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
Collection of reindeer
Photo by Daana Fjällberg of the Njaarke Sami village
Walnut and Maize
Montpellier, France by AGROOF
Trees planted on grasslands and between fields in the “Juchowo Farm”
North-Western, Poland. Photo by Robert Borek
Whitehall Farm, Cambs, UK, apples and arable
June 2011 by Organic Research Center.
Alley-cropping at Vattholma, Sweden
Mature grazed woodland at Clapham Park
Bedfordshire, UK
Agroforestry with willow used as medicinal fodder
Shropshire, UK. Photo by Jo Smith, ORC
Cereal silvoarable agroforestry (South Portugal)
Photo by João Palma
Switzerland
Photo by Gabriela Brändle, Agroscope
Darliner Farm
Italy