Effects of the European Common Agricultural Policy on Preserving Biodiversity: Farmland Birds in Slovenia

Slabe-Erker Renata, Ogorevc Marko (), Kmecl Primož () and Ciglič Rok ()
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Slabe-Erker Renata: Institute for Economic Research, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Ogorevc Marko: Institute for Economic Research, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Kmecl Primož: DOPPS Birdlife Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Ciglič Rok: Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Anton Melik Geographical Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia

European Countryside, 2019, vol. 11, issue 3, 281-297

Abstract: This paper assesses the effects of agricultural payments on changes in farmland bird diversity in Slovenia. Diversity was measured by Shannon index, while the impacts were estimated with the first-difference estimator on panel data for municipalities with and without special protection areas for birds. The effects of agricultural payments on farmland biodiversity require that the balance of financial instruments be taken into account when the agricultural policy is being drafted. The effects of payments in municipalities with and without special protection areas indicate the need to consider the landscape perspective and adapt schemes to landscape type while preparing the national agricultural policy.

Keywords: agricultural payments; farmland bird diversity; Shannon index; panel data model; special protection areas (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.2478/euco-2019-0018

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