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HNV Farmland: Bulgaria

by Koen De Rijck, WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme

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Information galleries

Rusenski Lom

Rusenski Lom is a protected area near the Danube in the northeast of Bulgaria. It consists of forests and grasslands set in a wider landscape of large-scale intensive arable farming ...

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Western Stara Planina

This showcase deals with the Bulgarian part of the Western Stara Planina, which is a Natura 2000 site and a proposed Nature Park. About 60% of the region is covered with forest while the rest is farmland ...

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From the Forum ...

• Fact sheets 'CAP and the environment' – EFNCP has joined up with a range of leading European NGOs to produce a set of Fact Sheets ... (13 Jan 2012)
  
• EFNCP comments on EC’s proposed CAP regulations – December 2011 (20 Dec 2011)
  
• La Cañada 2011, 27 – the EFNCP Newsletter (12 Jan 2012)
  
• Permanent Pastures and Meadows under the CAP: the situation in 6 countries (31 Oct 2011)
  
• Permanent Pastures and Meadows: adapting CAP Pillar 1 to support public goods (3 Aug 2011)
  
• High Nature Value Farming in the Western Balkans – Now available in 5 languages (1 Aug 2011)
  
• CAP reform 2013 – last chance to stop the decline of Europe’s High Nature Value farming? (15 Oct 2010)
  
• NGO proposal for a new EU Common Agricultural Policy (17 Nov 2010)
  
• Semi-natural pastures and meadows are typified by extensive farming (28 Feb 2011)
• ENLARGED ADVISORY GROUP ON "CAP POST-2013" 3rd June 2010 (3 June 2010)
• More from the Forum

News

• European pastoralisms : traditions fit for the future! – In 2012, the French Pastoral law will be 40 years old (21 Jan 2012)
• EU 2020 Biodiversity Strategy fails to integrate biodiversity needs into reformed CAP (20 Jan 2012)
• Mountain hay meadows conference – online publication available (12 Jan 2012)
• New report on the future of Scottish hill farming – On 14th December, the SAC’s Rural Policy Centre published the ‘Response from the hills’ report, ... (19 Dec 2011)
• Cooperation between European Network for Rural Development (ENRD) and EFNCP – The ENRD has begun a process to improve ... (8 Dec 2011)
• New Pastoralism articles (3 Nov 2011)
• Conference 2012: Dry grasslands of Europe - grazing and ecosystem services – The 9th European Dry Grassland Meeting (28 Oct 2011)
• Alternative approaches to supporting HNV farming systems – A report published by the UK Land Use Policy Group (LUPG) (28 Oct 2011)
• Declines in farming in the Scottish hills and the impact on biodiversity – A report published by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) (27 Oct 2011)
• Extensive grazing - Sustainable nature conservation on pastures in the EU, the German federation and its federal states – The German Association for Landcare (DVL) has released policy proposals for embedding extensive grazing more firmly in the CAP. (27 Oct 2011)
• Pasture Promise TV – Pasture Promise TV is a new website (26 Oct 2011)

• “The changing nature of Scotland” – This recently published book makes an important contribution to the understanding of environmental change in Scotland (22 Oct 2011)

• Scottish Government publish High Nature Value Farming and Forestry Indicators – Scotland is the first country in the United Kingdom ... (20 Oct 2011)
• SEE Regional HNVF Policy Workshop – Policy Opportunities and Challenges in view of EU Accession and CAP post-2013. 3-4 November 2011 (17 Oct 2011)
• EFNCP analyses the interest of the French Agri-environmental Grassland Premium for HNV policy – (in Italian) (10 Oct 2011)
• Agriculture and Environment – DG Agriculture Advisory Group “Agriculture and Environment” urge the Commissioner to address serious problems with current CAP eligibility criteria. (1 Oct 2011)
• Fermanagh Hay Meadow Competition – EFNCP was running a hay meadow competition in Fermanagh (29 Sept 2011)
• Haymaking Festival – 3rd International Haymaking Festival in Gyimesbükk (Ghimes), Transylvania (20 Sept 2011)
• CAP reform – EFNCP joins other EU major environmental NGO's to urge the Commission to act for real environmental integration into the CAP reform process. (1 Sept 2010)
• More news

Map (Overview)

• HNV Farmland in Europe