High Nature Value

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High Nature Value (dt about. High natural value) is an indicator system , which a concept to maintain a high biodiversity on agricultural land lies at the bottom. The aim is to preserve the landscape that is “typical” for this region. The concept of the High Nature Value Farmland Indicator (HNV Farmland Indicator) is one of 35 EU indicators for the integration of environmental concerns into the common agricultural policy . HNV is one of three biodiversity indicators within the focus “Improvement of the environment and the landscape” (EAFRD Implementing Regulation No. 1974/2006 / EC, Annex VIII).

definition

Extensive grassland with an expected yield of 60 dt DM / ha with two uses. Various HNV parameters would apply here.

The High Nature Value Farmland Indicator (HNV Farmland Indicator) is one of 35 EU indicators for integrating environmental concerns into the EU's common agricultural policy . It is one of the biodiversity indicators within priority 2 (improvement of the environment and the landscape) in the “set” of target-oriented basic indicators of the EAFRD Implementing Regulation (Regulation No. 1974/2006 / EC, Annex VIII).

This means that HNV is initially an EU indicator of the nature conservation value of an agricultural area . The indicators are also increasingly finding their way into vegetation science .

HNV indicators

The EU leaves the description and characterization of the most important types of HNV agriculture to the respective national authorities. However, it recommends that the following agricultural use points should be included:

  1. The predominant land use in connection with the respective agricultural system, in particular near-natural types of vegetation, types of arable land as well as their spatial extent and distribution at farm level (e.g. estimated proportion of the cultivated area, mosaic-like distribution). Landscape elements should also be included that make a significant contribution to biodiversity, even if they only make up a marginal proportion of the area of ​​the corresponding agricultural system, such as field edges, small succession areas and dry stone walls.
  2. The specific forms of land use and special characteristics of the corresponding agricultural systems, such as grazing systems, tillage and intensity of use (for example stocking levels and densities of grazing animals per hectare of forage, nitrogen use, fallow land).
  3. The ecological values ​​associated with these types and processes of use (species and habitats that are important from a nature conservation perspective).

implementation

HNV is part of the EU's long-term agricultural policy and therefore, in contrast to z. B. Natura 2000 , located in the agricultural administration.

Germany

In Germany, the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation is working on the implementation of the HNV concept. The indicator is also part of the indicator set of the national strategy on biological diversity .

The HNV farmland indicator is a mandatory indicator in accordance with Regulation 1698/2005 / EC (EAFRD regulation) and must be reported to the EU by all member states. It must also be presented at the federal level as part of the reporting obligations for the national strategic plan. The BfN therefore developed its own approach to design this indicator in coordination with the BMEL, the BMUB and the federal states. One result was the conception for HNV farmland monitoring. Here, data for the HNV farmland indicator is regularly collected via mapping on around 900 sample areas with a size of 1 km².

In Germany, the following value levels have been introduced for HNV farmland elements:

  • HNV I - extremely high natural value
  • HNV II - high natural value
  • HNV III - moderately high natural value

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Regulation (EC) No. 1974/2006 (PDF)
  2. ↑ Regulation (EC) No. 1698/2005 (PDF)

literature

  • Benzler, A. (2009): The implementation of the HNV farmland indicator in Germany. Rural Evaluation News 2, pp. 4-5.
  • Benzler, A. (2012): Measuring extent and quality of HNV farmland in Germany. In: Oppermann, R .; Beaufoy, G .; Jones, G. (Eds.): High Nature Value Farming in Europe. Ubstadt-Weiher (Regional Culture Publishing House), pp. 507-510.

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