Nature and agriculture both shape the European countryside and one of the main challenges for the years to come will be … book identifies the dilemmas facing European agriculture and explores their economic and ecological consequences. The … role of agriculture and nature policy and will guide the identification of suitable policy instruments …

. Centralised decision making at the EU level has characterised recent agricultural policy and the authors argue that centralised … relevant to policymakers within EU nations, as well as policymakers within the countries of Eastern and Central Europe who will … be amongst the first to be admitted to the EU in the next wave of expansion …

how EU directives are realised in the member states. The authors explore this issue through a comparative evaluation of … the implementation of three pieces of EU environmental legislation in France, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK. Areas …

agriculture. Agriculture, Trade and the Environment discusses quantitative methods for the assessment of agriculture … Austria, Scotland, Italy, Spain, Greece and Estonia. The authors then go on to look at future developments in an enlarged EU … context. They conclude that efficient policies for environmental management in the EU need to be tailored to fit local …

economics in planning sustainable development * the importance of biodiversity conservation for sustainable development and for …