Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) releases report

Article Type: News From: International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, Volume 10, Issue 1

The British-based Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has released a report which aims to initiate a transparent debate on the purpose,intensity and spatial distribution of expenditure on the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) from the perspective of the protection and enhancement of farmland biodiversity. It does this through a detailed analysis of the CAP budget and the presentation of a number of maps showing the regional variation in the distribution and intensity of both Pillar I and Pillar II payments. Five qualitative case studies examine the use of specific CAP measures in more detail and an assessment is made of the role they might play in biodiversity protection. The details are available at: www.ieep.eu/whatsnew/newsitem.php?item = 171