La Tour du Valat

Institut de recherche pour la conservation des zones humides méditerranéennes

Titre :	Assessment of the potential of ecolabels to promote agrobiodiversity
Auteurs :	Marieatte van Amstel, Auteur ; Willem de Neve, Auteur ; Joop de Kraker, Auteur ; Pieter Glasbergen, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	AMBIO (36(7) NOV 2007)
Article en page(s) :	551-558
Langues:	Anglais
Résumé :	We conducted a study to assess to what extent current ecolabels contain standards that stimulate conservation and sustainable use of on-farm biodiversity of agricultural landscapes (agrobiodiversity). First, we developed an agrobiodiversity management yardstick to assess and compare the labeling schemes of ecolabels for arable farming. Key characteristics of the yardstick are the five levels linking the abstract notion of agrobiodiversity management to concrete measures on a farm and its foundation upon expert judgment regarding the effect of farming practices on agrobiodiversity. Several environmental themes, among them agrobiodiversity management, are regulated through the standards of labeling schemes of ecolabels. With the aid of this yardstick, the labeling schemes were scrutinized and the number, average efficacy, and compulsory nature of relevant standards was determined for

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