<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>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.</p></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.

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

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This paper assesses the effects of agricultural payments on changes in farmland bird diversity in Slovenia. Diversity was measured by Shannon index, while the...

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

Published Online: Oct 07, 2019

Page range: 281 - 297

Received: Nov 05, 2018

Accepted: Aug 21, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/euco-2019-0018

Keywords
agricultural payments, farmland bird diversity, Shannon index, panel data model, special protection areas

© 2019 Renata Slabe-Erker et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

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

Published Online: Oct 07, 2019

Page range: 281 - 297

Received: Nov 05, 2018

Accepted: Aug 21, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/euco-2019-0018

Keywordsagricultural payments, farmland bird diversity, Shannon index, panel data model, special protection areas

© 2019 Renata Slabe-Erker et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
agricultural payments, farmland bird diversity, Shannon index, panel data model, special protection areas