HNV Farmland
Identifying High Nature Value farming
MS are committed to identifying and maintaining HNV farming, but there are no specific rules or quantified criteria established at EU level. It is for MS to interpret the concept and to decide how best to apply it.
Some MS have already made good progress with this, while some others have done very little. The Forum believes that an integrated and cohesive approach is needed across the EU territory. A patchy response in which some countries show more commitment than others would not be acceptable to the EU institutions.
The Forum’s recommendations for approaching these tasks are explained. We welcome comments and feedback on these ideas:
