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Promoting High Nature Value (HNV) Farming and

Agri-environment Payments through Civil

Society Organisations in Macedonia

Probishtip

25 and 26 - November 2010

Ruska Miceva, Ecologists Movement of Macedonia

This project is funded by the MATRA Social Transformation Programme of theDutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs


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Farming and Nature

Agricultural landscapes in Europe are longestablished

- some are over 2000 years old.

Agriculture can be a threat to nature, for example,

through pesticide use, intensive production, water

pollution etc.

But some types of farming are crucial for the survival

of nature - many species have adapted toextensively managed and highly variable habitats.

With so little wilderness remaining in most European

countries, farming provides a refuge for many

wildlife species.


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Farming Compatible with Nature

The less intensive farming systems use much fewer

inputs of fertilisers and pesticides, while labour

inputs are relatively high.

The density of livestock is usually low, with animalsgrazing semi-natural vegetation, outside for most of

the year.

Grazing and browsing is mainly on semi-natural

vegetation, e.g. permanent pasture.

More natural features such as small woods, hedges,

ponds still survive in the landscape.

Irrigation is either absent or at a fairly low level.


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Benefitting Society

Such systems are often traditional, reflectinggenerations of farming methods developed to be

sustainable in local conditions.

These types of farm are not high tech but they offer

society a environmentally-sensitive form of food

production.

They may also help to sustain local culture and

traditions.

They form part of a pattern of land use that is

potentially sustainable in the long term. Nature

cannot be maintained simply on nature reserves.

They generate public benefits, for which farmers

may be paid in the future.


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Concept on HNV farming system

The HNV farmland concept has emerged anddeveloped over the last 10-15 years in responseto the growing recognition that many of the

habitats and species upon which we place highnature conservation value in Europe have beencreated by farmers and their traditional farmingpractices.

Farmers in many EU Member States aretherefore increasingly valued as key players inbiodiversity conservation, especially in moremarginal areas with poorer land where lessintensive and therefore more biodiversity-

friendly - farming methods are still practiced.


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The HNV concept brings an

The HNV concept brings an alternativeand complementary approach to natureconservation. Instead of focusing solely

upon the maintenance of rare orendangered species and habitats onprotected sites it embraces the need forthe significantly larger areas of land(including a high proportion of semi-naturalhabitats) to continue to be occupied byfarmers and managed with traditional

farming methods


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Avalon (NL)

DEM Ecologists

Movement of

Macedonia (MK)

CCI Center for

Civic Initiative

(MK)

Twinning Partnership

IEEP - Institute for European

Environmental Policy (pan-European)

23 Local

NGO

Members


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Government Society???

AgricultureEnvironment

Farmers NGO ???


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FARMERS AND NATURE TOOGETHER!


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The project will focus

upon the positive benefits

of certain types of

agriculture in Macedoniafor protecting our

valuable habitats and

important species of

wildlife


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In the frame of the project we working

on:

Introduce and apply the concept of High

Nature Value (HNV) farming to the different

types of agriculture found in Macedonia;

Raise awareness of the importance of HNVfarming for biodiversity conservation;

Take some first steps towards helping to

support and encourage the continuedexistence of the HNV farming systems that are

found in many regions of our country.


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Training for NGO - Veles 27/28 March 2010


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Training for NGO - Veles 27/28 March 2010


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Kick of meeting 30 March 2010


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Pilot regions in Macedonia


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