CAP in Hand?

The EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is the most expensive item on their budget, costing more than 55bn euros per year. The actual money distributed depends purely on the area of land farmed, rather than what one does with it. It is hardly remarkable then, that the dire state of the EU's conservation programmes, seems to be mainly down to intensive farming (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/19/vast-majority-europe-key-habitats-poor-bad-condition-report). Apparently, 80% of key habitats within the eurozone are rated as 'poor' or 'bad' and only 25% of species (limited to animals and plants?) have a good conservation status. There are a few recent success stories (e.g. the reintroduction of the wolf) but achieving a good balance between encouraging food production and maintaining a healthy environment, is still some way off. Perhaps the CAP hand-outs need to reflect conservation actvities carried out by farmers?