Influencing agriculture policy for biodiversity conservation, based on country reports from Czech Republic, Lithuania and Poland

This report assesses the influence of agricultural policy and regional development on the biodiversity of three selected countries: Poland, the Czech Republic and Lithuania, and proposes directions for change. It aims at influencing policy-making in selected issues related to the agriculture sector to better conserve biodiversity in agricultural landscapes in Europe. The policy areas were world and inter-European trade; vertical integration – “from seed to shelf”; and the integration of biodiversity into the rural development programmes in Central Europe.