BirdLife's work related to EU agriculture

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Below you can download various publications and briefings related to EU agriculture policy.

Publications

• Proposal for a new EU Common Agricultural Policy - Joint proposal by BirdLife, EEB, EFNCP, IFOAM, WWF (Dec 09)
• Food security,climate change & biodiversity - The role of European agriculture in a changing world (PDF 1.03 MB)
• 'New Challenges, New CAP' - BirdLife's vision for the future of the EU CAP (PDF 1.9MB)
• Good natured? Cross-compliance as environmental baseline for Europe's farmed countryside (PDF 3.5MB)

Studies / Reports

• BirdLife's report 'Through the green smokescreen - How is Cross Compliance delivering for Biodiversity?'
• BirdLife's report 'Could do better - How is the EU Rural Development policy delivering for biodiversity?' (PDF 1.58 MB)
• IEEP (2008) Funding for farmland biodiversity in the EU: Gaining evidence for the EU budget review (PDF 1.5MB)
• IEEP (2008) Funding for farmland biodiversity in the EU - Case study reports (PDF 741 KB)
• BirdLife's report 'The CAP and the environment: a reform agenda for the new Member States' (2008) (PDF 1.1 MB)
• BirdLife's report 'Agri-environment schemes and biodiversity: lessons learnt and examples from across Europe' (2005) (PDF 218KB)
• Farmland birds and agri-environment schemes in the New Member States (PDF 1.85 MB)

Briefings

• Analysis of the CAP Health Check outcomes: Implications for biodiversity in the EU Nov 2008 (PDF 49KB)
• Briefing on the proposal for 0% set-aside (PDF 145KB)
• Joint BirdLife-EEB-PAN briefing on the informal EU Agriculture Council Sep 2008 (PDF 494KB)

Public consultation response

• Review of the 'Less Favoured Area' Scheme. BirdLife's response to the European Commission consultation June 2008 (PDF 182KB)
• BirdLife's response to the CAP Health Check consultation January 2008 (PDF 673KB)

Press releases

• 10 Dec 2009 Time for a new EU Common Agricultural Policy
• 16 Nov 2009 Through the green smokescreen
• 17 Apr 2009 EU must avoid counterproductive “rush to produce” and focus on long term sustainability of its food system 
• 10 Dec 2008 Court of Auditors removes the fig leaf from CAP subsidies
• 20 Nov 2008 CAP Health Check: the environment gets a placebo treatment
• 23 Oct 2008 Is Europe's green belt losing its grip?
• 19 Sep 2008 CAP post 2013 - last call for sustainability?
• 28 May 2008 Slovenia conference: CAP debate explores pressing environmental challenges facing farming
• 20 May 2008 Much ado about nothing? CAP Health Check proposal ignores climate change and biodiversity
• 14 Mar 2008 European Parliament shows lack of ambition in giving the CAP a new direction
• 29 Feb 2008 Weak CAP Health Check proposal fails to stand up to environmental crises