Development and implementation of a high nature value (HNV) farming indicator for Denmark |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Rønde, Denmark;2. School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK;3. The Danish AgriFish Agency, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark;4. Danish Center for Environment and Energy, Aarhus University, Denmark;1. RSPB Centre for Conservation Science, RSPB Scotland, Etive House, Beechwood Park, Inverness IV2 3BW, UK;2. 5 Drimsdale, Isle of South Uist, Western Isles HS8 5RT, UK;3. Balranald Nature Reserve, 9 Grenitote, North Uist, Western Isles HS6 5BP, UK;4. RSPB Centre for Conservation Science, RSPB Scotland, 2 Lochside View, Edinburgh Park, Edinburgh EH12 9DH, UK;1. Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2 (CITA-Universidad de Zaragoza), Avda. Montañana 930, 50059 Zaragoza, Spain;2. Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway;3. Animal Production Systems Group, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 338, 6700 AH Wageningen, The Netherlands;1. Department of Geography, University College Cork, Ireland;2. SET, UMR 5603, CNRS/UPPA, Pau, France;1. University of Bologna, Department of Agricultural Sciences, Viale Fanin, 50, 40127 Bologna, Italy;2. University of Bologna, Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Bologna, Via Belle Arti, 41, 40126 Bologna, Italy;1. INRA, UMR 1302 SMART, F-35000 Rennes, France;2. LEI - Wageningen UR, 29703, 2502 LS The Hague, The Netherlands;3. European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Via E. Fermi 2749, 21027 Ispra, VA, Italy;4. INRA, US ODR, F-31326 Auzeville, France |
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| Abstract: | During the latest decades, conservation awareness have increased and conservation of biodiversity is no longer an agenda restricted to pristine natural areas of high value but is being integrated in cultivated landscapes characterized by increasing fragmentation and anthropogenic pressures. Conservation of species has become relevant even in agricultural areas especially in countries heavily influenced by intensive farming and ubiquitous infrastructure. Based on the UN biodiversity convention all EU membership countries are obliged to develop a high nature value (HNV) farming indicator. The purpose of such an indicator is to provide a basis for informed decisions in prioritizing agricultural subsidies allocating these to high nature value areas. Here, the development of a national HNV farming indicator for Denmark is presented and its application in the Danish government-controlled agricultural subsidy system is outlined. The Danish HNV farming indicator is based on landscape structural parameters, known occurrences of natural and semi-natural habitats, current land use and the distributions of rare and threatened species. It covers all agricultural areas as well as Natura 2000 areas and nationally protected sites in Denmark, ranking them on a 0–13 point scale from low to high nature value according to their estimated value for threatened and rare biodiversity. The Danish government recognizes areas reaching at least 5 points as HNV farming areas eligible to subsidy and from 2015 and onwards the HNV farming indicator will be implemented for allocating part of the agricultural subsidies under the Rural Development Program in Denmark. The indicator will be updated annually to include the growing knowledge of species occurrence and land use changes. |
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| Keywords: | Agricultural subsidies Biodiversity indicator Conservation Environmental proxies Europe |
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