The German Farmers' Association estimates losses of €1-2 billion for voluntary biodiversity measures on just 5-10% of agricultural land.
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The €1–2 billion figure in the DBV document is expressed as a per-year ('pro Jahr') amount; the MEP's phrasing omits this annual basis.
The specific qualifier 'on just 5–10% of agricultural land' and the 'voluntary' characterisation could not be directly confirmed in the sources found; the DBV statement refers more broadly to 'Biodiversitätsmaßnahmen in der Agrarlandschaft' (biodiversity measures in the agricultural landscape).
The figure originates from the DBV's own June 2026 position paper on the draft National Restoration Plan, i.e. an interest-group estimate rather than an independent official statistic.
PrimaryDeutscher Bauernverband (DBV) — Stellungnahme zum Durchführungsverordnung-Entwurf, BMU (Gläserne Gesetze)Stellungnahme des Deutschen Bauernverbandes e. V. — 'Grundlage für den Nationalen Wiederherstellungsplan muss eine umfassende Folgenabschätzung zu den geplanten Maßnahmen sein.' (confirms DBV is the author of cost/impact estimates on biodiversity/restoration measures, but does not itself restate the €1–2 billion figure)