EIP-AGRI - An Innovative Option to Support Hill Farmers for Biodiversity Conservation in the Irish Uplands

Verena Berard provides us with an overview of her ongoing PhD research, analysing hill farmers attitudes and local environmental knowledge towards agri-environmental schemes in Ireland. This ongoing PhD research will provide a comparative analysis of the ‘top-down’ agri-environmental scheme, known as GLAS and the ‘bottom-up’ approach to results-based agri-environmental schemes. Verena will also give her thoughts and opinions on the EIP-AGRI initiative. Read More