Скачать или смотреть Using the Grassland scorecard in the Pearl Mussel Project

This video is a tutorial in the use of the Grassland scorecard in the Pearl Mussel Project. It's aim is to inform farmers and their advisors.

The Pearl Mussel Project EIP is a Results-Based Agri-environment Payment Scheme (RBAPS) funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine that seeks to improve water quality in the top eight Freshwater Pearl Mussel catchments in Ireland.

Terrestrial habitats are used as result indicators and the higher the quality of these habitats, the higher the payments farmers receive. This approach has the effect of creating a market for biodiversity, and provides an opportunity and incentive for farmers to management their habitats to a higher quality. Although payments are for results achieved, supporting actions, such as the provision of drinking troughs, drain-blocking, and stock management are financed through the programme to assist farmer achieve higher scores. The focus of the programme is on reward for ecosystem services, rather than restriction and penalty.

The Pearl Mussel Project has created an exciting template for how future agri-environment schemes can operate through appropriate targeting of the desired biodiversity objective(s), ensure scientific rigor in its design, and the close collaboration and consensus with farmers.

The Pearl Mussel Project EIP runs until December 2023.