role of agri‐environment schemes in conservation and environmental management

• Published in: Conservation biology Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 1006 - 1016
• Main Authors: Batáry, Péter, Dicks, Lynn V, Kleijn, David, Sutherland, William J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Blackwell Scientific Publications 01.08.2015; Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Wiley Periodicals Inc
• Subjects: agricultural intensification; Agricultural land; agricultural landscapes; Agricultural management; Agriculture; benefits; Biodiversity; case studies; Common Agricultural Policy; conservation areas; Conservation of Natural Resources - economics; Conservation of Natural Resources - history; Conservation of Natural Resources - legislation & jurisprudence; Conservation of Natural Resources - methods; cost effectiveness; Cost-Benefit Analysis; crops; data collection; Ecosystem; Ecosystem services; ecosystems; edge effects; Environmental management; Environmental Policy - economics; Environmental Policy - history; Environmental Policy - legislation & jurisprudence; Europa; Europe; European Union; farmers; farmland; farmland birds; field margin; funding; grassland; Grasslands; History, 20th Century; History, 21st Century; intensificación agrícola; intensification; land-use intensity; Landscape; landscapes; manejo orgánico; margen del campo; meta-analysis; metaanalysis; Nature conservation; organic management; pastizal; pollinators; Política Agrícola Común; Protected areas; Special Section: Conservation in Europe as a Model for Emerging Conservation Issues Globally; species diversity; Species richness; synthesis; tierra de cultivo; Unión Europea; wildlife; Wildlife conservation; Wildlife management; Europe; agricultural intensification; field margin; Europe; manejo orgánico; Common Agricultural Policy; Política Agrícola Común; farmland; grassland; European Union; tierra de cultivo; intensificación agrícola; margen del campo; Europa; organic management; Unión Europea; pastizal

Over half of the European landscape is under agricultural management and has been for millennia. Many species and ecosystems of conservation concern in Europe depend on agricultural management and are showing ongoing declines. Agri‐environment schemes (AES) are designed partly to address this. They...