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The multiple roles and functions of agriculture and forestry beyond those of supplying food and fibre, such as the provision of environmental benefits and the contribution to the socio-economic viability of rural areas, account for a growing recognition in both scientific debates and political...
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Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) have become a popular instrument in the last decades and this growing trend is also clearly evident in Brazil. However, challenges related to implementation of these schemes are often underestimated. Any guarantee that a payment will secure or provide such a...
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Cross Compliance (CC) is a mechanism for encouraging farmers to fulfill certain environmental conditions in return for governmental support payments. Introduced to United States (US) and European Union (EU) agricultural policy from the 80s onwards, upcoming new US (Farm Bill 2012) and EU (Common...
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Durch die Dezentralisierung und Flexibilisierung von Agrarumweltpolitik soll u.a. der Anonymität und mangelnden Transparenz von Entscheidungsmechanismen sowie bestehenden Zentralisierungstendenzen und Demokratiedefiziten entgegengewirkt werden. Auf regionaler und lokaler Ebene spielen dabei vor...
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