Identification

Title

Conserving farmland biodiversity and ecosystem services (Contribution to European project ‘Farmland’)

Alternative title(s)

Project Code WC1034

Abstract

Report contains data that can be used under Open Government Licence. Main report (pdf) contains data as does 4 of the appendices - pdf with data in tables. The aim of this project is to examine how farmland heterogeneity – the way that different crops and non-cropped habitat are distributed within the landscape – impacts on biodiversity. Defra has international and domestic commitments to manage and restore biodiversity. Farmland biodiversity also contributes to agricultural production via ecosystem services such as crop pollination and biological control of crop pests, as well as having intrinsic cultural value. Responses to loss of farmland biodiversity typically involve taking land out of production (field margins or hedgerow planting for example). However, with increasing concern regarding food security, and a focus on sustainable intensification of farming, there are limits to how much land can be taken out of production. An alternative approach is to increase biodiversity value and ecosystem service provision on farmland, by increasing the diversity of crop types and management within the farmed landscape without compromising production. The project is co-funded by the Sustainable Agriculture evidence programme and extends a large scale European research project ‘FARMLAND’ into the UK, which will significantly increase the sample size at no cost to Defra and bring in additional expertise and analytical capability. Attribution statement:

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx?Menu=Menu&Module=More&Location=None&ProjectID=17992&FromSearch=Y&Publisher=1&SearchText=WC1034&SortString=ProjectCode&SortOrder=Asc&Paging=10#Description

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name:

description: link to report and data.

Unique resource identifier

code

17f1f7c2-0c92-4ec1-86ea-b4d67dbeb2cf

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

OpenData

Keyword set

keyword value

Environment

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-5.7

East bounding longitude

1.8

North bounding latitude

55.8

South bounding latitude

50.0

Extent

Extent group

authority code

code identifying the extent

http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/country/england

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2012-01-01

End position

31/12/2014

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2014-03-02

date type

publication

effective date

2014-03-02

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

Data was created by contractor during delivery of the research. More details are contained in the linked report.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Open format | Portable Document Format - Standardized (PDF)

version of format

Version 11

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Open Government Licence

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

email address

open@defra.gov.uk

web address

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs

description: Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs Website

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

email address

open@defra.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2019-03-21

Metadata language