Agri-environmental policies in the EU and United States: A comparison

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2008
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This article compares the Agri-environmental policies (AEPs) of the United States and the European Union. AEPs are a form of payments for environmental services (PES) that target externalities created in agricultural production.

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Rural development, Payments for environmental services, Government policy, Conservation easements, Environmental services, Conservation, Conservation incentives, Agricultural ecosystems, PES, Agri-environment, Multifunctionality, Agricultural policy, rural development, Externalities, Farm/Enterprise Scale Governance
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Ecological Economics 65(4): 753-764