Design criteria for tailoring agricultural and biodiversity policies (DETAIL)

Agricultural and biodiversity policies that are tailored to the conditions of specific land systems are more effective than homogeneously designed policies. Neglecting regional characteristics can lead to missed opportunities and misguided measures, undermining our ability to achieve policy goals. Understanding regional opportunities and challenges considering interactions between biodiversity, agriculture, water and climate can help tailor policy measures and prioritise policy goals in those regions where they can effectively contribute to achieving biodiversity and other sustainability goals. Context-sensitive generalisations of the interactions between biodiversity and agricultural land management can support the alignment of policy instruments and processes to typical characteristics and demands of land systems.