This document provides guidelines for mapping the proposed common soil, climate and terrain criteria for agricultural areas with natural constraints, as set out in the EU Regulation 1305/2013. It is written for scientific and technical officers in the Member State administrations in charge of...

Areas with Natural Constraints (ANC, previously referred as 'less favoured areas', LFA) designates areas where agricultural production or activity is more difficult because of natural handicaps and therefore there is a significant risk of agricultural land abandonment. The scheme compensates for...

Areas with Natural Constraints (ANC, previously referred as 'less favoured areas', LFA) designates areas where agricultural production or activity is more difficult because of natural handicaps and therefore there is a significant risk of agricultural land abandonment. The scheme compensates for...

The aim of this science for policy report is twofold. First, it presents the state of play and the next steps in developing a monitoring framework for the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 (EU BDS). Second, it provides an overview of progress made in implementing the EU BDS to date, as well as...

The aim of this science for policy report is twofold. First, it presents the state of play and the next steps in developing a monitoring framework for the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 (EU BDS). Second, it provides an overview of progress made in implementing the EU BDS to date, as well as...

This report describes the algorithm to disaggregate regional crop area statistics in Europe, at all NUTS and GAUL administrative levels and onto a regular grid of 25 km. This algorithm is necessary to aggregate crop indicators in the MARS Crop Yield Forecasting System (MCYFS) from the original...

An expert panel of European scientists in fields related to land abandonment (bio-physical / land suitability, farm structure, farm economics, land market, regional development, socio and economic factors in rural areas) were tasked to identify main drivers of farmland abandonment in Europe. Two...

This is a technical document describing the step-by-step procedure for pre-tasking of satellites for disaster impact mapping in the frame of the Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS). Pre-tasking is done following alerts for upcoming disasters issued by early warning systems (in this...

This report summarises the User Workshop of the Copernicus Emergency Management Service (EMS) - Mapping component which was held on 20-21 June 2017 at the Joint Research Centre (JRC) in Ispra, Italy. The User Workshop is the annual forum at which users, service providers, the Commission and...

Support for farming in areas facing natural constraints aims at compensating farmers for disadvantages due to adverse biophysical conditions. EU regulation No 1305/2013 provides grounds to delineate, amongst others, 'areas with specific constraints' through the combination of biophysical...