Lemke calls for realignment of CAP

In an interview with Table.Media, German Minister for the Environment Steffi Lemke (Greens) called for better EU funding for the environmental services provided by peatlands and forests. Such permanent funding would have to be taken into account by the EU agricultural funding of the CAP. So far, she said, payments are made per hectare, without taking into account dry or waterlogged soils, which, for example, bind more CO2.