Activities/Thematic Focus

• Integrated nature conservation and sustainable land use in farming and forestry
• Developing visions, conservation quality targets, strategies, policy instruments and methods for integrated conservation in agriculture and forestry, including green genetic engineering
• Implementing best conservation practice in farming and forestry
• Safeguarding and promoting the sustainable use of biodiversity in agriculture and forestry, including specialist support for large-scale conservation projects
• Nature conservation and organic farming
• Creating the scientific foundations and formulating recommendations for sustainable land use
• Forestry-related activities under the Convention on Biological Diversity, including the expanded programme of work on forest biodiversity
• Integration of conservation aspects into forestry and certification
• Involvement in formulating strategies and policy instruments for national, European and international agricultural, forestry and nature conservation policies