The beer industry plays a pivotal role in bolstering local European economies by driving economic growth and community development, with the longest production chain operating in the food and beverage industry.
The RSPB’s EU LIFE+ Wildlife Friendly Farming Conference
Date
Address
Event Type
Section
Event Location
Event Description
Over the last three years, the RSPB, the UK’s BirdLife partner, has supported thousands of farmers to deliver a better environment through our ‘Birds Directive on Farmland‘ project. This programme of work has been funded by the EU LIFE+ Programme, and has given us the opportunity to engage and enthuse farmers across the UK to deliver top quality habitat management for the benefit of biodiversity as part of a profitable farming business.
We are keen to continue to support farmers who want to make a real difference to wildlife on their land, and increase the awareness of others of the need to do so. We would like you to join us at our one-day conference where you can hear more about the project, its successes, and how similar activities could work in other countries across Europe. Farmers, volunteers and staff involved in delivering the project will also be on hand to talk about their experiences. As this is a pivotal year for CAP reform, we are fighting hard to ensure that farmers will still have the opportunity to farm in a way that supports biodiversity alongside food production after 2013, through targeted, well-designed and well funded agri-environment schemes.
Key speakers will include:
- Martin Harper, RSPB Director of Conservation: celebrating the successes of the EU LIFE+ project to support wildlife-friendly farmers
- Ariel Brunner, Head of EU policy for Birdlife International explaining the role of the Common Agricultural Policy in meeting the needs of the EU Birds Directive
- The views of farmers, advisors and volunteers in the programme on how the project has supported farmers and wildlife
- Dr Darren Moorcroft, RSPB Head of Species and Habitats Conservation: launching the new programme to enable the whole agricultural industry to learn how best to support wildlife-friendly farming together
- Sönke Eggers and Jonas Josefsson, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences: describing how they have developed the British farmland survey project in Sweden to support their wildlife-friendly farming This conference is free to attend. It will be in English only.
Please contact Anna Broszkiewicz for more information and to register for the event.
Related Events
We are delighted to invite you to join the International Whole Grain Day event "Empowering Next Generations with Whole Grain" on 15 November from 16:00 to 17:30 (CET). Join us to celebrate the 5th edition of International Whole Grain Day!
Save the Date for the joint event of Smart-Agri Hubs & Iof2020 on 29/01/2020
Ten years after the European Commission’s “White paper on a Strategy for Europe on Nutrition, Overweight and Obesity-related health issues”, the European Snacks Association gathers stakeholders to discuss the lessons learned and explore ways of building consensus on eff
Hosted by:
Nicola Caputo (S&D, Italy)
Daniel Dalton (ECR, UK)
Anneli Jäätteenmäki (ALDE, FI)
and Renate Sommer (EPP, DE)
Consumer rights
Sustainable agriculture, safer food, strong rural communities
At the European Parliament in Brussels in room A3G-3.
On Wednesday 27 September 2017 from 14h30 - 17h30.
On the 20th of June 2017, Brussels will become the capital of Flavour.
Pages
Events of the week
Jobs
EURACTIV News
- Cyprus pushes for more joint procurement of medicines, starting with cancer drugs
- French left and far-right bring down Barnier government
- Pressure mounts on EU for radical change to fishing quotas system
- NATO promises better strategy against cyber attacks and undersea cables
- LIVE NOW! A principled approach – How can we help young people to thrive and be safer online? [Advocacy Lab Content]