The importance of low intensity farming for the conservation of biodiversity throughout
Europe was acknowledged early in the 1990s when the concept of 'High Nature Value …

Increased use of annual payments to land managers for ecological outcomes indicates a
growing interest in exploring the potential of this approach. In this viewpoint, we drew on the …

Abandonment or change of traditional (pre-modern) management systems threaten semi-
natural grasslands worldwide. Understanding existing traditional grassland management …

The next reform of the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for the period 2021-2027
(currently extended to 2023-2030) requires the approval by the European Commission of a …

Future sustainability of the conservation management of socio-ecological landscapes is
typically reliant on on-going agricultural management. Such management may be …

Aims The summit grasslands of many European mountain ranges were historically used for
summer grazing, which ceased in the 20th century. These grasslands are changing, partly …

Mountainous rural areas are vulnerable to inappropriate land management, which is
particularly visible in the Polish Carpathians. This paper attempts to diagnose the causes …

Semi-natural hay meadows are species rich habitats, formed by a long history of
management and they have experienced a drastic decline all over Europe. There is a vast …

Aim Climate warming is shifting the bioclimatic optima of species towards mountaintops, but
the ability of organisms to track these changes also depends on their dispersal skills. Here …

Aims The intensification of grassland management can cause a loss of biodiversity via
alteration of the structure and micro‐environmental conditions within the sward. The species …