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The present paper reviews the development of agri-environmental policy in Europe and assesses its prospects. While it does so from a predominantly UK perspective, there are many common features of the experience and policy choices across the majority of Member States. The first generation of...
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multilevel governance contexts, and to analyse empirically biodiversity governance in different EU countries in the light of … biodiversity governance from different EU countries. The results show that several of the legitimacy challenges in multilevel …Legitimacy is regarded as one critical aspect of biodiversity management and nature conservation arrangements. Multi …
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A unique book which reflects the multifaceted nature of sustainability by bringing together authors from interdisciplinary backgrounds. The book highlights the opportunities and challenges associated with applying sustainability indicators in different socio-cultural and geographical settings....
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management practice as well as land use on biodiversity. It is argued that subsidies as AES should promote environmental …-friendly land use which, in turn, should lead to biodiversity conservation. First results show that AES promotes ecological land use … rather than extensive agricultural practice. Furthermore, AES is predominantly allocated in biodiversity rich counties and …
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palm oil within the GHG context. We discuss the impact of palm oil on biodiversity and analyse how palm oil can contribute … about and politics towards palm oil with special focus on the EU. Palm oil is a low-energy and low-fertilizer crop that … is much less significant than postulated by some recent campaigns. Furthermore, biodiversity in oil palm plantations is …
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This article deals with the Local Agri-Environmental Schemes (LAES), the French contractual policy instrument within the European Rural Development Regulation (2007-2013), designed to improve water quality within priority watersheds. The paper is structured in three parts. The first one focuses...
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An intrinsic feature of agriculture is the alteration of biodiversity within the cultivated area in favour of the … biodiversity are important for human health and wellbeing. The overarching question is how can negative influences of agriculture … on biodiversity be reduced and positive interactions be enhanced toward an efficient and sustainable food production …
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The global increase in greenhouse gases is also changing the climate conditions more severely in Germany. This particularly affects local cultivated landscapes, which cover large parts of Germany and are already experiencing a wide range of ecological problems. Although agricultural land use...
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to climate neutrality play a central role in this, as the sector is responsible for 16 percent of the EU's CO2 emissions … Energy and Climate Plans and in the EU governance structure. …
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