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Analyses of agri-environmental schemes aimed at the protection of farmland birds in extensive drylands

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  • Inglesias, Eva
  • Lossada, Alfonso
  • Bardaji, Isabel
  • Loureiro, Maria

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Farmland birds are one of the most endangered European ornithological communities. Spain has a large farmland area that holds over 90% of the European populations of eight species included in EFBI (European Farmland Bird Index) (Butler et al, 2010). Agri-environmental measures in Spain face a major challenge of environmental conservation with impact beyond our borders. The aim of this work is to evaluate farmers' incentive to participate and to conduct a comparative analysis of agri-environmental measures aimed at the protection of farmland birds in the regions of Aragon, Castilla La Mancha, Castilla y Leon, Catalonia and Extremadua. The economic analysis of contract requirements shows the major opportunity costs. Finally, several recommendations arise in order to increase farmer participation and improving scope of agri-environmental measures.

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  • Inglesias, Eva & Lossada, Alfonso & Bardaji, Isabel & Loureiro, Maria, 2015. "Analyses of agri-environmental schemes aimed at the protection of farmland birds in extensive drylands," Revista Espanola de Estudios Agrosociales y Pesqueros, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, Rural y Marino (formerly Ministry of Agriculture), issue 240.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:spreea:249589
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.249589
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