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<a href="http://www.biodiversa.org/" style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">BiodivERsA</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 51, 94);"> is pleased to announce the launch of a new policy brief « </span><a href="http://www.biodiversa.org/1234/download" title="Cap and diversity PB" style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 109, 128); text-decoration: none;">The
Common Agricultural Policy can strengthen biodiversity and ecosystem services by diversifying agricultural landscapes</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">” based on the combined results of the </span><a href="http://www.biodiversa.org/117" title="FarmLand" style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 109, 128); text-decoration: none;">FARMLAND</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">, </span><a href="http://www.biodiversa.org/87" title="APPEAL" style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 109, 128); text-decoration: none;">APPEAL</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">, </span><a href="http://www.biodiversa.org/88" title="CONNECT" style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 109, 128); text-decoration: none;">CONNECT</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">, </span><a href="http://www.biodiversa.org/520" title="EC21C" style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 109, 128); text-decoration: none;">EC21C</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> and </span><a href="http://www.biodiversa.org/1079" title="ECODEAL" style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 109, 128); text-decoration: none;">ECODEAL</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> projects.
This 4-page brief presents key recommendations on how the </span><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/cap-overview_en" style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Common Agricultural Policy</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> can
significantly contribute to diversifying agricultural landscapes in support of nature and people, for a more sustainable agriculture. These projects have demonstrated how heterogeneous landscapes, characterized by a significant proportion of semi-natural
habitats such as pastures and field margins, enhance and stabilize pest control and pollination, decrease sensitivity to climate change and can improve yields. The brief further elaborates policy recommendations that would allow accessing these benefits in
the context of the CAP reform and beyond.</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The brief was drafted by the Institute for European Environmental Policy (</span><a href="https://ieep.eu/" style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">IEEP</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">),
in collaboration with BiodivERsA partners and project scientists.</span></p>
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;"><a href="http://www.biodiversa.org/1234/download" title="Cap and diversity PB" style="color: purple; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -18pt; background-color: white;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 109, 128); text-decoration: none;">Download</span></b></a><b style="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -18pt; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> BiodivERsA
Policy Brief "The CAP can strengthen biodiversity and ecosystem services by diversifying agricultural landscapes</span></b></span><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 13.333333015441895px;"><b> »</b></span></font></li><li><a href="http://www.biodiversa.org/1235/download" title="Cap and Diversity log sheet" style="color: purple; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; background-color: white; text-indent: -18pt;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 109, 128); text-decoration: none;">Download</span></b></a><b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; background-color: white; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> information
sheet about competences consulted and work procedure for this briefing</span></b></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Please feel free to further distribute this brief, and in case of any questions, please contact Frederic Lemaître, BiodivERsA
science-policy interfacing officer (<a href="mailto:frederic.lemaitre@fondationbiodiversite.fr" style="color: purple;">frederic.lemaitre@fondationbiodiversite.fr</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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