productivity. However, this is not the only channel for climatic change to affect agro-systems. Biodiversity is subject to climatic … fluctuations and in turn may alter land productivity too. Firstly, biodiversity is an input into agro-ecosystems. Secondly …, biodiversity supports the functioning of these systems (e.g. the balancing of the nutrient cycle). Thirdly, agro-systems also host …

In this paper we examine the content of farm animal biodiversity conservation measurescurrently under implementation in … sheep breeds. As concerns the financial aspects of livestock biodiversity measures, we note that the payments offered to … suggest the need for a revision of the current EU supporting measures related to the conservation of livestock biodiversity …