Encouraging collaboration for the provision of ecosystem services at a landscape scale—Rethinking agri-environmental payments

Katrin Prager*, Mark Reed, Alister Scott

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In this viewpoint we draw on insights from participatory agri-environmental policy making, spatial planning and collaborative approaches to environmental management. We propose steps for planning, design and implementation of agri-environmental payment schemes that will encourage collaboration and co-ordinated actions at a landscape scale to contribute more effectively to the continued provision of ecosystem services.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)244-249
Number of pages6
JournalLand Use Policy
Volume29
Issue number1
Early online date18 Jul 2011
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2012

Bibliographical note

The idea for this paper was initially developed and funded as part of the IUCN Peatland Programme's Commission of Inquiry on Peatlands. Katrin Prager is funded by a EU FP7 Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship. Mark Reed is funded by the Rural Economy and Land Use programme's Sustainable Uplands project and a British Academy Research Development Award. We are grateful for Jayne Glass’ contribution to an early draft of this paper.

Keywords

  • Agri-environmental payments
  • Collaboration
  • Ecosystem approach
  • Ecosystem services
  • Landscape
  • Multiple scales
  • Participatory approaches
  • Policy implementation
  • Policy making

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