A six-year, €10m EIP-AGRI results-based scheme paid roughly 450 farmers across Ireland's 'Top 8' freshwater pearl mussel catchments for measured habitat and …
Ireland's statutory agri-environment PES under the 2023-2027 EU CAP: EUR 150M/yr for 54,000+ farm families managing 1.1M ha for biodiversity, peatland carbon …
Dublin, Ireland
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
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From 2010–2022, Ireland's Burren Programme paid 328 farmers across 23,000 ha of karst grassland by ecological scorecard rather than prescription; independent evaluation …
A 40-farm Irish pilot paid farmers for measured pollinator-habitat quality via a 19-action scorecard rather than fixed prescriptions; median farm scores rose …