Objective To provide an assessment of a payment to farmers to affect agricultural actions in a way which is beneficial to biodiversity.The project develops measures of the positive and intentional impacts of individual farmers on biodiversity conservation and restoration and links these impacts to a corresponding payment. The research project consists mainly of three parts : i) simplified methods of measuring the increase in biological diversity in agricultural areas are developed on the basis of zoological and botanical bio-indicators, at regional, local, individual level, and tested in contrasting regions drawn from Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium; ii) the impact on biodiversity of different agricultural techniques and practices are assessed both by a theoretical approach ( an inventory of existing techniques or practices that could be implemented by farmers in order to improve the biodiversity) and by observations on existing farms and agricultural landscapes in the same study regions; iii) an economic analysis at the farm level assesses the costs of a given production system wich generate a biodiversity output. The research builds up methods of linking biodiversity impact with an incentive or a cost-covering remuneration system. Finally a model for the remuneration to farmers of a given biodiversity product is proposed. A first exploration of the possible impacts of this system at regional and community level is done taking into account the compatibility with the goals of the new Common Agricultural Policy is done. Fields of science social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsnatural sciencesbiological sciencesbiodiversity conservationnatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems Programme(s) FP3-ENV 1C - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of the environment, 1990-1994 Topic(s) 0304 - Integration of environmental concerns into agricultural policy Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique EU contribution No data Address 29,Rue Vautier 1040 Bruxelles Belgium See on map Total cost No data Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Instituto Iberico para el Medio Ambiente y los Recursos Naturales Spain EU contribution No data Address 48,Ayala 28001 Madrid See on map Total cost No data OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE France EU contribution No data Address Domaine de Saint-Benoist 78 610 AUFFARGIS See on map Total cost No data ORDENAMENTO E GESTAO DE RECURSOS NATURAIS LDA Portugal EU contribution No data Address 11-49,Avenida Visconde Valmor 11-3° 1000-289 LISBOA See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITE DE BOURGOGNE France EU contribution No data Address 21011 DIJON See on map Total cost No data
