Back to the Future - High Nature Value Farmlands

A new paper published in Ecological Society of America journal entitled “Frontiers In Ecology and the Environment” by a consortium of partners in France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Portugal and Scotland looks at a range of future scenarios for HNV farmlands, related management options and the socioecological outcomes for each.

The paper considers five alternative scenarios – associated with different levels of management intensity and socioeconomic viability, ranging from abandonment to intensification – and highlights how the future of HNV farmlands can be secured by improving social services in rural communities, designing new uses for HNV goods, and developing new business opportunities on HNV farmlands. Read More.