High Nature Value extensive livestock and grasslands: can innovation secure a sustainable future?

In this paper the High Nature Value (HNV) livestock farming systems are defined. These systems are found mainly in marginal areas where physical factors, and in some cases social factors, have prevented intensification of land-use. NV-LINK is a Horizon2020 project that seeks to improve the socio-economic and environmental sustainability of HNV farming in 10 Learning Areas, and more widely across the EU, by promoting innovation.
The project HNV-LINK aims to identify the types of innovation that work for HNV farming, to highlight the innovations that are needed but not yet implemented on a significant scale, and to promote the exchange and uptake of good innovation practice in support of HNV livestock farming