Agriculture and nature are inseparably linked. Agriculture relies on healthy nature and ecosystem services, which underpin farmers’ livelihoods and people’s wellbeing. At the same time, unsustainable farming practices are an important driver of biodiversity loss and environmental degradation. A transition is needed towards truly sustainable food and farming systems that work for people and nature.
The current Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is not fit for this purpose. In the position paper Towards A Common Agricultural Policy that Works For People and Nature WWF therefore calls for the CAP to be re-designed in order to support the necessary transition in agricultural practices, and asks for:
- Programmed and targeted schemes to become the core of this policy;
- Coherence with other EU and global policies and a widened governance structure.