The following paper assesses the impact of different policy options on the land use and associated biodiversity values … parameters: (a) protected habitats according to the EC Habitats Directive, (b) biodiversity for selected taxonomic groups (plants …

increasingly more important as agriculture strives to produce more food while minimising the risk to the natural environment. The …Developing the capacity to assess and chart trends in the sustainability of farming and food production is becoming …

) mitigation in agriculture. This paper analyses the uncertainty of the mitigation estimates provided by a Marginal Abatement Cost …

agriculture, the indices of output (4.3% fall), and supply price (7.7% rise) perform relatively worse, whilst there is a … concomitant cumulative fall in aggregate farm incomes of €1,510m by 2020. The more notable impact in agriculture is attributed to …

the 2005 level. Agriculture is a major source of GHG emissions in Ireland, comprising 26.8 percent of total GHG emissions …

Recent decades have witnessed substantial losses in biodiversity in Europe, partly driven by the ecological changes … associated with intensification of agricultural production. These changes have particularly affected biodiversity in marginal … areas, such as the uplands in UK, since habitat change has been greater than in lowland zones. Livestock farming is the main …