Presentations and Speeches held on the Conference

„Nature Conservation and the EU Policy for Sustainable Land Management in the New EU Member States“

18 June  - 19 June  - 20 June,  2007

Bonn / Germany

Monday, 18 June 2007

MODULE I: Opening of conference

• Opening of the conference (39 KB): Jochen Flasbarth (BMU)
• Rural Areas from the Point of View of Nature Conservation (2,8 MB): Andreas Krug (BfN)
• A look back at the conferences 2001-2005 (58 KB): Dr. Kilian Delbrück (BMU)

MODULE II: Introduction to EU Agricultural Policy / Policy for Sustainable Land Management

• The Distribution of EU Funds - The Two Pathways of Agricultural Development (2 MB): Lutz Ribbe (EuroNatur)
• Remarks by the European Court of Auditors on the First and Second Pillars of the CAP (175 KB): Riemer Haagsma (European Court of Auditors)
• EU Rural Development Policy and Perspectives for the Period After 2013 (671 KB): Dr. Antonis Constantinou (DG Agri)

MODULE III: Rural Development: Experiences, objectives and strategies

• Effects of the Second Pillar of the CAP on Nature Conservation in the EU 27, 2000 – 2007 (309KB): Jaroslav Pražan (Research Institute of Agricultural Economics Prague)
• The Four Axis of the EAFRD – A Comparison of National Strate-gies and the Objectives Contained therein in 11 Member States (229 KB): Dirk Schubert (NOVA Institute)
• Findings on the Study „Evaluating National Strategic Reference Frameworks with Regard to Preserving Biodiversity and Maintaining Favourable Conservation Status of Species and Habitat Types of European Importance“ (113 KB): Garbor Figeczky (WWF Hungary)

MODULE IV: Rural Development: Rural Development Programmes 2007-2013 – Part 1

Module IV consisted of reports on the initial experiences with Axis 1 - 4 of the EAFRD Regulation in the Member States. The reports were be given by the participants and were focused on the question, if the different Axis strengthen Nature Conservation and Sustainable Rural Development.

a) Policy for RD and Nature Protection (a general reflection)

• Rural Development (6,7 MB): Vyara Stefanova, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Bulgaria
• The Gap Between Objectives and Measures of RDP, 2007-13 (376 KB): Goran Soster, Slovenian Rural Development Network, Slovenia
• How the Measures in the Axis of the Rural Development Programme for Malta for 2007-2013 Contribute to Nature Conservation and Sustainable Agriculture (334 KB): Dr. Sonya Sammut, Ministry for Rural Affairs and the Environment, Malta
• Different Instruments of the RDP 2007 - 2013 as Good Tools for Combining and Complementing the Aims of Nature Conservation and Agriculture (1,7 MB): Andrej Bibič, Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning, Slovenia
• Short Report on RDP 2007-13 in Slovakia (392 KB): Dr. Daniel Lešinský, CEPTA/FoE, Slovakia

Tuesday, 19 June 2007

MODULE IV  Rural Development: Rural Development Programmes 2007-2013 – Part 2

Continuation of the reports on the initial experiences with the EAFRD Regulation in the Member States

b) NATURA 2000 and Agri-Environmental Schemes as Nature Protection Aspects of Rural Development

• Nature Conservation Aspects of EAFRD, e.g. agroenvironmental (2,9 MB): Eva Potočiarová, Ministry of Environment, Czech Republik
• Natura 2000 - Forestry Measures in Hungary (173 KB): Gabor Figeczky, WWF, Hungary
• The Administration Process of Agri-Environmental Measures in Latvia (207 KB): Žanete Zaharova,  Ministry of Agriculture, Latvia
• Developing the Rural Development Programme for England  (RDPE) - a Focus on Agri-Environment Schemes (186 KB): Rosie Simpson, Natural England, UK
• Relevance of Natura 2000 Sites Designated in Romania: Sergiu Mihut, SC Unitatea de Support pentru Integrare SRL, Romania
• Expected Impact of Romanian LFA and Agri-Environment Measures (758 KB): Sergiu Didicescu, Ministry of Agriculture, Romania
• Implementation of Agri-Environmental Programmes: How to Engage Farmers? (28 KB): Gediminas Almantas, Ministry of Agriculture, Lithuania

c) Policy for RD and its Effects on Nature Protection (focus on special areas or species)

• Measures for protection of biodiversity: Andrej Sanitrár, State Nature Conservancy, Slovakia
• Role of the RDP 2007-2013 in Minimising Conflicts Between Large Carnivores and Farming (602 KB): Janez Kastelic, Ministry of Environment, Slovenia
• The Rural Development and its Impact on Species and Habitats of Community Interest (569 KB): Ionela Tutila, Eco Pontica Foundation, Romania
• Farmland Bird Conservation and the 2007-2013 Rural Development Programmes of the New Member States (2,6 MB): Marcus Gilleard, RSPB, UK

d) Unsustainable Rural Development

• Underlying Causes of Unsustainable Rural Development (778 KB): Dr. Iván Gyulai, The Ecological Institute for Sustainable Development, Hungary

e) Perspective for the future

• Future of Agricultural Policy and Rural Development (42 KB): Marek Kryda, Polish Agri-Environmental Initiative, Poland

MODULE V: Cross Compliance based direct payments and its contribution to Environment and Rural Development

• Impact of Decoupled Payments Under the First Pillar on Holdings and on Nature Conservation, Focus on EU12 (1,2 MB): Kaul Nurm (Estonian Farmer Federation), Estonia
• Report from the Commission to the Council on the Application of the System of Cross-Compliance (314 KB): Inge Van Oost (DG Agri)
• Cross-Compliance – Greening of the First Pillar? (106 KB): Heike Nitsch (FAL), Germany
• Relations of Cross-Compliance System to the EU Directives – Natura 2000, Water Framework Directive (possibilities of implementation in the Czech Republic) (23 KB): Jaroslav Ungerman, VERONICA , Czech Republik

Wednesday, 20 June 2007

MODULE VI: Future of Agricultural Policy and Rural Development

How do we imagine Sustainable Rural Development in the EU27 and which contribution could be given by the EU Agricultural Policy? (Presentation of proposals by guest speakers with comments by participants and discussion)

• Some Ingredients for Successful Rural Development (696 KB): Koen De Rijck, WWF – Danube Carpathian Programme, Bulgaria
• Management of Seminatural Grasslands and Future of the CAP (172 KB): Aleksei Lotman, Estonian Parliament, Estonia
• Sustainable Rural Development in Europe - Challenge or Dream? (317 KB): Dr. Daniel Lešinský, CEPTA/FoE, Slovakia
• A Sustainable Rural Development and Rural Management: BirdLife's Vision for the Future of the CAP (970 KB): Ariel Brunner, Birdlife International
• Vision of a Rural Development in Europe (925 KB): Wolfgang Suske, Naturschutz & Ländliche Entwicklung Consulting, Austria
• Summary and closing of the conference (66 KB): Dr. Kilian Delbrück (BMU), Germany