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How LAGs support climate objectives
As European regions look for ways to adapt to climate change, LAGs are proving to be architects of climate resilience for rural communities.
- CAP Implementation
Water challenges, CAP solutions
A recap of our recent thematic work on how to use the CAP to improve water resilience in rural areas and promote more systemic, transformative changes in water and land management.
- CAP Implementation
Measuring CAP potential contribution to soil health: lessons from a capacity building event
A webinar offered Member States training on the methodology to estimate the soil protection potential of CAP Strategic Plans.
- Evaluation
Upcoming events
Advancing Nature Credit Markets and Agri-Environmental Innovations in Europe
- Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Latest publications
Testing grant delivery of woodland management for biodiversity in England, UK
This evaluation assessed the effects of Woodland Improvement Grant management on woodland birds and habitat structure in the East Midlands of England. By comparing baseline surveys conducted between 2010 and 2012 with repeat surveys undertaken in 2019, the evaluation found more positive changes in target bird species on grant-supported sites than on comparable non-grant sites.
- Evaluation
Agri-environment scheme contribution to ecological connectivity in England, 2014-2020 RDP
This 2020 report examined how agri-environment scheme (AES) options contribute to ecological connectivity across habitat networks in England during the 2014-2022 Rural Development Programme (RDP). The national-scale modelling suggested that habitat restoration, creation and maintenance measures support both structural and functional connectivity, although impacts vary by habitat and species group.
- Evaluation
Evaluation of investment support for water quality in Sweden’s 2014-2020 RDP
This evaluation assesses the estimated effects of investment support within the Swedish 2014-2020 Rural Development Programme (RDP) on water quality, particularly on preventing eutrophication
- Evaluation
Latest good practice
Dissemination of Technical and Market Knowledge in Mediterranean Agroforestry Systems
- CAP Implementation
