R. Oppermann’s scientific contributions

... RBPS can be further divided into pure or hybrid RBPS. In pure RBPS, farmers are paid for achieving a specific biodiversity result, such as a certain number of target plant species on their land (Herzon et al. 2018). In hybrid schemes, farmers are paid for achieving certain goals as well, but they must also meet certain minimum management requirements, for which they receive at least a base payment (Herzon et al. 2018). ...

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Improving result-based schemes for nature conservation in agricultural landscapes—challenges and best practices from selected European countries

... Moreover, as compensation strategies is concerned even though transhumance and pastoral activities are not directly mentioned in the CAP reform of 2014-2020, is covered under Pillar 2 that includes agri-environmental schemes as Less Favoured Areas (LFAs) payments (as much of the land used in the system is LFAs, including mountainous grasslands and Agri-Environmental Measures (AEMs) (if producers implement practices environmentally friendly). According to Beaufoy et al [24] and Liechti and Biber [12] the majority of the EU policy support are absorbed by intensive agriculture systems and less by low intensity livestock keepers. From the above arises the need for implementation of integrated strategies that would aim environmentally friendly practices as transhumance and/ or mobile pastoralism. ...

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Typology of Management of Transhumant Sheep and Goat Farms in Greece: Proposals for the System Continuity

... With subsequent modifications (Paracchini et al. 2008;Lomba et al. 2014) they are as follows: Type 1farmlands under low-intensity management with a high proportion of semi-natural vegetation such as extensive permanent grassland, forest, scrub, etc.; Type 2farmlands dominated by lowintensity farming systems and with a lower proportion of semi-natural vegetation, mosaics (high diversity) of semi-natural and cultivated lands, and presence of landscape elements such as patches of forests and shrubs, field margins, streams, etc.; Type 3farmlands supporting rare species or a high proportion of European or world populations. In practice, the three HNVf types can overlap-this concerns mainly types 1 and 2-making implementation at different spatial scales difficult (Peppiette et al. 2012;Lomba et al. 2014). In Europe, HNVf is estimated to account for ca. ...

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Identifying High Nature Value farmlands on a national scale based on multivariate typology at municipality (LAU 2) level

... Recent publications on high nature value grasslands (e.g. Veen et al., 2009) and high nature value farming (e.g. Beaufoy et al., 2012; Jennersten et al., 2012 ) acknowledge the rich biodiversity of historical and present meadow types characterized by lowinput rotational or occasional cultivation. The cutting of the earliest meadows, be it lets or other meadow types, occurred too early for allowing ending of reproduction of most meadow plants and insects (Dahlström et al., 2008). ...

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Historic hay cutting dates from Sweden 1873–1951 and their implications for conservation management of species-rich meadows