Conference Many wilderness and wild natural habitat areas are increasingly under threat from forestry, intensification of agriculture, mining, development of infrastructure - and climate change.
At the same time there are great opportunities for large-scale restoration, creating a network of habitats linked by ecological corridors. Reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) alone could result in substantial reallocation of resources and change in land use - especially for more marginal areas of farmland - both within the European Union and beyond.