Summary
The agri-environmental measures are maintaining pastures and meadows, by mowing in a timetable throughout the year and limited mowing, affecting endangered breeding birds, European ground squirrel and raptors (King Eagle and Long-legged buzzard).
Objectives
- To protect the local biodiversity in the area: breeding birds, European ground squirrel and raptors.
- To encourage the involvement of farmers into schemes for biodiversity conservation.
Public Goods
Problem description
The main driving force for this project was the need to assess which agri- environmental measures can be suitable in High-nature value pastures, so that farmers would be motivated to initiate their implementation. The need comes from the fact that there is a seriously high risk of destruction of the habitats of important breeding birds and European ground squirrel with direct effect also on predatory birds. The most serious problem leading to the loss of valuable habitats is the gradual conversion of pastures and meadows into vineyards.
