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2009

• Through the green smokescreen – BirdLife International launches a new report in Brussels (19 Nov 2009)

• 7th European Dry Grassland Meeting in Smolenice, Slovakia (28-31 May 2010) (17 Nov 2009)

• 19th Workshop of the European Vegetation Survey (EVS) in Pécs, Hungary (17 Nov 2009)

• L’agriculture à Haute Valeur Naturelle: État de l’art, enjeux et perspectives – Conférence du Forum Européen sur la Conservation de la Nature et le Pastoralisme, Jeudi 8 octobre 2009, PDF-Document (05 Dec 2009)

• HNV farming : initiating the debate in France – Paris, France; October 7th - October 8th 2009 (07 Jul 2009)

• Transhumant animal husbandry as a tool of species conservation (08 Jun 2009)

• Milestone report on common land trends in England and Wales now available – Trends in pastoral commoning (22 May 2009)

• "Grasslands in Europe - of high nature value" – The book will be published this year by the publishing house of the Royal Dutch Society for Nature Conservation. In the PDF-file you can find more information about this book and the possibilities for subscription. (19 May 2009)

• Commission Releases LFA Communication – Reform of the so-called ‘Intermediate’ Less Favoured Area (LFA) measure draws closer with the publication on April 21 of a Communication by the European Commission on how to improve the targeting of the measure... (29 Apr 2009)

• The 2010 target and beyond for Lepidoptera – Butterfly Conservation will hold their 6th International Symposium at Reading University between 26-28 March 2010 (12 Mar 2009)

• ELN-FAB – European learning network on functional agrobiodiversity (09 Mar 2009)

• School to promote livestock practices in the Catalan Pyrenees – A project in the middle of the Catalan Pyrenees (09 Mar 2009)

• Disposal of carcasses – BirdLife proposes amendments to Reg. (06 Jan 2009)

• NATURA 2000 – The EU Commission (DG ENV) have developed a series of management models for NATURA 2000 Habitat types. (22 Jan 2009)

• Available soon – A comprehensive document on the characteristics of High-Nature-Value farming systems and on the policy issues associated (22 Jan 2009)

• Founding of the European Dry Grassland Group (EDGG) – In August 2008, the European Dry Grassland Group was founded in Kiel (14 Jan 2009)

• Irish landscape conference – looking around, looking ahead (01 Jan 2009)

• Agri-environment presentations available to view – An international conference on Using evaluation to enhance the rural development value of agri-environmental measures was held in Pärnu (01 Jan 2009)

• Major French conference on biodiversity and agriculture – The event targeted European and International decision-makers and stakeholders. (01 Jan 2009)

• Nature Protection projects in Romania – Call for proposals (01 Jan 2009)

• Forum for the Future of Agriculture – The second Forum for the Future of Agriculture (FFA) one-day conference will take place in Brussels on the 18th March 2009. (01 Jan 2009)

• Impacts of biofuel production on Europe’s biodiversity – In November 2008, ECNC (European Centre for Nature Conservation) published an overview paper on biofuel production and biodiversity (01 Jan 2009)

• Farming for conservation: supporting the future – Generations of farming activity have shaped, enriched and sustained many of the most important high nature value landscapes in Europe (01 Jan 2009)

• Fundatia ADEPT website – Fundatia ADEPT is a Member of the Forum and is a charity ... (01 Jan 2009)

• LIFE brochure on grassland ecosystems – Grassland ecosystems hold an important part of Europe’s biodiversity (01 Jan 2009)

• Mapping High Nature Value areas in Sweden – The Swedish Agriculture Agency (Jordbruksverket) has recently published the result of a project mapping HNV areas in Sweden (01 Jan 2009)

• Climatic Risk Atlas of European Butterflies – Climate change will cause Europe to lose much of its biodiversity as projected by a comprehensive study on future butterfly distribution (01 Jan 2009)

• European grassland butterfly indicator – A new report entitled The European Butterfly Indicator for Grassland Species (01 Jan 2009)

• Enormous effort required to halting biodiversity loss by 2010 – The EU will fail to meet its target of halting the loss of biodiversity by 2010 ... (01 Jan 2009)

• CAP2020 – Join the debate on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (18 Dec 2008)

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)
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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)
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