Ecocentric Consulting

environmental consulting

Fisheries and Agriculture 

 

We have project experience in the following areas:

  • Rural Development Programmes

  • CAP

  • Single Farm Payment Scheme

  • Satellite Monitoring

  • Pesticides

  • Sustainable Rural Development

  • Discard Policy

  • SEAs

  • Funding

  • Environmentally Sensitive Fisheries

 Examples of our experience in fisheries and agricultural projects are provided below.

Climate Proofing Cohesion Policy and CAP, 2012, for DG Climate, European Commission.

Perspectives for the New European Fisheries Fund, 2011, for DG for Internal Policies, Policy department B, Structural and Cohesion Policy.

Impact Assessment of Discard Policy for Specific Fisheries. Providing the Methodological Framework to Conduct an IA, 2008, for DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission.

Application of SEAs to the UK’s Fisheries Sector, 2005, for WWF.

The Transposition in the United Kingdom and Gibraltar of EC Directive 98/81/EC on the Contained Use of Genetically Modified Organisms, 2005, DG Environment, European Commission.

Assessment of Costs and Benefits of Implementing the European Landscape Convention in the UK, 2003, for Defra, UK Government.

Implementation of the Rural Development Regulation in Eight Countries, 2000, for the British Land Use Policy Group and WWF.

Financing Environmentally Sensitive Fisheries in the UK. A Project Evaluating the Use of Positive Financial Incentives for Environmental Purposes in European Fisheries Policy, 2000, for the Esmée Fairbairn Charitable Trust.