What challenges will agriculture face regarding renaturation, and how can it be successfully implemented?
The EU regulation on the restoration of degraded ecosystems aims to gradually restore damaged ecosystems in the EU to a good condition by 2050. These measures affect us all – but especially agriculture, forestry, and water management.
Many farmers are unsettled, they fear for their business existence, quite a few see themselves as scapegoats of society, others complain about even more regulations and bureaucracy.
What challenges lie ahead for agriculture? How can the implementation of the renaturation regulation succeed in Austria? What are the risks and opportunities?
Our 86th podcast episode with Dr. Helmut Gaugitsch provided an initial overview of this topic.
This podcast episode continues the series of conversations. PD Dr. Andreas Steinwidder with DI Wolfgang Suske, who heads a nature conservation office and also teaches at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU). Together with project partners and his team, he supports environmentally relevant projects in agriculture and forestry. The EU law on the restoration of threatened habitats also plays an important role in DI Suske's work. Several online events on this topic have been held in recent months (see links below).
These events presented legal requirements, discussed mutually agreed-upon biodiversity solutions, and described implementation concepts developed by and with farmers.
Look forward to an informative discussion about the questions posed above and valuable thoughts and suggestions on how to reach mutually agreeable solutions in the implementation of the EU renaturation requirements – listen in:
If you are interested in these topics or would like to learn more, we cordially invite you to listen to our podcast.
In this podcast episode, Dr. Andreas Steinwidder speaks with Wolfgang Suske about the challenges and opportunities of renaturation in agriculture, as well as ways to successfully implement the EU Renaturation Regulation in Austria. Listen in:
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