Indicators for high nature value farming systems in Europe.

Abstract

This chapter elaborates on the 'rediscovery' in European policy analysis of high nature value (HNV) farming. Three approaches for the selection of indicators for HNV farming systems are identified, and indicators are defined for each of them. Indicators are defined (i) for environmentally protected areas, (ii) based on species and habitat management requirements, and (iii) for the identification of low-intensity farming systems. It is suggested that pragmatic approaches of using existing information sources may be preferred for defining HNV farming systems more precisely.

Agricultural abandonment in mountain areas of Europe: Environmental consequences and policy response

“…Here the concept of environment would include the cultural and heritage capital at risk. This would develop the case made by Baldock (1998) for protecting high nature value farming, by extending the concept of environment to include not only all ecosystem services but the services provided by cultural and heritage capital.…”

Re-assessing agrarian policy and practice in local environmental management: the case of beef cattle

“…Secondly, large-scale High Nature Value (HNV) analyses are evident in work that identifies the importance of certain farming systems in maintaining the quality of the "wider countryside" across Europe (Bignal and McCracken, 1996a;Baldock, 1999). In reality, there is a continuum between these two extremes.…”

Impact of Amendments on the Physical Properties of Soil under Tropical Long-Term No Till Conditions

“…Therefore, the phosphogypsum effect in lime-amended soil can also explain the greater stability of large aggregates, primarily in deeper soil layers (0.20–0.40 and 0.40–0.60 m) in the size classes from >1.0 to 2.0 mm and from >2.0 to 8.0 mm. Baldock et al [43] reported that dispersive mechanisms in a red-brown soil (Rhodoxeralf) were significantly reduced by the addition of lime and gypsum, but a better effect was observed when higher amounts of Ca 2+ were added. Corrêa et al [44] found a significant correlation between Ca and soil aggregation, which was positive for aggregate classes of 4–2 mm and negative for the 0.5–0.25 mm class.…”

“…Corrêa et al [44] found a significant correlation between Ca and soil aggregation, which was positive for aggregate classes of 4–2 mm and negative for the 0.5–0.25 mm class. Although microaggregate stability plays a fundamental role in macroaggregate arrangements, Baldock et al [43] emphasized that labile organic matter is essential for the formation and stabilization of larger aggregates because in soil without the addition of organic residues, the authors did not report an effect of lime and gypsum addition on macroaggregate stability.…”