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Impacts of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
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Over the past decades, the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy has been supporting farmers. At the same time, one could observe a sharp decline in farmland-biodiversity.
Keywords
Common agricultural policy Greening Ecological focus areas Biodiversity Agri-environment schemesReferences
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