The EU’s 2020 State of Nature report showed that biodiversity is declining at an alarming rate, with agriculture being the main driver of this decline. Conversely, biodiversity loss has a considerable impact on agriculture. Promoting sustainable agricultural practices that prioritise biodiversity conservation can help mitigate these negative impacts, while enhancing the long-term resilience and productivity of agricultural systems.

This edition of the EU Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) Network Projects Brochure builds on the Thematic Working Group work as well as on the EU CAP Network’s ongoing collection of good practices. It highlights eight examples of CAP-funded projects that are improving biodiversity on farmland, with a focus on initiatives at the landscape scale.