Conventional agri-environmental schemes (AES) have been criticized for failing to exploit
conservation synergies that could be obtained from spatial coordination of conservation …

Lack of public funding and environmental deterioration are promoting the search for
innovative mechanisms enabling to boost farmers' provision of agri-environmental climate …

European agri-environmental policy has diverse and competing objectives. The Common
Agricultural Policy has been the main policy framework guiding the European Union (EU) …

Evidence is emerging from across Europe that contemporary agri-environmental schemes
are having only limited, if any, influence on farmers' long-term attitudes towards the …

Conservation policy in agricultural systems in the United States relies primarily on voluntary
action by farmers. Federal conservation programs, including the Environmental Quality …

In this study, we used institutional analysis to investigate the design of innovative contracts
for agri-environmental and climate schemes. The aim of such contracts is to better …

Given that an increasing share of budgetary resources are now being spent on measures
aimed at protecting the visual quality of agricultural landscapes it will be important to better …

Agri-environment schemes (AES) are an important part of agricultural policy within Europe.
They seek to achieve important goals with regards to biodiversity and the protection of …

Agricultural nonpoint source water pollution has long been recognized as an important
contributor to US water quality problems and the subject of an array of local, state, and …

This paper examines the evolution of Australia's natural resource management programs
over the past two decades. The story is one of major paradigmatic shifts with implications for …