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Wednesday 9th December 2015 Press Club Brussels Europe
2015 European Biodiversity Conference
Managing Europe's Carbon stocks for climate resilient ecosystems
Special address
Daniel CALLEJA CRESPO Director General for Environment, European Commission
2015 European Bee Award
Ceremony and Cocktail Reception
Hosted by Franc BOGOVIČ MEP
WHO WE ARE -‐ The ELO represents the collecAve voice of landowners, managers and farmers across Europe. Their business and private properAes are the core for a sustainable and prosperous countryside. The ELO addresses issues that affect European rural areas, which represent over 77% of the EU’s territory (47% farm land and 30% forest) and is home to around half its populaAon (consisAng of farming communiAes and other residents). WHAT DO WE STAND FOR -‐ The ELO considers that policies must opAmise acAons to maintain food security while fully exploiAng the miAgaAon potenAal of different land uses. Taking into account both global and local approaches, climate change miAgaAon and adaptaAon can be achieved by encouraging the provision of environmental goods and services, by promoAng the Sustainable IntensificaAon of food producAon and a Bioeconomy, by incenAvising research and innovaAon. WHY MANAGING CARBON STOCKS? -‐ Climate change has strong implicaAons for land managers. It increases their challenges in terms of availability of water resources, quality of soils, spread and pests’ diseases and consequently growth and yields, ecosystems and businesses, leading to significant changes in their condiAons. Therefore, land management soluAons are to be found, mainly by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and conserving and increasing carbon stocks, which can be used as a bioenergy source and a subsAtute to fossil fuels. Managing ecosystem services can also minimize climate change impacts. Land managers will have to adapt their businesses and infrastructures, as climate change will have an adverse effect on a range of business ventures. à See ELO’s publicaAon « Climate change and the Rural Economy » (available at www.elo.org)
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EUROPEAN BEE AWARDEnhancing the protection of pollinators in the farmed environment
ABOUT -‐ The European Bee Award was launched for the first Ame in 2014 by the European Landowners’ OrganizaAon and the European Agricultural Machinery AssociaAon CEMA with the aim of contribuAng to the promoAon of common soluAons for the benefit of biodiversity. The European Bee Award rewards farmers, landowners, land managers or rural entrepreneurs who contribute with an outstanding and innovaAve project to the protecAon of bees and other pollinators in the farmed environment. An independent jury chaired by Professor Godfray (University of Oxford) and supported by internaAonal experts, members of the European InsAtuAons and NGOs will be in charge of assessing which pracAces and innovaAve ideas in agriculture can contribute to preserve the health of pollinators in Europe (e.g. honey bees, bumble bees, flies, bu*erflies). WHO CAN PARTICIPATE? -‐ The European Bee Award is awarded to a European land manager who possibly together with a partner organisaAon has developed and implemented a novel pracAce that helps to reduce the impact of farming operaAons on honeybees and other pollinators. The type of intervenAons that might be considered include managing part of the farm in ways that benefit pollinators, improving the availability of flowers and other resources that pollinators require, changes within the agronomic pracAces and the use of farm equipment that are pollinator friendly. The independent jury takes a broad view of possible intervenAons and welcomes novel and innovaAve ideas. It considers pracAces that measurably improve pollinator wellbeing on all farm types and that benefit not only managed honeybee populaAons but also wild bees and other pollinators. HOW TO PARTICIPATE -‐ Once the call for applicaAons launched, you can download the applicaAon form at www.europeanlandowners.org an send it by email to [email protected]
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AGENDA&'&2015&EUROPEAN&BIODIVERSITY&CONFERENCE&'&9/12/2015&
14.30&'&14.45& REGISTRATION*
15.00&'&15.15& WELCOMING*! Franc*BOGOVIČ,&MEP&! Thierry*de*l’ESCAILLE,&Secretary&General,&European&Landowners’&Organization&(ELO)&
15.15&'&15.30& BELLEUROPA*AWARD*CEREMONY*B*WILDLIFE*ESTATES*LABEL**
Chair:*Tim*BREITMEYER,*Farmer&and&vice'President,&Country&Land&and&Business&Association&(CLA)*
15.30&'&16.00& KEYNOTE*SPEECH**Daniel*CALLEJA*CRESPO,*Director&General&for&Environment,&European&Commission&*QUESTIONS*AND*ANSWERS*
16.00&'&17.30& PANEL*DISCUSSION**“Incentivising+soil+carbon+storage+in+European+agriculture”*
! Alan*MATTHEWS,*Professor,&European&Agricultural&Policy&in&the&Department&of&Economics,&School&of&Social&Sciences&and&Philosophy&at&Trinity&College,&Dublin&&
“Land+use+in+the+Paris+Climate+Conference+(COP21)”!! Peter*WEHRHEIM,&Head&of&Unit,&Climate&Finance&and&Deforestation,&DG&CLIMA,&European&
Commission&&“Land+use+and+ambitious+climate+policies”&
! Pieter*de*POUS,*Policy&Director,&EEB&**“Maintaining+farmed+landscapes+for+Climate+Change+mitigation/adaptation”*
! Nathaniel*PAGE,&Director,&Fundatia&ADEPT&Transilvania&&
QUESTIONS*AND*ANSWERS*
&17.30&'&18.00& CONCLUSION*
18.00&'&19.30&& 2015*European*Bee*Award*Ceremony*and*Cocktail*Reception*
2015 European Biodiversity Conference Managing Europe’s Carbon stocks for climate resilient ecosystems
CONTEXT -‐ Agriculture and forestry fix carbon in large quanAAes and are the main economic sectors that store it in vegetaAon and soils through photosynthesis. Grassland, humid zones and forests in parAcular are key elements. A wide range of farming and forestry pracAces and land use changes help enhance carbon sequestraAon as conservaAon agriculture, diversified crop rotaAons, preservaAon of carbon hotspots areas etc. It is esAmated that in the EU soils contain 73-‐79 gigatons of organic carbon (equivalent to 275 Gt CO2). This represents more than fify Ames the annual GHG emissions from the EU. PURPOSE OF THE CONFERENCE -‐ Climate change is a very serious challenge for society and impacts on rural areas and lands based sectors. The efforts of landowners and land managers for securing carbon stored in forests and soils have only partly been included in internaAonal agreements primarily due to the difficulty of collecAng robust carbon data from forests and soils and the lack of common rules on how to account for emissions and removals. There is an unused potenAal for cost-‐effecAve climate miAgaAon acAviAes in EU agriculture. Policies will need to encourage and facilitate the necessary changes for a more efficient use of natural resources to achieve be*er agricultural and environmental outputs.
2015 EUROPEAN BEE AWARD CEREMONY AND COCKTAIL RECEPTION
Agenda
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SPEAKERS'BIOGRAPHIES'
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Franc&BOGOVIČ,&MEP,&European&Parliament&&Franc'BOGOVIČ!graduated'as'an'Agricultural'Engineer'from'the'University'of'Maribor'in'1984.'Afterwards,'he'was'employed'as'an'agricultural'extension'expert'and'head'of'the'Cooperation'Department'of'Agrokombinat'Krško.'He'later'established'a'family'commerce'business,'which'he'successfully'managed'for'8'years.'He'became'a'leader'in'his'local'community'Koprivnica'in'1986.'From'1998,'he'was'elected'mayor'of'the'Municipality'of'Krško'for'four'consecutive'terms.'He'was'also'the'vice'president'of'the'Association'of'European'municipalities'with'nuclear'facilities.''In'May'2014,'he'was'elected'as'a'member'of' the'European'Parliament,'where'he' represents' the'Slovenian'People’s' Party' (SLS)' in' the' European' People’s' Party' (EPP)' Political' Group.' Before' that,' he' was' an' elected'member'of'the'National'Parliament'of'the'Republic'of'Slovenia'for'two'consecutive'times'and'the'Minister'for'Agriculture'from'2012'to'2013.''His'political'engagement'started'when'he'was'a'young'man'during'the'political'spring' in'Slovenia'and'he' is'one'of'the'founders'and'creators'of'the'Slovenian'Farmers’'Association'–'the'first'democratic'political'party'in'Slovenia'after'World'War'II'and'the'predecessor'of'the'Slovenian'People’s'Party.''
Thierry&de&l’ESCAILLE,&Secretary&General,&European&Landowners’&Organization&Thierry'de' l’ESCAILLE' is'a'Belgian' lawyer'who' runs'an'agricultural' family'enterprise'active' in' in'Belgium,'France,' and' Netherlands.' Their' production' includes' vegetables,' sugar' beet,' potatoes,' wheat,' pollinator'strips'and'flowers.'He'has'been'the'Secretary'General'–'CEO'of' the'European'Landowners’'Organization'asbl' since' 1996,' and' works' as' an' administrator' for' numerous' organizations' of' national' and' EU' wide'importance'having'a'strong'relation'with'private'property,'profitability'of' land,'environment'real'estates'and'finance.'He'has'acquired'extensive'experience'in'strategic'management'at'EU'level.'Furthermore,'he'is'the'author'or' co`author'of' several' reports'on' the' future'of' agriculture,' agricultural'markets'and'CAP'as'well'as'on'environmental'issues'related'to'biodiversity.'He'is'also'member'of'the'board'of'several'NGOs,'institutions'as'well'as'member'of'consultative'committees.'Thierry'de'l’ESCAILLE'is'one'of'the'founders'of'the'Forum'for'the'Future'of'Agriculture,'the'major'agricultural'forum'in'Brussels'and'of'the'Wildlife'Estates'Label'projects.'
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Tim&BREITMEYER,&CLA&vice&President&Tim'BREITMEYER,'vice`President'of'the'Country'Land'and'Business'Association'(CLA),'has'been'an'active'CLA'member'for'more'than'a'decade.'He'chaired'the'CLA'Cambridgeshire'branch'committee'for'two'years'and'has'also'chaired'the'CLA’s'national'Agriculture'and'Land'Use'Committee'and'Environment'Committee.''Tim'farms' 1,600' acres' in' Cambridgeshire,' growing' wheat,' spring' barley,' oil' seed' rape' and' sugar' beet.' He'contract`farms'another'3,900'acres.'The'business'also'runs'a'substantial'sugarbeet'harvesting'and'delivery'operation,'rents'out'5,500'square'foot'of'office'space'and'has'a'private'shoot.'''''Tim' served' for' 18' years' in' the' Grenadier' Guards,' retiring' in' 1996,' and' is' a' member' of' Her' Majesty’s'Honourable' Corps' of' Gentlemen' at' Arms,' providing' a' ceremonial' guard' for' HM' The' Queen' on' state'occasions.' Tim'was' elected'Vice`President' of' the' CLA' at' the'Association’s' Annual'General'Meeting' on' 14'November'2013.'
Daniel&CALLEJA&CRESPO,&Director&General&for&Environment,&European&Commission&Daniel'CALLEJA'CRESPO'is'Director`General'of'DG'Environment'since'September'2015.'Previously'he'was'the'Deputy'Director'General,'and'Director`General'of'DG'Internal'Market,'Industry,'Entrepreneurship'and'SMEs.'Before'this,'he'was'Director'for'Air'Transport'at'the'European'Commission'and'he'has'been'Head'of'Cabinet'of' the'President'of' the'Commission' Jacques'SANTER' (1995)'and'of' the'Commissioner'Marcelino'OREJA' (1995' `'1999).'Between'1986'and'1993,'he'was'Member'of' the'Legal'Service'of' the'Commission,'representing'the'institution'in'numerous'cases'before'the'European'Court'of'Justice.'He'holds'a'Diploma'in'EU'Law'with'honours'from'the'Universidad'Complutense'de'Madrid,'as'well'as'a'Diploma'in'Business'Law'from' the' City' of' London' Polytechnic' and' a' degree' in' Law' and' Business' Administration' from' the'Universidad'de'Comillas,'ICADE'(Madrid).'Daniel'CALLEJA'CRESPO'is'the'author'of'several'publications.'He'has' lectured'in'European'Law'in'several'universities'and'institutes'of'various'Member'States.'
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SPEAKERS'BIOGRAPHIES'
Alan%MATTHEWS,%Professor,%European%Agricultural%Policy%in%the%Department%of%Economics,%School%of%Social%Sciences%and%Philosophy%at%Trinity%College%Alan'MATTHEWS’'major' research' interests' are' agricultural' policy' analysis,' the' impact' of' international'
trade' on' developing' countries,' and' computable' general' equilibrium' analysis' of' trade' and' agricultural'
policy' reforms.' He' has'worked' as' a' consultant' to' the' European' Parliament,' the'OECD,' the' Food' and'
Agricultural'Organisation'of' the'United'Nations'and' the'UN' Industrial'Development'Organisation,' and'
has'been'a'panel'member'in'a'number'of'WTO'Dispute'Settlement'procedures.'He'is'a'former'President'
of' the'European'Association'of'Agricultural'Economists'and' is'currently'a'member'of' Ireland’s'Climate'
Change'Advisory'Council.'He'is'also'a'regular'contributor'to'the'blog'capreform.eu'on'issues'relating'to'
the'EU’s'Common'Agricultural'Policy.'
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Peter%WEHRHEIM,%Head%of%Unit,%Climate%Finance%and%Deforestation,%DG%CLIMA,%European%Commission%Peter' WEHRHEIM' works' on' climate' finance,' forestry' and' agriculture,' especially' with' regards' to' the'
mainstreaming'of'climate'objectives' into'the'EU's'external'support' instruments'and'to'EU'domestic'climate'
finance.' He' also' engages' on' climate' issues' with' public' banks' (e.g.' World' Bank' and' European' Investment'
Bank).'Furthermore,'he'is'responsible'for'the'treatment'of'agriculture'and'forestry'in'the'context'of'the'EU's'
climate'policy'including'in'the'2030'Climate'and'Energy'Framework.'Between'2004'and'2010,'he'was'affiliated'
to'the'Directorate'General' for'Agriculture.'He'had'multiple'research'positions'prior'to' joining'the'European'
Commission,' including' that' of' senior' research' fellow' at' the' Centre' for' Development' Research' in'
Bonn/Germany,'that'of'Heisenberg'Scholar'of'the'German'Research'Foundation'(DFG)'and'a'position'at'the'
Department'of'Economics'at'the'University'of'Maryland.'He'also'worked'for'the'University'of'Bonn'and'the'
University'of'Kiel,'as'well'as'as'a'consultant'for'the'World'Bank,'the'FAO'and'the'European'Commission.' In'
2001'he'received'a'professorial'title/Habilitation'(Doctor'degree)'in'agricultural'economics'from'the'University'
of'Bonn'(Giessen).''
Pieter%de%POUS,%Policy%Director,%EEB%%Pieter' de' POUS'holds' a'master' degree' in' forestry' sciences' from' the'University' of'Wageningen' in' the'
Netherlands.'Since'2005'he'has'worked'in'the'policy'unit'of'the'European'Environmental'Bureau'(EEB),'
coordinating' the'organization’s'advocacy'work' in' the'areas'of'biodiversity,'water,' soil,'bio\energy'and'
agriculture'policies.''Since'September'2010'he'is'the'EEB’s'policy'director.'Managing'a'team'of'10'policy'
officers,' he' leads' the' EEB’s' policy' work' with' a' focus' on' horizontal' issues' like' natural' resources' and'
environmental'governance.'He' is'also'chairman'of' the'board'of'ECOS,'a' specialized'NGO'representing'
environmental'interests'in'standardization.'Between'March'1'and'May'1,'2011'he'was'acting'Secretary'
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Nathaniel%PAGE,%Director,%Fundatia%ADEPT%Transilvania%Nathaniel' PAGE' studied' Zoology' at' Oxford' University,' and' worked' for' 14' years' as' a' diplomat' in,' among'
others,'Thailand'and'Romania,'before'studying'agriculture'and'returning'to'his'original'farming'and'nature'
conservation'interests,'becoming'the'owner'and'manager'of'a'60'ha'livestock'farm'in'the'west'of'England.'In'
2004'he'helped' to' establish' Fundatia'ADEPT' Transilvania,' dedicated' to' protecting'Romania’s'High'Nature'
Value'farmed'landscapes,'and'the'small\scale'farming'communities'that'have'created'them.'Ever'since,'he'
has' been' involved' in' grassroots' projects' centred' on' farm' advisory' services,' development' of' agri\
environment'measures,'and'policy'development'and'advocacy'at'national'and'at'EU'level.'He'is'particularly'
interested'in'traditional'farm'landscapes,'their'positive'externalities'and'how'they'can'be'sustained'through'
economic' incentives.' In' 2014,' DG' Environment' awarded' him' the' Natura' 2000' prize' for' the' EU' project'
bringing'most'benefits'to'local'communities'in'a'protected'area.'
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