High Nature Grasslands in Europe - their position within the GHG debate
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High Nature Grasslands in Europe- their position within the GHG debate -
Peter VeenRoyal Dutch Society for Nature Conservation
Side Event „Operationalizing Landscape Approaches“, 5th of November 2010
High Nature Value areas
Source: European Environmental Agency, 2007
Example of HNV category 1 on the mountain slopes towards category 2 in the valley: United Kingdom – Cumberland
Example of HNV category 3: large scale meadows with Black-tailed Godwit
Mapping of semi-natural grasslands
• National mapping projects (exceptions Romania, Poland)
• Executed by national institutes, universities and NGOs
• Scientifically sound mapping methodology
• Resulting in a GIS based Database of biodiversity data and other information like management, abandonment
• Goals: to support candidate countries/NMS with the implementation of AE schemes and the identification of Natura2000 sites
Projected impacts from climate change in Europe
Source: EU, 2009
Mainly by producing two powerful greenhouse gases:
methane - from livestock digestion processes, stored animal manure and organic soils – sources: livestock production and soils
nitrous oxide - from organic and mineral nitrogen fertilisers – sources: intensity of land use
Currently in EU, about 9 % of total greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture (down from 11 % in 1990).Source: EU, 2009
Origin of GHG from agriculture
Reduction of GHG production in agriculture
• Introduction of HNV agricultural farming types
• Conservation of existing HNV grasslands in Europe
• Green labelling of agricultural systems
• Special application technics for manure and fertilizing applications
Thank you for attention
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