Presented at the Irish National Rural Network conference on the 1st of December 2009

1. Building alliances between farmers & environmentalists What CAP is needed to face up to the environmental challenges? 1 December 2009, Dublin Luigi Boccaccio BirdLife International Stefan Benko Ariel Brunner Ariel Brunner L Boccaccio

3. The “Health Check” has left the CAP basically unchanged until 2013. We can’t afford more waiting Conservation status of agricultural habitats European Commission 2009 RSPB Mariano Fracchiolla

4. The CAP has changed… but has also stayed the same! Source, DG Agri EU-10 EU-12 EU-15 EU-25 EU-27

5. 8% of the CAP is currently directed at the environment ...yet the whole CAP money is accounted as “ Preservation and management of natural resources” under Heading 2 of the EU budget! CAP 2007-2013 budget (including national financing) RSPB & IEEP figures based on Rural Development Programmes Completely untargeted spending, mostly historic entitlements discriminating against extensive farming

17. Thank you for your attention! BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL EUROPEAN DIVISION Avenue de la Toison d’Or 67 1060 BRUSSELS- BELGIUM Tel. +32 2 280 08 30 www.birdlife.org Ariel Brunner Ariel Brunner Stefan Benko [email_address] Luigi Boccaccio