Workpackages
WP1 – Literature review: Evaluation of novel measures to enhance biodiversity on Irish farms
WP2 – Economic analysis of selected novel measures to protect and enhance biodiversity on Irish farms
WP3 – Identify and map biodiversity target areas in a range of farming intensities and enterprises
WP4 – Assess ecosystem health and delivery of ecosystem services using novel above-ground bioindicators
WP5 – Assess ecosystem health and delivery of ecosystem services using soil parameters
WP6 – Enhance biodiversity and the provisioning of ecosystem services through connectivity at the landscape scale.
WP7 – Modelling spatial extent of benefits from biodiversity-rich habitats on biodiversity and ecosystem services
WP8 – Demonstration of novel biodiversity measures
WP9 – Dissemination
High Nature Value farming is dependent on extensive farming, and is at risk from intensification and abandonment.