Impacts of environmental agreements on the CAP (MEACAP)
Description:
Mitigation measures to reduce grenn house gas emissions in agriculture are compartvely expensive, sometimes difficults to report statistically, and they are often only by-products of other environmental measures. Objectives of Kyoto protocoll should therefore be implememted in a cross-sectoral approach. This is also vali for bioenergy, which is sufficiently promoted through energy policies. EU agricultural policy should not focus on Kyoto objectives, but should flank processes where appropriate, e.g. with cross-compliance-standards for biomass production. Objectives of the Convention on Biodiversity should be integrated better into EU agricultural policy, due to large area nees of the farming sector. Elements are furthr development of cross compliance, agri.environmental measures, less favoured area support, and financing the Natura2000-network from the second pillar. In case of abolishment of the actual set-aside regulation, the introduction of an ecologiacl compensation area requirement (simial to the apporach implemented in Switzerland) should be considered.
Executive Institute:
Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) Details of Institute for European Environmental Policy
Contract period:
01. 04. 2004 - 31. 03. 2007
Participating Institutions:
- Humboldt University of Berlin (HU Berlin) Details of HU Berlin
- Institute of Rural Studies (TI-LR) Details of TI-LR
- European Forest Institute (EFI) Details of EFI
- Foundation Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) Details of FEEM
- Institute of Forest Ecosystem Research (IFER) Details of IFER
- Institute for Energy and Environment (IE) Details of IE
- Alterra Wageningen UR Details of Alterra Wageningen UR
Funding Programme:
- BMELV / Core funding Details of BMELV / Core funding
- EU Funding Details of EU Funding
Subject:
- Agricultural Policy
- Climate Change
Purpose of research:
Applied research
Funding Institutions:
- Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV) Details of (BMELV)
- European Commission (EC) Details of (EC)
Project Management Agency:
- Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV) Details of BMELV
- European Commission (EC) Details of EC