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  Recent events:
  • Workshop on Results-Based Payments – Caernarfon, 12-13/3/24

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  • Farmers, livestock, habitats and fire in Ireland – Burren Winterage School workshop, 27/10/23
  • Workshop on Livestock and Biodiversity in Europe – Nature as a solution in Grazing Systems? – Copenhagen on the 22-23 August 2022
  • Workshop to review work on livestock grazing and nature conservation in Europe – Eggebek, Schleswig-Holstein, 13–14 August 2022
  • Workshops and study tour on nature conservation and livestock grazing in Europe – Workshop, 13 & 14 August 2022, Eggebek, Germany
  • How do you reward farmers and land managers for delivery of public benefits? – Workshop, 15 February 2019, Parke, Bovey Tracey, UK
  • Paying for ‘results’ in agri-environment schemes - can we meet the needs of both farmers and society?, Seminar, Blaenafon, 13 Feb 2018
  • Locally led agri-environment schemes - from a farmer’s perspective, Workshop, 13-14 March 2017
  • Reflecting ecology in policy, Sighisoara, Romania, 20-24 September 2016
  • Management of extensive grasslands ..., Boros, 29-31 May 2016
  • Exploring our Common Ground, Brussels, 18/19 November 2015
  • European Parliament seminar, Brussels, 17 November 2015
  • EFNCP Conference in Ireland, 21-25 October 2015
  • Symposium on HNV farmlands, Rome, 24th September 2015
  • EFNCP in the 2015 edition of Green Week
  • Irish Commonage Workshop, Dungarvan (2014)
  • Best practices for sustainable use of common grasslands in the Western Balkans and Europe (2013)
  • Farmers and policy-makers discuss the future of high-nature-value farming (2013)
  • ICAAM International Conference, Portugal (2013)
  • Extensive grazing in Europe... Hungen, D (2012)
  • Integrating biodiversity in CAP. Brussels, B (2012)
  • Semi-natural Pastures and Meadows ... Brussels, B (2012)
  • Europe's hay meadows in decline - what are we losing and what can we do? Brussels, B (2012)
  • UK seminar on HNV farming policies. London, GB (2012)
  • European pastoralisms : traditions fit for the future! Paris, France (2012)
  • Characterising and accompanying HNV farming at regional scale ... - Montpellier, France (2011)
  • High Nature Value Farming in South-Eastern Europe – SEE Regional HNV Farming Policy Workshop, Croatia (2011)
  • Seminar in European Parliament - Brussels, Belgium (2011)
  • Permanent Pastures and Meadows - Brussels, Belgium (2011)
  • High Nature Value grasslands, Sibiu, Romania (2010)
  • Seminar on HNV farming - Normandy, France (2010)
  • SEE Network Meeting, Bulgaria (2010)
  • International Workshop Vilm (2010)
  • International Conference on High Nature Value farming on Vilm (2010)
  • Mountain hay meadows - hot spots of biodiversity and traditional culture (2010)
  • HNV farming: initiating the debate in France, Paris (2009)
  • HNV Farmland in SE Europe (2008)
  • Can the Market work for Nature? Uppsala, Sweden (2007)
  • Uist Workshop (2006)
  • Pamporovo (2005)
  • LFA/HNV (2005)
  • Accession & HNV (2004)
  • Decoupling & HNV (2004)
  • Rural Development measures..., Montpellier (2003)
  • First Pillar CAP (2003)

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Farmers and policy-makers discuss the future of high-nature-value farming, on the farm

EFNCP recently organised a farm visit for policy-makers and farmers in Co. Fermanagh (Northern Ireland), in conjunction with the Royal Society for Protection of Birds (RSPB). Pat McGurn kindly hosted the event. His farm, highlighted in the recent EFNCP book High Nature Value Farming in Europe, contains a great range of semi-natural vegetation including species rich grasslands, lowland hay meadows, woodland and raised bog. The farm also contains area of lowland wet grasslands which are important breeding sites for Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) and Curlew (Numenius arquata).

The visitors included NGOs, Department of Agriculture and Rural development (DARD) and farmers with similar habitats in Fermanagh. It was an excellent opportunity to highlight the amount of work involved in maintaining these farming systems but also as a platform for exchanging information between DARD policy makers and farmers participating in the agri-environment scheme.

DARD are presently involved in designing a new agri-environment scheme for their next Rural Development Programme and EFNCP feel that this bringing together of nature conservationists, farmers and policy makers helps to increase understanding of the nature-conservation and cultural value of certain farming systems and contribute to improved measures within the Rural Development Programme.