Assessing the impact of rural policy on biodiversity: High Nature Value Farming in Italy

Abstract

Farming practices and the conservation value of farmland are intimately interconnected. The recent policy debate has shed light on the need to address farming activities towards a more sustainable path, and has advocated for a reallocation of payments towards farming systems that provide public goods. This paper aims to explore likely HNV farms policy needs through the use of HNV farming system indicators.High Nature Value, monitoring and evaluation, biodiversity indicator, farming systems., Agricultural and Food Policy, Q18, Q57,