Final Messages NMS must fully recognise the importance and allocate sufficient resources to meaningful schemes and supporting mechanisms that help protect the environment and conserve biodiversity to: (1) avoid a repeat of the devastating impact of agricultural intensification seen across the EU15; (2) help meet the EU's Göteborg commitment to halt biodiversity decline by 2010; and (3) help safeguard future EU rural development support BUT 'window of opportunity' rapidly closing – need to identify what agri-environment schemes are missing or should be improved, uptake (ha) necessary, priority areas and budget required – AND adequate approach to support N2K
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