Improved efficiency in dairy systems is a significant challenge for the future, to meet
increased food demand while competing for inputs, adapting to climate change, and …

The arrival of the phrase nature-based solutions into the lexicon of academics, planners,
managers and policy makers in recent years has sparked a heated debate as to the …

In the last 50 years intensification of agricultural land use systems drastically reduced
extensively used grassland areas. These areas are of high ecological value due to high …

Semi-natural habitats (SNHs) are essential to biodiversity and agroecological conservation.
The impact of agricultural policies on the development of SNHs is a matter of substantial …

Abstract High Nature Value farmland (HNVf) is managed farmland that has high biodiversity
and often supports species of conservation concern. Assessing the distribution and extent of …

Biodiversity and associated ecosystem services have declined globally with agricultural
intensification identified as a major driver of this loss. The most recent reform of the Common …

Modern agriculture faces the dual challenges of feeding a growing human population, while
preserving natural resources and slowing current trends in climate change and its impacts. A …

The links between farming practices and biodiversity is well established. This paper
develops a farm typology based on eighty hill sheep farmers on the biodiversity rich uplands …

Implications Ruminant livestock production in Ireland is mainly grass based, which confers
some environmental advantages in terms of manure recycling, soil organic carbon content …

Despite significant efforts, investments and some local successes, the EU's Common
Agricultural Policy (CAP) has not succeeded in halting the loss of farmland biodiversity. To …