Direct Payment Strategies on Dutch Farmland

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dc.contributor.authorMusters, K.en
dc.contributor.authorde Graaf, H.en
dc.contributor.authorter Keurs, W.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialThe Netherlandsen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:19:51Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:19:51Zen
dc.date.issued2002en
dc.description.abstractNature on Dutch farmland is under threat from intensive farming practices. The conventional strategy for nature conservation by farmers is to restrict farming intensity and compensate farmers for production losses. An alternative is to pay farmers for nature on their land, as a reward for the nature 'product'. Results of experiments on modern, intensive dairy farms with this scheme are encouraging. Breeding success of meadow birds is significantly higher where farmers are paid for clutches than where they are not (breeding success Lapwing [Vanellus vanellus]: 64.7% on paid farms, 48.2% on non-paid farms; Black-tailed Godwit [Limosa limosa]: 63.1% paid, 39.3% non-paid). The system proves to be less expensive than conservation based on compensating for income losses (paying for clutches costs 40 Euro per clutch, compensating for income losses costs 100-400 Euro per clutch). Farmers are enthusiastic and the system builds cooperation between farmers and conservationists, because they share targets. However, effects on meadow bird populations could not yet be detected. A recent study suggested also low effectiveness of conventional agricultural nature conservation on populations, leading to a debate in Dutch papers. This debate is recapitulated and conclusions for direct payment strategies are drawn.en
dc.description.notesPES-1 (Payments for Environmental Services Associate Award)en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/vnd.ms-powerpointen
dc.identifier2478en
dc.identifier.citationPresented at "Direct Payments as an Alternative Approach to Conservation Investment: A Symposium at the 16th Annual Meetings of the Society for Conservation Biology," Canterbury, England, 15 July 2002en
dc.identifier.other2478_Musters2002_Dutch_farm_direct_pay.ppten
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/66978en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.relation.urihttp://epp.gsu.edu/pferraro/special/SBCMustersetalAbstract.pdfen
dc.relation.urihttp://epp.gsu.edu/pferraro/special/scb2002.htmen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectWildlifeen
dc.subjectPayments for environmental servicesen
dc.subjectConservation strategyen
dc.subjectConservationen
dc.subjectAgricultural ecosystemsen
dc.subjectLivestocken
dc.subjectDairy farmingen
dc.subjectMeadowbirdsen
dc.subjectBreeding successen
dc.subjectDirect paymentsen
dc.subjectEcosystem Farm/Enterprise Scaleen
dc.titleDirect Payment Strategies on Dutch Farmlanden
dc.title.alternativeBreeding birds as a farm product: Direct payment in the Netherlandsen
dc.typePresentationen
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