CAP and WFD - WFD meets CAP - Opportunities for the future

Water pollution caused by agricultural activities remains one of the most important environmental issues in Europe. Recent changes in both policy areas, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and the Water Framework Directive (WFD), offer various possibilities for combining the efforts of the two policies in order to achieve positive environmental effects. The project reviewed the implementation of the legal requirements of both policy areas, WFD and CAP, in order to identify implementation shortcomings between policy objectives and actual outcomes of both policies as well as possibilities for enhanced implementation and co-operation at European, national and regional levels.