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Abstract
Assessment of the environmental outcomes associated with agricultural and rural policy is
becoming increasingly important. The High Nature Value (HNV) Farmland indicator included
within the EU's Common Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for rural development is taken
as an example of the parameters used for environmental monitoring. The different methods used
across the EU to estimate the extent and condition of HNV farmland are compared, and issues
and challenges related to different approaches are discussed.