Case study of agri-environmental payments: The United Kingdom

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2008

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Elsevier B.V.

Abstract

This article describes and analyzes two of the United Kingdom's agri-environmental payment programs - the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESA) program (began in 1986) and the Countryside Stewardship Scheme (CSS) (launched in 1991 as a supplement to the ESA program).

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Rural development, Payments for environmental services, Program planning, Environmental services, Conservation, Conservation incentives, Agricultural ecosystems, PES, Environmentally sensitive areas (esa), Countryside stewardship scheme (css), Agri-environmental programs, Stewardship payments, Externalities, Public goods, Common agricultural policy (cap), Farm/Enterprise Scale Governance

Citation

Ecological Economics 65(4): 765-775