment schemes across the whole of EU-27 provides the first typology of ‘entry-level’ agri-environment management and environmental objectives, plus a detailed insight into the design of entry-level agri-environment schemes and calculation of payment rates in seven Member States.

• Delivering Environmental Benefits through Ecological Focus Areas

  IEEP workshop on 6 March brought together a range of stakeholders to discuss possible environmental benefits through Ecological Focus Areas.

• Evaluation of Cross Compliance in the EU 25

  IEEP's two-part evaluation of Member State approaches to cross compliance implementation in the EU 25 is now available.Under Regulation 1782/2003 Cross Compliance was introduced as a compulsory measure ...

• Evaluation of the Environmental Impacts of CAP Measures Related to the Beef and Milk Sectors

  This evaluation seeks to determine the extent to which price support and direct payments applied in the beef and veal and dairy sectors since 1988 are in coherence with obligations for environmental protection ...

• Evaluation of the Environmental Impact of Milk Quotas

  The aim of this study is to examine the environmental impacts of the different systems for allocation and transfer of milk quota under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in individual Member States of ...

• An Evaluation of the Less Favoured Area Measure in the 25 Member States of the European Union

  The evaluation conducted by IEEP for DG Agriculture is expected to inform a review of the policy in 2010. It concludes that the policy, although regarded by some as anachronistic, is effective in addressing ...

• Helping Farm Businesses in England

  This National Audit Office report makes recommendations to DEFRA on how it should adapt its farm business development schemes in light of research conducted by IEEP and CCRU on schemes in ...

• High Nature Value Farmland

  Joint report combining a study on agriculture and biodiversity and a study to quantify and delineate high nature value farmland areas.

• Europe's Rural Futures: The Nature of Rural Development II, Rural Development in an Enlarging European Union

  A study on the planning and implementation of rural development programmes under the Rural Development Regulation and SAPARD, drawing on eight national reports and a European Round table. ...

• Environmental Integration and the CAP: A Report to the European Commission

  This study- conducted on behalf of the European Commission- aims to identify the principal environmental concerns related to agriculture in Europe. It also develops an informed ...

• Agri-Environment Bulletin Issue 3

  This Agri-environment Bulletin is produced as part of an international project entitled "Building Know-how for the Implementation of Agri-environment Schemes in Central and Eastern Europe", ...

• The Nature of Rural Development: Towards a Sustainable Integrated Rural Policy in Europe - A Ten-Nation Scoping Study (2001)

  The project aims to analyse rural development policies and practices in a range of countries with a view to developing a more robust model for sustainable, integrated rural development in ...

• Preparing for the Implementation of Agri Environment Schemes in Central and Eastern Europe: Seminar Proceedings of 8th/9th December 2000, Bratislava

  Agri-environment schemes have become a key part of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), covering about 20% of utilisable agricultural area (UAA) in the EU. Their development has been quite ...