Most environmental NGOs strongly support the draft Nature Restoration Regulation - as does EURAF - but we have concerns over some of the indicators listed, and use of the term "non productive trees" when applied to Landscape Features. Trees Outside the Forest can always combine productive uses of timber, firewood and fodder, with environmental and biodiversity benefits. It's bizarre for the NRR to suggest that Landscape Feature trees (particularly in grassland) should be grown ONLY for the environment. Read the full policy letter #18 to find out more
Sheep grazing vineyards (Vitipasture system)
South Portugal (by João HN Palma, ISA-UL)
Whitehall Farm, Cambs, UK, apples and arable
June 2011 by Organic Research Center.
Wild asparagus in traditional olive orchard at CRA OLI Spoleto, Italy
Photo by Adolfo Rosati
Mixed livestock browsing in holm oak montado
Photo by João Palma
Alley cropping system of Poplar in Forst, Germany
Photo by D. Freese
Oak agro-silvo-pastoral system
Near Bolsena Lake, Italy. Photo by P. Paris (CNR-IBAF)
Olive tree silvarable-pastoral system, near Viterbo, Italy
Photo by P. Paris (CNR IBAF)
Alley cropping, Seabuckthorn & Buffaloberry, canola and alfalfa
Saskatchewan, Canada. Photo by Laura Poppy and Ron Gares
Montado near Montemor-o-Novo
Portugal, photo by Michael den Herder
Silvoarable agroforestry under cork oak (Quercus suber)
near Portalegre, Portugal by João Palma