LIFE Platform Meeting: Agriculture for the Benefit of Biodiversity

The three-day event, organised under the framework of the LIFE Programme and hosted by LIFE IP B4B, will bring together policymakers, practitioners, conservation experts, landowners, farmers and agricultural stakeholders to explore how RBaPS can be integrated into national agricultural policies to promote biodiversity-friendly farming. Through plenary sessions, expert panels, and case studies, participants will discuss key challenges and opportunities for implementing these schemes at both local and European levels. 

Key highlights will include plenary sessions led by notable speakers like Humberto Delgado Rosa, from Directorate-General for Environment (DG ENV) and Charlie McConalogue, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Ireland) alongside field trips showcasing successful LIFE-funded projects that have combined agriculture with biodiversity goals in Flanders and Wallonia in Belgium. Interactive working groups will allow participants to delve deeper into themes such as stakeholder engagement, biodiversity indicator selection, linking indicators for payment schemes, and scaling up sustainable practices, with the aim of developing concrete policy recommendations and practical solutions to be implemented across the EU. 

At the event, fourteen key LIFE projects will be featured:

• LIFE Olivares Vivos + 
• LIFE IP Wild Atlantic Nature 
• LIFE Natureman 
• LIFE Lough Carra 
• LIFE SYSEL 
• B4B Belgian IP
• LIFE IP LatviaNature
• LIFE Atlantic Crex
• LIFE Hunviphab
• LIFE PAF Naturalit
• LIFE IP Forest&Farmland
• LIFE Maronesa
• LIFEIP GrasBirdsHabitats
• LIFE IP ALL4Biodiversity

Follow the event online through this link.