Biodiversity continues to decline, despite the implementation of international conservation
conventions and measures. To counteract biodiversity loss, it is pivotal to know how …

Summary 1 Increasing concern over the environmental impact of agriculture in Europe has
led to the introduction of agri‐environment schemes. These schemes compensate farmers …

Increasing interest is being shown in result-oriented agri-environmental schemes. Such
schemes have the advantage of encouraging farmers to innovate to produce environmental …

Grasslands used to be vital landscape elements throughout Europe. Nowadays, the area of
grasslands is dramatically reduced, especially in industrial countries. Grassland restoration …

When first published in 2008, The New Peasantries revolutionized our ways of thinking of
what constitutes the peasantry and repeasantization. It showed how a new era of empire …

The conservation of biodiversity critically depends on the value that humans attach to it.
Apart from an ecological and economic value, an aesthetic value has often been assigned to …

Recent declines in biodiversity have given new urgency to questions about the relationship
between land‐use change, biodiversity and ecosystem processes. Despite the existence of …

Grassland biomass is suitable in numerous ways for producing energy. It is well established
as feedstock for biogas production. The aim of this review is to summarize current …

Globally, much biodiversity is found on private land. Acting to conserve such biodiversity
thus requires the design of policies which influence the decision-making of farmers and …

The relationship of different types of grassland use with plant species richness and
composition (functional groups of herbs, legumes, and grasses) has so far been studied at …