High Nature Value farming in Galaţi Koen De Rijck - for EFNCP / WWF-DCP seminar, 17-18 April 2008
Outline HNV farming examples in Galaţi What is it not? So where is it? Type 1 Type 2 Type 3
HNVF Concept High Nature Value farmland are those areas in Europe where agriculture is a major (usually the dominant) land use and where that agriculture supports, or is associated with, either a high species and habitat diversity or the presence of species of European conservation concern, or both
HNVF Typology Type 1: Farmland with a high proportion of semi-natural vegetation Type 2: Farmland dominated by low intensity agriculture or a mosaic of semi-natural and cultivated land and small-scale features Type 3: Farmland that supports rare species or a high proportion of the European or World population of a species
Key features of HNVF Always low-intensity Always high proportion of semi-natural vegetation Often a mosaic of habitats